WENDY Williams looked beautiful wearing a low-cut sparkle dress at her son Kevin Hunter Jr’s college graduation in a very rare outing during her dementia battle.
In photos exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, Wendy, 60, was seen at her son Kevin Jr’s graduation from Florida International University on Thursday afternoon.
Wendy Williams beamed as she waited for her son Kevin Hunter Jr to take the stage for his graduation in Florida on Thursday in photos exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun[/caption]
Wendy looked elated to be attending her son’s college graduation on Thursday[/caption]
Wendy sat between her sister Wanda Finnie and her father Thomas Williams Sr during the graduation ceremony[/caption]
Her son seemed happy and calm as he entered the student’s entrance and stopped to shake a police officer’s hand while entering the building to take the stage.
Other family members of Wendy’s were also in attendance.
The former TV host’s dapper-looking elderly father Thomas Williams Sr., 93, was brought into the graduation via a wheelchair pushed by Wendy’s sister Wanda Finnie, who also looked chic for the occasion.
Kevin Jr, 24, walked during the graduation for the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs.
According to the commencement booklet, Kevin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
Her son notably took longer than the typical four years to graduate after taking time out of his schooling to care for his ailing mother during the fall and winter of 2021 to 2022.
Wendy’s only child had begun his college experience at Barry University in Miami and transferred to FIU in recent years.
The graduation sighting comes after the former daytime TV talk show host was seen in Florida briefly over the weekend in a video shared on Instagram.
In the clip shared to Instagram on Sunday, Wendy was seen outside Sista Sara’s Shonuff Oysters, a Fort Lauderdale restaurant, where she was accompanied by her son and her nephew, Travis Finnie.
In the video, a fan who came up to the car greeted Wendy with her catchphrase “How you doin’?” to which Wendy smiled and returned the greeting.
‘PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED’
The former queen of daytime TV’s appearances in Florida comes after The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that Wendy’s guardian, Sabrina Morrissey‘s legal team dubber her “permanently incapacitated” in documents pertaining to a legal fight with Lifetime over the Where is Wendy Williams? documentary that aired earlier this year.
In the filing on the star’s behalf called her “an acclaimed entertainer who, tragically, has been afflicted by early-onset dementia and, as a result, has become cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”
The description of the extent of Wendy’s illness is a devastating statement for her loyal fans who have continued to hold out hope for a comeback from their queen of daytime TV.
The filing asked the judge to allow certain information pertaining to Wendy’s “health, familial relationships, and finances” to be redacted from the record to protect her privacy.
The filing added that in January of 2022, Wells Fargo initiated “a guardianship proceeding on its own initiative in the Supreme Court of New York, New York County (the ‘Guardianship Proceeding’), to seek the court appointment of an independent guardian for [Wendy’s] financial affairs.”
WENDY’S DIAGNOSIS
As The U.S. Sun previously exclusively reported in 2019 Wendy was diagnosed with alcohol-related brain damage three years before she was placed in a guardianship.
Wendy looked intently toward the stage at her son Kevin Jr’s Florida graduation on Thursday[/caption]
The daytime talk show host was giving the horrific alcohol-related brain damage diagnosis while at a rehab center in Delray Beach, Florida, multiple sources claimed.
WENDY’S SHOW
Wendy was absent for the entirety of her 13th season of her eponymous Wendy Williams Show from 2021 to 2022.
Wendy Williams Alcohol-Related Brain Damage, Aphasia & Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnoses
By The U.S. Sun’s Senior Reporter Jessica Finn, who has reported on Wendy Williams for the past seven years.
As The U.S. Sun exclusively reported, Wendy Williams was diagnosed with alcohol-related brain damage in 2019 during a rehab stint in Florida.
An insider explained that a brain scan was done as part of Wendy’s rehab stay in Delray Beach.
A neurologist sat down with the star, her son, and her then-husband, Kevin Hunter Sr.
“The doctor explained to them that Wendy was suffering from alcohol-related brain damage.
“They told her that her alcohol abuse had done permanent damage to the layers in her brain,” the insider said.
“She was warned then and there that if she continued to drink, the damage would only get worse.”
In that meeting, they gave Wendy a devastating prognosis.
The doctors at the rehab foretold of the eventual decline of Wendy’s cognitive abilities, which have become apparent to those who have come in contact with the star in recent years.
“They told her that if she kept drinking she would continue to grow more forgetful, that she wouldn’t remember people’s names, and eventually, she could forget who people even were,” the source said.
After a comment call was sent to Wendy’s team, they released a statement saying Wendy had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in 2023.
“The decision to share this news was difficult and made after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy, but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia and support the thousands of others facing similar circumstances,” the statement read.
She officially lost her show at the end of the season when Sherri Shepherd took over her time slot with the same production company.
Her ol, Kevin Jr, stepped into help care for his mother from 2021 through 2022 in Florida before a New York judge determined the star should be placed in a guardianship.
Wendy returned to her apartment in New York City in the spring of 2022.
While in the city headline after headline emerged about the star seeming unwell while she was out and about, compounded by interviews in which she appeared disoriented.
Kevin took a large break from his studies to care for his mom from the fall of 2021 through the winter of 2022[/caption]
Wendy lost her eponymous daytime talk show after being absent for the entirety of the final season[/caption]
