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By our entertainment editors
23 Feb 2024 at 11:11
Wendy Williams has aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The 59-year-old presenter’s team announced this in a statement to American media. The statement was given two days before the documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? appears.
Williams’ team hopes to “correct untrue and hurtful rumors about her health” by opening up about her situation. “There has been a lot of speculation about her health, especially as she cannot find words, sometimes behaves erratically and has difficulty understanding information.”
Williams was diagnosed in 2023. The diseases cause patients to have difficulty communicating and understanding language. 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 presenter’s life after she stopped working. Williams last presented her program in 2022 The Wendy Williams Showwhich she has been making since 2008.
Her family also has their say in the documentary. They say they have had little contact with Williams since she was placed under guardianship in 2023. It is not clear who the presenter’s curator is.
Last year it was announced that actor Bruce Willis also suffers from both aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
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