Wendy Williams attends Annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC and GFI at BGC Partners, INC on September 11, 2018 in New York City. Wendy Williams has been dealing with more difficult news about her mental and physical health, with representatives for the talk-show host announcing Thursday that she has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia as well as aphasia.
Her representatives said they are releasing news of her diagnosis because the former “Wendy Williams Show” host “has been open with the public about her medical struggles with Graves’ Disease and Lymphedema as well as other significant challenges related to her health.” The statement also assured Williams’ fans that the former shock jock is “still able to do many things for herself” and has maintained her “trademark sense of humor.”
“The Wendy Williams Show” aired for 12 years before it was canceled in 2022 due to Williams’ health issues, which included one instance when she fainted live on air in 2017,When the documentary crew began filming in August 2022, it set out to follow Williams’ comeback as she prepared to launch a new podcast,The film quickly evolved into something entirely different, People explained, as the crew captured Williams in the throes of alcohol addiction and struggles with health issues including...
The documentary crew stopped filming Williams in April 2023, People said. That month, she entered a facility to treat “cognitive issues,” her manager and jeweler Will Selby said in the film.