Wendy Williams, 59, diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and speech-affected aphasia – same condition as Bruce Willis – amid health battle
- Williams has struggled with alcohol abuse and mental health issues in recent years
Wendy Williams' 'cognitive problems' are coming into focus after she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia.
The care team of the 59-year-old former host of The Wendy Williams Show announced her new diagnosis in a press release on Thursday.
They said Williams underwent “a battery of medical tests” before arriving at the diagnosis, which came just days before the release of her Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? comes, detailing her struggles with alcohol abuse and mental health in recent years.
The diagnoses are largely the same as those that film legend Bruce Willis received in 2022 and 2023.
Wendy Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia, her care team revealed in a press release Thursday; seen in February 2020 in NYC