Wendy Williams diagnosis

[ty]

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, Today reports. pic.twitter.com/RhXBVoiLXS
- Pop Base (@PopBase) February 22, 2024

This is so sad.

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[umilicious]

Here’s some actual information from Today.com: Wendy Williams diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and apahasia: What to know about her health

(This isn’t a slam against you, OP, but on Pop Base. They’re part of a bigger misinformation problem as far as I’m concerned, and I can’t stand how they don’t actually source their articles properly.)

I’m starting to question whether this TV special was filmed with her consent. Her relative’s comments at the end make me wonder.

[ty]

That is what I am wondering too. Why is this special being aired this weekend?

[umilicious]

That’s a good question. Mine is who benefits from airing this, other than Lifetime? Her family talks about how she’s not like how the film describes her, but at the same time they made some questionable statements back during the Wells Fargo debacle. Her diagnosis also calls consent into question in general. What makes me sad is that Wendy may not have many people actually looking out for her best interests since she’s famous.

[bluesforgotten]

what a heartbreaking illness and it's even more sad how much she went through all of this publicly and that she may have been taken advantage of through this process. i hope she can get good care and things can get sorted out for the family.

i read the people article and i have a background in estate law, and it really seems like its for the best that a third party financial institution is managing a lot of her life and estate. i dont know why the family can't see her but there seems to be a lot of interests flying around. its often very necessary that a person needs financial management and family isnt the best option (see also: britney) but the interpersonal stuff is hard to manage.

[umilicious]

More often than not, I think it’s better for people to have a neutral party as a conservator (financial guardian). Like, I don’t think my parents would ever steal from my brother, but they shouldn’t have access to his finances like that, even if they (and me in emergencies) have guardianship over him.

[hiimtish]

Fully agree with your take as someone who used to work in special needs trusts. This is exactly what they’re for and should be utilized before any conservatorship is even talked about.

(Hate the term ‘special needs’ but I didn’t name those trusts😭)

[green_monsterx]

This is so sad. This is what Bruce Willis has, yeah? The article says she was exec producing the documentary, but they stopped filming when she was diagnosed, so idk how I feel about watching something she maybe didn’t fully understand what she was consenting to, considering her condition. I hope she is okay and healing and being taken care of wherever she is now.

[braindiva]

It is what Bruce Willis has. Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a form/subtype of frontaltemporal dementia (FTD). FTD tends to manifest a younger age than say Alzheimer's disease, and it is one the hardest to deal with as can radically alter people's behaviour and personality, though generally not seen as much in the PPA variant.

[lauren901]

:(
I work in a nursing home in activities and we are now getting residents in there 50s early 60s with dementia

[pciam]

It really is heartbreaking to see. My grandmother suffered for almost a full decade with progressive dementia, and it was so heartbreaking to witness--to see the impact it had on her, and also my mom and family. It is a truly awful disease

[hiimtish]

Covid can literally cause brain damage so this is going to become even more common 💔

[soavantgarde]

Ugh that’s awful. But also being an activities coordinator in a SNF sounds like so much fun. I’m a speech pathologist but I can’t do nursing homes bc working on cognition and downgrading peoples’ diets sounds miserable, but I would love to plan events and shit 😭💙 do you enjoy it?

[ohhhophelia]

I feel so much for her and her loved ones, same with Bruce Willis. This is a horrible disease that affects so many, not just your grandparents, and no amount of money can stop a diagnosis, and so many young people (meaning younger than 60) are killed by this disease and live in so much shame. I feel so sad for her. This is heartbreaking.