Wendy Williams’ son confirms host has ‘alcohol-induced dementia’

Photo: Getty Images Wendy Williams’ frontotemporal dementia is due to her alcoholism. In the two-part Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams?, Williams’ son, Kevin Hunter Jr., explained that doctors informed him that his mother’s abuse of alcohol greatly affected “her headspace and her brain.” “I was able to really learn more about things going on with my mother internally,” the 23-year-old shared in Sunday’s (February 25) episode. “[Doctors] basically said that because she was drinking so much, it was starting to affect her headspace and her brain. So, I think they said it was alcohol-induced dementia.” In 2019, Williams, 59, first learned of her alcohol-related brain damage when she entered a Florida rehab facility. However, it wasn’t until years later that she received the formal diagnosis of dementia and aphasia. Elsewhere in the documentary, the former talk show host’s niece, Alex Finnie, shared that she was told of her aunt’s diagnosis in the fall of 2022.& “All I know is that it was dementia,” she shared. “You look back at little things, and it’s a slow roll. It’s little things like, ‘When’s your birthday again?’ You know? ‘What’s his name again?’ But after seeing my aunt and really spending time...