Wendy Williams’ closest family members say they’re being stored out of the loop as the previous tv host receives therapy for “cognitive points” at an undisclosed facility.
Forward of the Feb. 24-25 two-night premiere of the Lifetime documentary “The place Is Wendy Williams?” her sister, Wanda Williams, and niece, Alex Finnie, spoke out concerning the media character’s present state.
Issues concerning the Nationwide Radio Corridor of Fame inductee’s psychological well-being are proven within the documentary when her driver says that there are occasions she is unable to acknowledge her or him environment. It’s believed that her alcohol consumption amplifies her reminiscence and different cognitive struggles.
“I communicate together with her very frequently when she reaches out to me. She is, from what I perceive, in a wellness, therapeutic sort of atmosphere,” Wanda advised Folks in an unique interview. She and her niece each seem within the documentary, with Finnie serving as an govt producer alongside Wendy.
“We can’t attain out to her, however she will be able to attain out to us. And she or he is in a therapeutic place emotionally. She’s not the individual that you see on this movie,” she added. Because of their restricted contact, the household can also be uncertain of the kind of therapy Wendy is present process.
“She sounds actually nice,” stated “Finnie. “To listen to my aunt now when it comes to simply how clear she is, simply how targeted she is on the significance of household and the truth when it comes to going through and understanding the place she’s at bodily, and mentally, and emotionally, it is sort of a 180.”
A trailer for the venture was launched on Feb. 1, and to the shock of some followers, Wendy seems as a shell of her as soon as full of life self, now considerably slimmer and, at one level, proven with out her wig. A scene that some say wouldn’t have been authorised if she had been in higher well being.
What’s going on is the primary time I’m seeing the trailer why is Blac Chyna mendacity on a wigless Wendy.Wendy Williams, in her proper mind-set would by no means be seen with out a wig not to mention the Blac Chyna of all of it 🫠😭 ! #WhereIsWendyWilliams pic.twitter.com/0WluGhMCc1
— The Celestial Sentinel (@DnellyBPD) February 17, 2024
Crews started filming in August 2022 and stopped in April 2023 when the “Scorching Subjects” maven entered a facility to deal with her alcoholism and well being points, which embrace her dealings with Graves’ illness.
On the time manufacturing started, it was believed that Wendy was effectively on her approach to charting a comeback with the announcement of “The Wendy Williams Expertise” podcast. The venture has not but been launched.
Wanda shared that her youthful sister is “remarkably” higher than the girl whose lack of her purple throne on “The Wendy Williams Present,” well being problems, and dissolution of her 21-year marriage to Kevin Hunter Sr. have all performed out for public viewing.
Wendy exited her daytime discuss present in 2021. It was canceled the next 12 months and changed by entertainer Sherri Shepherd’s present, “Sherri.” In accordance with Finnie, “The place Is Wendy Williams?” is a chance for the previous radio host to regulate her narrative.
“My aunt has all the time been such a public particular person and has been an open e book, and we’ve all seen the pictures over the previous few months and actually few years of what has been like a spiral for my aunt. So for her to truly put her voice in right here and take possession of what’s occurred, the place she’s at current day… I feel it’s highly effective,” she stated.
Wendy’s ex-husband is reportedly unsupportive of the documentary and turned down an invite to lend his voice to it. “Kevin was shocked to see his ex-wife portrayed in such a damaging gentle within the Lifetime trailer…He was additionally completely blindsided that their son, Kevin Jr., ended up signing onto the venture after he initially stated he wished nothing to do with it,” a purported supply advised The U.S. Solar earlier this month.
Additionally featured within the venture is a scene of Wendy saying that she has no cash after being put below a court-ordered guardianship overseeing her well being choices and funds in December 2022. “The individuals who love her can’t see her…I feel the large [question] is: How the hell did we get right here?” requested Wanda.
With courtroom paperwork sealed and the id of her authorized guardian unknown, her household stays unclear on all that transpired in the course of the courtroom proceedings. “All I do know is that Wendy and her group walked into the courtroom a method, they usually walked out, and the household is totally excluded,” stated her sister. Previous to the discharge of the documentary trailer, the general public had not seen Wendy in almost a 12 months.
#WendyWilliams noticed at dinner final evening at Fresco By Scotto in NYC 🗽
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— CASSIUS (@CassiusLife_) February 22, 2023
In late January, native New York Metropolis radio host Miss Jones revealed that her business peer was not residing in New York. Whereas trying to go to Wendy at her penthouse, she was knowledgeable that the host relocated months prior. Jones shared that she was advised that the polarizing media determine had moved to Florida.
“Her household’s in Florida, and other people have been coming in her circle that they weren’t conversant in they usually didn’t know, like, they couldn’t get entry to her after they wished; they moved her all the way down to Florida. So she is allegedly down in Florida together with her son recuperating,” she claimed.
Neither Wanda nor Finnie confirmed that Wendy was within the state of Florida within the unique interview. It additionally stays unknown if her whereabouts will likely be addressed within the documentary.
