Wendy Williams’ son, Kevin Hunter Jr., reveals his mother’s dementia is ’caused by alcohol’
Wendy Williams’ son has revealed that his mother’s frontotemporal dementia is due to her alcoholism.
Kevin Hunter Jr. explained in the two-part Lifetime documentary “Where’s Wendy Williams?” That alcohol negatively affected the former daytime talk show host’s “head space and brain.”
“I’ve really been able to learn more about the things that are going on with my mother internally,” the 23-year-old shared on Sunday’s episode.
“[Doctors] She basically said that because she was drinking so much, it was starting to affect her head space and brain. So, I think they said it was alcohol-induced dementia.
Williams, 59, first learned of her brain damage in 2019 when she entered a rehabilitation facility in Florida, but she did not receive official diagnoses of dementia and aphasia until 2023.
Alex Feeney, the former singer’s niece, said she learned of her aunt’s diagnosis in 2022, but had doubts she was okay when she began to forget memories and facts.
“But after seeing my aunt and spending time with her in the state she was in now, I quickly realized things weren’t normal,” she said in the doc.
“It’s heartbreaking.”
Finney also said the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of Williams’ mother, and her divorce from Kevin Hunter Sr. exacerbated her condition.
The docuseries showed Williams drinking regularly despite her known drug problems, but her former rep Sean Zanotti dismissed the concern, saying the media personality “knows her limits.”
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Meanwhile, Williams’ former lawyer cast doubt on the star’s diagnosis and instead blamed the court-ordered conservatorship ahead of the series’ premiere on Saturday.
LaShawn Thomas posted an old video on Instagram in which she shows a healthy Williams while sitting in bed and saying she enjoys working out at the gym.
“You can clearly see the difference between Wendy’s well-being during her time here in Florida where her son was taking care of her and her lack of it in New York under this ‘conservatorship,’” Thomas wrote in the caption.
“These Wendys are not the same. How did her health deteriorate so quickly, and why isn’t her only child allowed to be by her side. She wasn’t like this when he cared for her.” [her]”.
The Miami Entertainment Law Group attorney claimed she photographed Williams two weeks before the court ordered her to return to New York to be placed under conservatorship, which takes effect in 2022.