Wendy Williams was a proud mother on Thursday, as she attended her son Kevin Jr.’s commencement from Florida Worldwide College in a uncommon public outing.
The beloved American tv host, 60, arrived to the occasion in Miami on a mobility scooter in a classy sequin black gown.
Williams — who was recognized with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in Might 2023 — was joined by her father, Thomas Williams Sr.
Pictures from contained in the occasion present the mom-of-one beaming as her son acquired his diploma in a standard blue school gown. At one level she additionally appeared emotional as she watched her solely son stroll the stage.
Wendy shares her son with ex-husband Kevin Hunter. She filed for divorce from Hunter in 2019, after he fathered a child with a mistress. Their divorce was finalized in 2020.
Her outing comes after a household insider has completely advised DailyMail.com that Wendy is ‘extra clear now than she’s ever been,’ following her guardian’s declare that she is ‘completely incapacitated.’
Wendy Williams, 60, was a proud mother on Thursday, as she attended her son Kevin Jr.’s commencement from Florida Worldwide College in a uncommon public outing
The beloved American tv host arrived to the occasion on a mobility scooter
Williams was recognized with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in Might 2023
Whereas arriving to the occasion on Thursday had a Louis Vuitton monogrammed tote bag in her lap, and finalized her look with chunky black boots.
The star additionally accessorized with gold bangles on her arm, and a big silver ring. Wendy additional sparkled up her look with a silver ‘W’ necklace.
She wore her brunette hair straight and sported a traditional crimson lip and black eyeliner.
Whereas inside, Wendy stood up at one level, and was seen making her method by the crowded aisles.
Wendy was seen on one other uncommon outing in a video posted earlier this week. The clip confirmed her sitting at the back of a automobile, and was shared to the toinethedon Instagram web page on Sunday.
The caption said that Wendy was noticed exterior the Fort Lauderdale restaurant, Sista Sara’s Shonuff Oysters, together with her nephew Travis Finnie, although it is unclear what day the clip was taken on.
Wendy seemed to be in good spirits within the video, smiling as she acquired her meals order. She was additionally heard thanking the employees.
At the beginning of the clip a fan greeted her by saying her signature catchphrase, ‘The way you doin’?’ with the star smiling and returning the greeting.
Wendy appeared emotional as she watched her solely son stroll the stage
Kevin walked the stage in a standard blue school gown
Wendy wore a classy sequin black gown
Whereas arriving to the occasion on Thursday had a Louis Vuitton monogrammed tote bag in her lap, and finalized her look with chunky black boots
The star additionally accessorized with gold bangles on her arm, and a big silver ring
She was pictured arriving to the occasion
Wendy additionally accessorized with a glowing ‘W’ necklace
She was joined by her father, Thomas Williams Sr.
Pictures from contained in the occasion present the mom-of-one beaming as her son acquired his diploma
She wore her brunette hair straight and sported a traditional crimson lip and black eyeliner
Whereas contained in the occasion Wendy stood up at one level, and was seen making her method by the crowded aisles
The tv persona wore a classy inexperienced jacket, and had a black purse resting by her aspect.
Wendy’s prognosis got here one yr after she was positioned underneath a court-ordered authorized guardianship that oversees each her funds and well being.
Final month, attorneys for the star’s guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, claimed in new filings that Williams ‘has develop into cognitively impaired and completely incapacitated.’
It was the newest replace amid a authorized wrangle over the star’s tell-all documentary, The place Is Wendy Williams? – which prompted widespread backlash when it aired in February.
Nevertheless, a household insider hit again on the declare concerning William’s psychological state and mentioned: ‘She is extra clear now than she’s ever been all through the guardianship, which is an issue for some.’
The place Is Wendy Williams? was set to discover Williams’ life as she ready to launch a brand new podcast- however featured surprising scenes exhibiting the previous host consuming vodka in mattress and having panic assaults – resulting in fan backlash in opposition to Lifetime.
Morrissey is now locked in a authorized battle with the community over the documentary.
In a submitting obtained by The US Solar final week, Morrissey’s attorneys known as Williams ‘an acclaimed entertainer who, tragically, has been troubled by early-onset dementia and, consequently, has develop into cognitively impaired and completely incapacitated.
‘In January 2022, after turning into conscious of a sample of disturbing occasions regarding [Wendy’s] welfare and funds, Wells Fargo took the extremely uncommon step of initiating a guardianship continuing by itself initiative within the Supreme Court docket of New York, New York County (the ‘Guardianship Continuing’), to hunt the court docket appointment of an unbiased guardian for [Wendy’s] monetary affairs.
The submitting additional requested for components of the case about Williams’ ‘well being, familial relationships, and funds’ to be redacted to guard her privateness.
‘We respectfully request that the Court docket grant Plaintiff’s movement for restricted redactions to guard personal data from the Guardianship Continuing that has been positioned underneath seal by the court docket overseeing that continuing.
Nevertheless, simply two months in the past the beloved discuss present host spoke completely with DailyMail.com and shared that she was doing effectively, earlier than additionally slamming the documentary.
‘I’m doing actually good,’ she mentioned in October. ‘The documentary sucked. I perceive that it’s up for an award now. Every thing goes rather well.’
New York lawyer Morrissey was assigned as her guardian after Wells Fargo froze her accounts in 2022, because of her monetary adviser on the time claiming that she was of ‘unsound thoughts.’
In March, it was reported that Williams was allegedly paid $100,000 per episode for her involvement within the four-part docuseries.
She was later seen leaving within the night time
On the identical time, it was revealed that William’s guardian had filed a lawsuit in opposition to the guardian firm of Lifetime, A&E Tv Networks with allegations of ‘blatant exploitation’ in ‘disgusting’ style.
Morrissey filed the lawsuit underneath non permanent seal – which retains particulars within the case protected against the general public – in October, however the docs had been unsealed and reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter, revealing explosive accusations within the case.
‘This blatant exploitation of a susceptible lady with a severe medical situation who’s beloved by thousands and thousands inside and outdoors of the African American group is disgusting, and it can’t be allowed,’ the authorized group for Williams’ guardian advised the court docket.
Morrissey added that the discuss present host ‘didn’t have the capability to consent,’ in keeping with THR, and producers didn’t get her consent, as her court-appointed guardian, to supply it.
Williams was misled by producers into considering that the documentary could be a ‘optimistic and helpful’ mission for her public picture and fame, the swimsuit said.
In response, A&E Networks argued that Morrissey has been ‘exceeding her authority’ in making an attempt to get components of the documentary modified and redacted.
The American multinational broadcasting firm filed a countersuit which claimed that Williams had signed a expertise settlement earlier than she was ‘mentally incapacitated’ as was claimed by the guardian.
The favored community additionally claimed that there isn’t a legislation in opposition to doing a documentary on a topic with dementia so, in impact, even when a expertise settlement wasn’t signed nothing that that they had executed could be thought-about incorrect.
The broadcasting firm is suing Morrissey for making an attempt to infringe on A&E’s First Modification rights as they provide the instance of Morrissey’s authentic swimsuit filed in February through which she tried to get a choose to cease the unique documentary from being launched.
A&E claimed that Morrissey had pressured their manufacturing firm to defend itself in opposition to ‘meritless claims’ from the documentary.
TMZ additionally claims A&E says within the countersuit that Morrissey is making an attempt to disclaim Williams: ‘Considered one of her final probabilities to train her autonomy and actually attain her followers in precisely the frank and unfiltered method that was the hallmark of her profession.
Williams’ publicist beforehand blasted the Lifetime documentary that she signed her well-known TV shopper up for.
Shawn Zanotti positioned blame on the producers of the collection, alleging the TV icon believed she was filming a program about her comeback – just for filmmakers to seize ‘a circus to her downfall.’
Wendy shares her son with ex-husband Kevin Hunter; the trio seen in 2017
She filed for divorce from Hunter in 2019, after he fathered a child with a mistress. Their divorce was finalized in 2020; pictured in 2018
Zanotti, who has been working as a publicist for Williams since 2021, spoke with NBC Information about her grievances with the making the four-part documentary.
In an interview with the outlet, Zanotti claimed: ‘I felt that [Williams] was being exploited. She thought we had been specializing in the comeback of her profession… She could be mortified.
‘There isn’t any method you’ll be able to persuade me that she could be OK with wanting and seeing herself in that method.’
She additionally advised Those that she felt ‘lied to’ about it.
Regardless of having inspired her shopper to enroll in the present, Zanotti later mentioned: ‘I’d by no means let Wendy put her identify and model on the road like that ever. She’s an icon. It isn’t the story we signed up for and I really feel lied to.
‘It is so tough for me to even watch. Wendy could be mortified.’
The Wendy Williams Present aired its closing episode in June 2022 after 13 years – with out Williams herself making an look.
She beforehand withdrew from the present in 2021 and launched into what was initially alleged to be a brief go away of absence to deal with well being points.
