Wendy Williams Interview Blasting Nicole Murphy Goes Viral

“Where Is Wendy Williams?” Fans of the former talk show host have been asking this question since the February release of a two-part Lifetime documentary exploring her life and health struggles. Now, some answers have emerged.

Wendy Williams, 60, has been spotted in public for the first time since her legal and medical issues became widely known earlier this year. Last week, a business in Newark, New Jersey, shared that the former host of “The Wendy Williams Show” visited their herbal supplement and holistic health product shop.

Victor Bowman, owner of Bolingo Balance, posted photos on Instagram and Facebook showing Williams with her 24-year-old son, Kevin Hunter Jr. “Wendy Williams came to my store,” Bowman wrote, adding, “Much love, Queen.” Hunter Jr. responded with an Instagram comment filled with prayer and crossed fingers emojis, seemingly expressing hope for his mother’s well-being.

This outing marked Williams’ first public appearance since her team disclosed in February that she had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. These diagnoses were further highlighted in the documentary “Where Is Wendy Williams?”, which detailed her health struggles, including her eventual admission to a treatment facility. The series also featured her family discussing her condition and their concerns about the court-appointed guardianship imposed on her in 2022.

In the documentary, her son claimed that Williams’ dementia was “alcohol-induced,” explaining that excessive drinking had started to impact her brain function. However, her team’s official statement identified her condition as primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

Frontotemporal dementia, according to Alzheimers.gov, involves changes in thinking, behavior, movement, language, and emotions due to damage to the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes. Aphasia, as defined by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is a disorder that impairs the ability to express and understand language, as well as reading and writing, often caused by damage to the brain’s language areas due to various factors such as stroke or progressive neurological disease.

The documentary also addressed the controversy surrounding the court’s appointment of a guardian for Williams’ finances in 2022, a decision her family has repeatedly criticized, arguing that a family member should hold that role.

In February, the identity of Williams’ temporary guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, became public when she filed a lawsuit against A+E Networks, seeking to prevent the documentary’s release. Morrissey argued that Williams was not capable of consenting to the terms of the documentary, which she claimed portrayed Williams in a degrading manner. Despite Morrissey’s efforts, Lifetime, owned by A+E Networks, proceeded with airing the documentary on February 24 and 25 after an appellate judge ruled that blocking its release would violate the First Amendment. The legal case is ongoing.

Williams, who battled Graves’ disease and took a medical leave in 2021, leading to the cancellation of “The Wendy Williams Show” in 2022, has since kept a low profile.