Wendy Williams has come a good distance because the filming of her documentary, in line with her household.
As we beforehand reported, the tv icon has been prepping for her upcoming Lifetime doc Where Is Wendy Williams? whereas staying in a therapy middle for her cognitive points, which she’s been in since April 2023. Her sister Wanda Finnie and her niece Alex Finnie beforehand touched on this when talking of her keep within the facility, saying she will be able to solely contact them first because of strict adherences along with her authorized guardian.
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But regardless of the very fact they’ll’t attain out to Wendy, they’re assuring the 59-year-old has been reaching out to them — and apparently her keep in that therapy middle has been doing numerous good. Wanda stated in an interview with People on Wednesday:
“I spoke with her yesterday and I speak with her very regularly when she reaches out to me. She is, from what I understand, in a wellness, healing type of environment. We cannot reach out to her, but she can reach out to us. And she is in a healing place emotionally. She’s not the person that you see in this film.”
Alex additionally opened up about Wendy’s situation, stating she’s “proud” of her:
“I’m proud of my aunt for taking control of her narrative because my aunt has always been such a public person and has been an open book, and we’ve all seen the images over the last few months and really few years of what has been like a spiral for my aunt. So for her to actually put her voice in here and take ownership of what’s happened, where she’s at present day… I think it’s powerful.”
The former Wendy Williams Show host’s sister agrees, and though the household isn’t certain what’s going on within the facility behind the scenes, they’re simply glad it’s working:
“I don’t know what is working, but I do know that when she did reach out to me, it was a person who is remarkably different than what we see in that documentary.”
Phew! It was contact and go for some time there, too. Between her many situations — together with alcohol dependancy, Graves illness, and lymphedema — the household was apprehensive in the future they’d simply study she had died. Wanda admitted:
“There were points during the past year when everyone in this family wondered whether that call [that she was dead] was going to come in the middle of the night. Everybody in this family sat on pins and needles every single night with their cell phones right next to the bed.”
Thankfully it by no means occurred! The broadcaster’s niece stated she’s made a “complete 180”:
“She sounds really great. To hear my aunt now in terms of just how clear she is, just how focused she is on the importance of family and the reality in terms of facing and understanding where she’s at physically and mentally and emotionally, it is like a 180.”
Wonderful information!! We have been all so apprehensive, contemplating all the things that went down… Sending love and light-weight Wendy’s means as she continues on this therapeutic journey.
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