HOW YOU DERRIN'?

WATCH: Wendy Williams Reveals The Origins Of “How You Doin’?”

Honorary drag queen Wendy Williams sat down with BET to discuss the love she has for her gays and the origins of the greatest inquisitive catchphrase since “Where’s the beef?”

According to Wendy, “How you doin’?” did not derive from an actual drag queen, as popular lore has it, but rather from a momentary flash of brilliance, as all great inventions do.

And the world was never the same.

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