WENDY WILLIAMS, America’s Ace Broadcaster Cognitively Impaired, Permanently Incapacitated, Suffering Dementia, Brain Issues
… ’60-year-old former talk show host has been afflicted by early-onset dementia, resulting in her incapacitation’, attorneys for her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, said in a legal filing in New York court
*Diagnosed in 2023 with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia
*Primary progressive aphasia is a nervous system syndrome that affects the ability to communicate
*For the Record: In 2017, Wendy Williams fainted live on the air. She has been open with audience about her struggles with addiction. Two years after then, confessed to be living in a sober house and that she had sought treatment for drug use, promised to take time off due to Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder
*”Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, refers to a group of diseases that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, and is usually associated with behavioral and personality changes, as well as difficulty with language”-Mayo Clinic
*BY DEBBY DANIELS/MEDIA Correspondent, New York & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
SHE’S BRILLIANT, INTELLIGENT AND FULL OF SMILES. But her years of drug addiction has led into her suffering from Dementia and Brain problems which has affected her ability to speak-as in communicate. WENDY WILLIAMS is currently cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.
This latest medical challenge is as a result of a memo filed by her guardian’s lawyers.
The 60-year-old former talk show host has been “afflicted by early-onset dementia,” resulting in her incapacitation, attorneys for her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, said in a legal filing in New York court on Nov. 12.
Williams was diagnosed in 2023 with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, her team said in a statement in February.
Primary progressive aphasia is a nervous system syndrome that affects the ability to communicate. Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, refers to a group of diseases that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, and is usually associated with behavioral and personality changes, as well as difficulty with language, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The filing is part of a lawsuit Morrissey filed against A&E Television Networks, Lifetime Entertainment Services, and others in connection with the release of the docuseries “Where is Wendy Williams?” in February.
In the Nov. 12 memo, attorneys for Morrissey asked the court to approve some redactions of sensitive, “non-public information” to the defense’s portion of a joint status letter in Williams’ guardianship case to protect her privacy. That case is under seal.
It said that the proposed redactions “are very narrowly drawn and do not undermine the public’s ability to understand the core facts and legal arguments at issue in this litigation.”
In 2022, Williams’ bank, Wells Fargo, petitioned to have her placed under financial guardianship, claiming she was “incapacitated” and “a victim of undue influence and financial exploitation.” Williams later pushed back against those claims.
Williams hosted the “The Wendy Williams Show” from 2008 to 2021.
Speculation about Williams’ health began in 2017, after she fainted live on the air.
Williams has been open with her audience about her struggles with addiction. In 2019 she told viewers that she was living in a sober house and that she had sought treatment for drug use. She had also revealed she was taking time off because of Graves’ disease, which is an autoimmune disorder.
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