Wendy Williams‘ brother, Tommy, has stepped forward to support their families’ latest statements about how she’s presently doing.
This comes amid pending questions on Wendy’s well being standing amid the discharge of the ‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’ Lifetime documentary.
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Wendy Williams’ Brother Gives Update On Her Health
As we beforehand reported, Wendy and Tommy’s sister, Wanda Finnie, instructed PEOPLE that Wendy is “not the person” folks see within the movie. She added that their sister was in a “wellness, healing type of environment.” However, not one of the former TV host’s household appears to know the ability’s location. All her members of the family, together with her son Kevin Hunter Jr., have allegedly solely been capable of entry her through telephone when she calls.
The identical goes for Wendy Williams’ brother Tommy. Like Wanda, he lately instructed US Weekly that the Purple Chair Queen seems like she’s improved since being away. At least from what he can inform in her voice.
“When I speak to Wendy she sounds fine. Wendy has improved,” Tommy instructed the outlet. “I know my sister from where she was to where she is now, and she has a substantial amount of improvement. It’s dialogue and conversation, topics, content, speech pattern, everything.”
He claims that she hasn’t lately proven a few of her “past behaviors” exhibited within the documentary. Tommy admits the documentary confirmed her in a “worse state” however stated she’s now “in a different state.”
But whereas her household is restricted from in-person entry, that’s reportedly not the case for Wendy’s court-appointed guardian. The guardian has been overseeing Wendy’s funds and well being selections since May 2022.
TMZ broke the information that her conservator filed a lawsuit in opposition to A&E to forestall the documentary from airing. However, a decide dominated that the premiere might proceed as deliberate, per USA Today, and the two-part particular aired final weekend.
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Ahead of the documentary airing, Wendy Williams revealed through her caretaker that she had been recognized with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. Williams additionally suffered from Graves illness and hyperthyroidism.
After informing the general public of her further diagnoses, Wendy reportedly instructed US Weekly she’s feeling “immense gratitude for the love and kind words” and “overwhelming” responses.
Wendy Williams’ brother didn’t share the final time he’s spoken to the previous TV host. However, he shared his hopes that she is going to come ahead and present her progress.
In US Weekly’s Feb. 28 report, Tommy revealed that “there’s no visual on Wendy moving her lips on her own growth and development” but. However, he needs her to deal with the general public and alter the narrative.
“My hope is that Wendy will be seen and address the public on her own so people can see how she is now,” Tommy stated. “I am proud of her development and I think it can change the narrative. I think Wendy can come all the way back. Her story is inspirational. Her story is one to share and it’s impactful.”
Producers for the documentary lately instructed The Hollywood Reporter if had they identified about Wendy’s dementia going into the challenge, “no one would’ve rolled a camera.” But her publicist Shawn Zanotti has known as cap on their claims, alleging the producers filmed a challenge Wendy had not “signed up for.”
Producer Mark Ford added that they hadn’t proven Wendy the documentary since its airing as a result of they “had no way to get it to her to see it” resulting from her facility lockdown. The crew began submitting in August 2022 and lower the digicam for good in April 2021, per PEOPLE.
Meanwhile, her publicist stated Wendy can be “mortified” at Lifetime’s finish end result.
“There’s no way you can convince me that she would be OK with looking and seeing herself in that way,” Shawn claimed.