- “Where’s Wendy Williams?” producer Mark Ford said of filming Williams’ health issues.
- Ms Ford said she would not have filmed the documentary if she had known about her dementia sooner.
- Wendy Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, her care team announced Thursday.
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The Wendy Williams documentary would never have come out or even been filmed if the revelations about the former talk show host’s dementia had been revealed before filming. Deaf producers say.
“Where’s Wendy Williams?,” which premiered Saturday on Lifetime, follows Williams’ life after finding success on a daytime talk show. Williams stepped down from The Wendy Williams Show in 2021, citing a diagnosis of Graves’ disease and issues with alcohol abuse.
Mark Ford, the documentary’s producer, said that while the documentary was being filmed at Williams’ New York City apartment from August 2022 to April 2023, the filmmakers were not aware of Williams’ health or her safety. He said he was becoming increasingly concerned about the actions of those tasked with protecting the country. Hollywood Reporter.
“Wendy will be left completely alone in an apartment with no food and stairs that she can easily fall down on,” Ford told THR. “There was no one there 24/7.”
Ford told the magazine that during filming, he initially thought the film would be about Williams getting sober and making a podcast. However, Ford said, “The story has been derailed by what we now know about Wendy’s dementia status.”
Williams was diagnosed in 2023. frontotemporal dementiaher care team said, which is a form of cognitive decline that can cause memory loss and personality changes. It was announced on Thursday.
The documentary touches on Williams’ diagnosis when her son Kevin Hunter Jr. tells the camera that he has “alcoholic dementia.” USA Today reported.
“But, of course, no one would have rolled the cameras if they had known Wendy had dementia,” Ford told THR.
Williams’ care team, representatives from A+E Television Network, her manager Will Selby, and her guardian’s attorney; Sabrina Morrissey did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
On Friday, a New York court ruled that the documentary could be aired as scheduled on Saturday after Morrissey filed a lawsuit against the A+E television network seeking an injunction to block its broadcast. . CNN reported.
Ford told THR he was satisfied with the court’s decision.
“Ultimately, this is a First Amendment issue,” Ford said. “No one should have the power to suppress the voices of Wendy and his family.”