One proud mama.
Wendy Williams bought emotional as she attended her son’s faculty commencement on Thursday in a uncommon outing as she battles early-onset dementia.
Sporting a glittery gown and Chanel sneakers, the previous daytime TV host, 60, accessorized with a Louis Vuitton bag as she rode a purple electrical wheelchair out and in of the graduation occasion.
Williams was joined by her father, Thomas Williams Sr., 93, and her sister, Wanda Finnie, to witness Williams’ solely little one, Kevin Hunter Jr., 24, get his diploma from Florida Worldwide College (FIU) in Miami, Fla.
In response to FIU’s graduation program, Kevin graduated from the college’s Steven J. Inexperienced College of Worldwide and Public Affairs with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
He started his faculty journey at one other Miami faculty, Barry College, earlier than transferring to FIU. Kevin additionally took day without work from faculty in 2021 and 2022 to assist handle his mom as she struggled along with her well being.
Through the commencement ceremony, a beaming Williams cried and wiped away tears as Kevin walked throughout the stage and obtained his diploma.
The previous “Wendy Williams Show” host was flanked by armed cops as she exited the graduation and bought in to a ready car. Kevin was seen shaking palms with one of many officers.
Wendy was seen most lately over the weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. smiling at the back of an SUV as she picked up a to-go order from native hang-out Sho’nuff Oysters.
The star was accompanied by her nephew Travis Finnie, based on blogger Antoine Edwards, who captured video of the oyster pickup.
A bit over a month in the past, Williams’ authorized guardian Sabrina Morrissey declared that the TV character “has become cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated” on account of her early-onset dementia.
The declare was recorded in a Nov. 12 court docket submitting Morrissey submitted in her ongoing authorized battle with A+E Networks, the cable community she alleges exploited Williams in the Lifetime docuseries “Where Is Wendy Williams?” (Lifetime is a subsidiary of A+E).
Morrissey unsuccessfully tried to dam the discharge of the doc, which aired in February and revealed intimate particulars of Williams’ struggles with dependancy and her funds.
The previous radio DJ was recognized with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in 2023 after the docuseries wrapped, although she reportedly confirmed signs indicative of the situation — which incorporates reminiscence loss — from the start of manufacturing.
Williams has been below a court-ordered guardianship that oversees her well being and funds since 2022 after her financial institution, Wells Fargo, alleged she was “incapacitated.”
