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Today in a new age ritual you might only find in san francisco, theyre handing them back over and uncoupling. One, two, three reporter they no longer consider each other husband and wife but they decided to continue living together in the same house in order to raise jonah. Is there any sense of mourning or loss doing this . No. It is actually, we have grieved a lot of euou our relationship long. That isnt the usual way it works. Even in movies like crazy stupid love. I slept with someone. Divorce often gets ugly. If you keep talking i am going to get out of the car. It shows the how broken we are. Okay. Reporter no wonder in real life actress Gwyneth Paltrow and cold play front man chris martin decided to con sthsciously unco last year. Is there really a way to barack up without animosity . Clark and valerie tate think there is. But it did require an unconventional approach. We started talking about the possibility of dating other people. Reporter your wife comes to you and says, i want to date other people. What goes through your mind . I remember hearing it initially being shocked. And then being like, well, that sound interesting to me too. Reporter so this is clarks room . It is. Reporter they agree to continue living together. And maintain joint assets. Reporter this is your room . This is my room. Reporter their relationship wasnt always like this. What was your wedding like . It was magical. Reporter it was valeries first time walking down the aisle. It was clarks third. And for the first few years they were living on love. At what point did things start to change . I was grieving the loss of my father. I was very close to. I also had some depression around that. And with all of that i started to withdraw. Jonah. Hi. Reporter clark and valeries young marriage was failing. But there was one solution that was never on the table for them. Why not just part ways go through a divorce like so many couples do . I had win through that road before. I knew that wasnt exactly what i wanted. Reporter even a separation wasnt on the table . No. We werent considering changing the structure of our family unit. Reporter that family unit centered around jonah they were determined to protect from relationship failings. Reporter you have friends whose parents are divorced. What is that like for your friend . Well theyre really like sad most of the times. And they are theyre sometimes gloomy when i come over to theyre houses. Reporter how would it make you foeel if your parents got a divorce . It would miake me sad. If they got a divorce and were friend. It would be fine. Children thing theyre the center of the universe. They dont understand what is happening. They feel it may be something they did wrong. Reporter the toll of divorce on a family is not just emotional it is financial. My rate is 950 an hour. Reporter couples pay average of 50,000 to resolve contested divorces. That according to the documentary divorce corp. Im not saying im worth 700 an hour. Thats what i charge. Reporter the tats decided not to go that route. Instead they have been experimenting with an open marriage. For the last few months. Valerie has been in a serious relationship. Hi. Welcome. Reporter with a man named joseph. While it might seem weird in most households for a whiff ife bring over her boyfriend. Let alone have a buy friend. Clark and valerie have worked out unwritten rules for dating. Whats going on . Just getting ready for the dinner tonight. Thats all. Reporter do you have sleepovers with other people here . We give each other private time. Jonah and clark out of the house. Vice versa. Most private time is spent elsewhere. How are you . Good. Reporter the most important rule. Theyre only allowed to introduce serious partners to their son. Reporter you have met your moms buy friend or if your dad is dating someone. What tea that look for you . Its fine. What did you score on your last home work . Its pretty seamless, having clark, joseph, jonah hang out. They like each other. I feel fortunate in that way. Reporter tonight Valerie Clark and joseph are all meeting up for dinner together. Long time friend have watched them get to this point in their relationship. But to an outsider there is still the potential for awkward moments. For couples who have an open relationship, both partners have to totally agree to it. If one person feels like the other one is pushing them into that situation, it wont work. Reporter you guys both grew up in traditional families, is it tough for them to accept a whole different way to be married . Absolutely. Because they wanted us to put it in one box or another. Like most people. You know . Well are you going to get a divorce or Stay Together . It is still difficult for them to grasp. Reporter clark admits it is hard to describe his nontraditional marriage to potential dates. They dont understand how i can still be close with val and close with them. Reporter while he says getting married a fourth time isnt in the card for him, valerie doesnt rule it out for herself. But for now, the tates are legally married to one another. Reporter whats the toughest part about this arrangement . I think we are through the tough stuff. Which was questioning, jealousy, and insecurity. What are we doing, yeah . The unknowns. Reporter they say they figured out a way to be happy as a family and even though they have officially uncoupled, a legal divorce is not on the horizon. At least for now. For night line, aditi roy, in san francisco. Next, a behind the scenes look at the Wendy Williams you have never seen before. And she is not holding back. Ype, youre certainly not alone. Fortunately, many have found a different kind of medicine that lowers blood sugar. Imagine what it would be like to love your numbers. Discover oncedaily invokana®. 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Everybody knows Wendy Williams, the daytime talk show host. Very few know the devoted wife, mother and unabashed jersey girl who likes the local deli, decorate her house in her decidedly unique style and sometimes escape it all in what she calls her mom cave. Tonight a larger than life tv personality lets us into her real life. Were going to the deli. For a woman so famous, public persona so big. Wendy williams lives a remarkably, normal, quiet life in suburban new jersey. Tvs anticelebrity, celebrity. Why do you think viewers look you so much, one of the most successful women on daytime television . I am. Reporter from her shameless love of wigs. Wigs, honey, love. Reporter occasionally over the top outfit and that iconic catch phrase. Wendy williams might just be the most unique host. This is the best show ever. If i wasnt doing it id be watching. Reporter Wendy Williams heading into the eighth season. Ratings this year higher than ever. Dubbed the unlikely survivor in the cutthroat world of daytime talk. I think people like me because i am funny, real. Comfortable with myself. That makes people comfortable with themselves. Reporter at age 51, thriving as a single host where others, queen latifah, anderson cooper, and Bethenny Frankle failed. Most celebrity is too big or too small for a turn. I dont feel duped because he is turning into a woman, i feel duped because he is the same fame a lot of your hot topic information comes from the tabloid. An concern you may be sharing false information . A lot doesnt come from the tabloid. Some of it does. We have a legal department. Okay, one woman. Here every day. Quick to come out and say, okay, look, you cant say this. You cant say that. Which i do appreciate. Do celebrities every call you up and say, why did you do that to me . Do publicists call and complain . I dont know. They keep that from me. Nobody has my number. You know what i mean . Reporter she kindly granted us a rare look behind the curtain into her very private world. Is this where you bring your celebrity friend to kickback on weekends . No. No, byron. I have no celebrity friend in my telephone. Not one . No. I dont need to be out for lunch with a group of celebrity girls. Because now, stuff is going on, i feel weird talking about it. Reporter for the girl who got her start as a shock jock local radio dj she now sits atop a fast growing multimillion dollar media empire that include a production company. Best selling books, hsn clothing line and sold out comedy shows. But she is happy to keep it simple in the suburbs of new jersey. Thank you for having us in your home. You have a beautiful home. Thank you, i decorated it myself. Really . I am a jersey girl through and through. What does that mean . We have a certain way about us. A little tacky. Very lovable. We know how to be sophisticated. But dont care to exercise it all the time. Reporter her center of universe, husband and business partner, kevin hunter and son, kevin jr. This is my mom cave. Mom cave . My guys are allowed to come in here. But they dont. Reporter there was a moment on your show i saw, we talked about, you talked about your son, and you teared up . What i discovered this weekend. My son doesnt like me anymore. We werent getting along. We get along famously now. I have a Comfort Level in front of that camera, and with who i am, that, that i dont mind crying on tv. And telling you im krcrying because im sad. Not because i have my period. Reporter Wendy Williams, speaks without filter and lives without pretense. Loves to cook when she can. And hits her favorite deli when she need to. Hi. I have come for a sloppy joe. Hi. We love you. Thank you. I love you more. You watch your show . Who doesnt watch her show . What do you like about her . Shes beautiful. Shes honest. A good lady. Thanks. Good morning. Reporter as unassuming as her jersey life can be. Wendys tv life in manhattan, highend, high wattage with every perk. Doing the show is like being shot out of a cannon. When the doors open thats it. Reporter i have seen some shows where the audience theyre like props. But here, theyre real participants. Their energy. Yeah. Theyre my partners in crime. My cohosts. I have a friend, 27, dating a 60yearold man. They have asked me to join them in the bedroom. Now judge. Reporter the special bond with her audience, wendy says she holds most dear. I just caught a kiss and put it under my wig. Reporter who painted this . 11yearold girl, autumn. Its beautiful. Hon leaestly, some of my mos touching moments, god, some of my most touching moments with my wendy watchers are people who say, they battled cancer. And i help them get through chemotherapy. Or you know while they were pregnant. And couldnt do as much as they used to. But i was there for them. What a mess. Wow. What a gentleman. Reporter while you play a diva on television i am not. Reporter really . That is a horrible, horrible stereotype. I think that we get as women. You know, in some sort of power. I dont believe that i am a diva. Reporter wendys take no prisoner attitude hasnt come out without a number of celebrity fuchleuds. 1998, reportedly driven off new york radio after making accusation as but sean diddy combs. While the statute of limitations have passed on that poppic. Puffy and i have made up wonderfully. We are beth survioth survivors that turns you to the streets and leaves you for broke. Reporter and wendy pressed the late Whitney Houston on her drug use. Is drug use going on at the present time. Who are you talking to. You are very defensive. I have to be, wendy, you talk about me every [ bleep ] day. Did you recognize at the moment this is going some place or did it happen organically . It happened organically. I recognized the moment. Because i recognize the behavior. Because the that was once me. Addiction . Uhhuh. Despite her bumpy past, wendy says she has no regrets. I dont know how much longer the show is going to last. I can tell you i am having the ride of my life right now. More than i could have ever dreamt. Reporter living her dreams on her own terms. In her uniquely Wendy Williams way. Our thanks to Wendy Williams. Well be right back. What about my family . My lil buddy . And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital but i wondered if this was the right treatment for me. Then my doctor told me about eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots, but eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Knowing eliquis had both. Turned around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. If you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily. And it may take longer than usual for bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Eliquis treats dvt pe blood clots. Plus had less major bleeding. Both made switching to eliquis right for me. Ask your doctor if its right for you. If youre suffering from constipation or irregularity, powders may take days to work. For gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. Ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to 3 days. Dulcolax, designed for dependable relief. I am never getting married. S. Never. Psssssh. Guaranteed. You picked a beautiful ring. Thank you. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. Breathe. I love it here. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never getting one of those minivan . We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life, state farm is there. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Mr. President , we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. Whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. So, what if youre wrong . And they cant be trusted . Senator casey, dont trust iran. Vote this down. This week on nightline, well be taking a much closer look at the refugee crisis in europe. Dan harris is in greece at one of the main entry points into europe. Well have the very latest all week from the front lines of this crisis. Tonight, abcs Alex Marquardt is in germany and brings us the glimpse into the tension as it reaches the boiling point of what some countries are trying to do to help. Reporter confrontations in hungary between police and refugees. And in greece, the waves of people keep on coming. The people are coming quicker than we can load them. Reporter 20,000 arriving in germany in three days. Chancellor Angela Merkle says germany is ready to take in 800,000 people this year hand has urged other European Countries to step up. Those who just arrived are immediately placed in make shift shelters. This was a vw dealership in the past few days converted into a refugee center. Over here the medical area. Back here, play room for the kids. And then out here in the main room, mountains of clothes that have been donated by residents of munich. Reporter arriving in munich at 3 00 a. M. This morning, after fleeing syria a month ago with his wife and four sons. I am running from the war. Reporter little mohamed, blissfully unaware his house lies in ruins. Germany his new home. Our thanks to alex. Well have much more on the refugee crisis this week on nightline. Be sure to tune in. On this labor day here in the United States and with the human crisis overseas, we are reminded of the words of dr. Martin luther king jr. , all labor that uplifts human team has dignity. Thank you for watching abc news, tune in to Good Morning America tomorrow. And as always, we are on line, 24 7, on our nightline face