What is aphasia and frontotemporal dementia? Wendy Williams condition explained NBC New York [Video]

The care team for Wendy Williams announced that the TV personality and show host was diagnosed in 2023 with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

The statement from her team on Thursday — just two days before Williams was set to return to television — explained that the 59-year-old’s conditions have “presented significant hurdles” in her life, while acknowledging the ongoing speculation about Williams’ health. The diagnoses came “after undergoing a battery of medical tests,” a press release from her team said.

Two years after canceling her hit talk show, the former “The Wendy Williams Show” host and her family are set to address the speculation regarding Williams’ health and cognitive abilities in a new Lifetime documentary, “Where Is Wendy Williams?” coming out Feb. 24, 2024.

It is along the same lines as the diagnosis that the family of Bruce Willis announced he first received in 2022. The 68-year-old actor stepped away from Hollywood after his aphasia diagnosisat that time, and less …