Wendy Williams suffers from aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The 59-year-old broadcaster's team announced this in a statement to the American media. The statement was made two days before the documentary Where is Wendy Williams? It seems.
Williams' team hopes to “correct the untrue and harmful rumors about her health” by opening up about her situation. He added: “There has been a lot of speculation about her health, especially since she cannot find words, sometimes behaves erratically and has difficulty understanding information.”
Williams was diagnosed in 2023. These diseases cause difficulty in communicating and understanding language in patients. It can also cause someone's personality to change and make it impossible to develop empathy.
The documentary will be released on February 24 Where is Wendy Williams? Which follows the life of the broadcaster after she stopped working. Williams last presented her show in 2022 The Wendy Williams ShowWhich it has been manufacturing since 2008.
Her family also has their say in the documentary. They say they have not had much contact with Williams since she was placed under conservatorship in 2023. It is not clear who the presenter's conservator is.
It was announced last year that actor Bruce Willis also suffers from aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
