Wendy Williams reportedly is estranged from her 22-year-old son, Kevin Hunter Jr., and allegedly hasn’t seen or spoken to him since final yr.
The Solar studies that the 58-year-old former speak present host and the son she shares together with her ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, haven’t communicated since Williams left a rehabilitation middle in Malibu, California, final October.
The 2 additionally didn’t see one another throughout Williams’ current go to to Florida, the place her son resides.
“Kevin is just not in communication along with his mom,” claimed one supply. “Wendy didn’t see little Kevin when she was in Florida in April.”
Williams spent Easter vacation weekend together with her father, Thomas Williams, and her brother Tommy Williams Jr. in Miami. Whereas there she reportedly introduced a movie crew to tape their outing for an untitled mission about her life however by no means stated a phrase to her son.
“She additionally didn’t name him when she was coming, however somebody in manufacturing known as Kevin’s lawyer concerning the documentary, and that was the primary time he heard about her filming.”
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The supply stated Kevin is prospering in his research as he attends faculty in Miami, whereas noting that he took day off to deal with his mom as she struggled together with her well being points, together with Graves’ illness and COVID-19.
“He’s doing very well and is making an attempt to remain centered and is transferring on along with his life. He’s again in faculty, he would have graduated already if he didn’t take off to deal with her final yr.”
A second purported supply claimed that the final time Williams noticed her son was on her birthday in New York Metropolis final July and that the 2 hadn’t spoken in fairly a while, The Solar additionally reported.
“The final time Wendy noticed Kev was in July of final yr when he flew to New York for her birthday, and the final time they spoke she was nonetheless in rehab,” claimed the supply. “She didn’t name him after she was launched.”
Williams and her son’s relationship has been fractured for fairly a while for varied causes. Again in Fall 2021, Kevin reportedly gave his mom an “ultimatum” and advised her she wanted assist for her substance abuse points.
“Wendy’s relationship with Kevin Jr has been strained. He gave her an ultimatum. He advised her he received’t be in her life until she fixes herself,” one other supply claimed. “Her son has been doling out the powerful love, telling Wendy, ‘Get your self assist, mother.’”
In December 2022, Williams’ son was additionally allegedly evicted from his Miami condominium after the previous radio host was sued for $70,000 in unpaid lease. This got here months after she misplaced her revenue from “The Wendy William Present,” which ended final June.
Williams paid greater than $100,000 for her son’s lease prematurely, however Kevin reportedly was alleged to take over the funds when the lease ended. She was then positioned underneath a monetary conservatorship after Wells Fargo petitioned the court docket, claiming she was of “unsound thoughts” early final yr.
Followers are nonetheless awaiting the official launch of Williams’ podcast known as “The Wendy Expertise,” which she introduced final August, however has not gotten off the bottom. Tommy advised The Solar that he worries his sister has been hanging round with “sharks.”
“We haven’t been capable of assist as a result of she’s up in New York round individuals and we, the household, can’t get hooks in her correctly to reel her into the shore,” he stated. “So she’s staying on the market with the sharks. This isn’t a lady who’s in the proper state of mind to get a present going.”
“Why are you even right here? Do you see the situation she’s in? Does it appear to be she’s prepared to start out a podcast, for goodness sake? It doesn’t,” Tommy added.
The information comes as Andy Cohen revealed that Williams had pitched herself to affix “The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” regardless of her declaration on her canceled present that she might by no means be a housewife.
Cohen reportedly wrote in his ebook “The Daddy Diaries” that he would have beloved the concept had she pitched the concept a yr earlier than her well being issues turned a problem. Nevertheless, the dialog “didn’t go wherever.”
