Wendy Williams is facing another health battle, but her critics seemingly dismissed it and even called it her "karma."

On Thursday, Williams announced that she was diagnosed with "frontotemporal dementia and aphasia" in 2023 "after undergoing a battery of medical tests." While some fans were sad upon learning about her health struggles as they had been waiting for her return on TV, her critics seemingly slammed her after the revelation.


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Wendy Williams attends Annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC and GFI at BGC Partners, INC on September 11, 2018 in New York City.

"Remember when Wendy Williams said that Angelina deserved breast cancer for breaking up Brangelina? Damn, Karma remembers," one wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

"Idk who needs to hear this but: everything that Wendy Williams has and is going [through] is pure karma. I will not feel sorry for her because it's the trending thing to do. It's all well deserved," another added.

"So that's why we haven't seen Wendy Williams in a while...I guess karma finally caught up to the gossip queen," a third person said.

"The news about Wendy Williams is sad, but it's hard to be empathetic when that woman literally made a career out of shading other people's lives, knowing she had all that going on at home. Karma always comes around," a fourth netizen commented.

 

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Television host Wendy Williams attends the Vulture Festival Presented By AT&T - Milk Studios, Day 1 at Milk Studios on May 19, 2018 in New York City.

Meanwhile, several netizens also rallied to defend Williams from those calling her illness her karma. They stressed that anyone could get sick, even good people, and the claim was allegedly offensive to those with family members suffering from the same illness.

"It's NOT karma hitting Wendy Williams. These afflictions happen to everyone -- even the timid, sweet kind people are AFFLICTED out of the blue like this every day. Life is unfair.... to EVERYONE. I promise you that," one person suggested.

"Saying Wendy Williams having dementia is karma is a slap in the face to every one of us who's had a parent or loved one with dementia. It's not something that someone deserves to happen to them no matter what, it sucks and f**k yall for saying that," a different user opined.


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TV personality Wendy Williams attends the 2019 NYWIFT Muse Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown on December 10, 2019 in New York City.

"People are allowed to believe in 'karma' coming for Wendy Williams. But I definitely recommend not operating in binaries like that. Did Wendy Williams harm people? Sure. Does she 'deserve' her disability? Does her family? No. Disability isn't the wrath of an angry God. It just is," another person stated.

"Wendy Williams has exhibited problematic behavior, but her diagnosis is not 'karma.' This sentiment is rooted in ableism perpetuated by 17th-century Protestants who believed disability was a curse to punish 'bad people.' Every person will become disabled if you live long enough," a different netizen shared.


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Wendy Williams gets her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 17, 2019 in Hollywood.

Williams has an upcoming documentary that will premiere this weekend. The documentary follows her health battle and the ups and downs in her career. The trailer showed her talking about loving fame and not having money after being placed into financial guardianship.

Hoda Kotb reacted after seeing the trailer, saying it was "heartbreaking because we've known Wendy for many years." She added that they were cheering on Williams and wanted her "to be healthy and happy."

"Where is Wendy Williams?" is a two-night documentary premiering on Feb. 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime.


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