Wendy Williams, has appeared in the American audiovisual landscape, is said to suffer from dementia and progressive primary aphasia, according to a statement relayed on 22 February by his entourage. In 2022, Bruce Willis had also revealed that he had the same disease.
Wendy williams: As Bruce Willis, the American TV host suffers from dementia
Bad news for fans of American TV hostess Wendy Williams. According to a press release relayed on 22 February by his entourage to the local media, the star of the small screen was diagnosed progressive primary aphasia and front-temporal dementia, after passing a “medical test drum” in 2023.
in this example, the healthcare team around Wendy Williams insisted, through the press release, “correcting inaccurate and hurtful rums about her health,”CBS carry-overs. At the head of the Wendy Williams Show, a talk show centered around him, 2008, since the American moderator had withdrawn from the small screen in 2021 due to a proper health problems.
Sensitising aphasia and frontotemporal dementia
His memory then began to “fail”, leading to “acting erratically” or “losing his words”. The 59-year-old moderator had, in the process, that she suffered had Graves’ disease and lymphedema. Diseases incompatible with her role as a moderator: in 2022, Sherri Shepherd had picked up the time slot of Wendy Williams in a soberly titled “Sherri”.
‘Agnostication enabled Wendy to receive the medical care she needed,’ the statement said. The document states that the decision to share this new “was difficult” and required a “ripe reflection”. In particular, the possibility of “awareness of aphasia and frontotemporal dementia” that motivated this decision.
Aphasia manifests itself in difficulties in understanding language and communication, while frontotemporal dementia affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, depending on the medical environment. In 2022, Bruce Willis also revealed that they suffered from these same two pathologies.
Despite her diminished state, Wendy Williams would continue to do many things on her own and would have lost nothing of “his characteristic sense of humor,” the statement said. A two-part documentary on the life of the television host will be released on February 24 and 25 on Lifetime.