Why Are People Saying Wendy Williams’ Latest Diagnosis Is her Karma?

An honest look at showbiz, spirituality, and social media

It's Ericajean
5 min readFeb 26, 2024

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I know you’ve heard the gossip by now: Wendy Williams is not only suffering from Graves disease. She also has recently been diagnosed with aphasia and dementia — which affects her speech and her ability to comprehend, which can be seen during her recent Lifetime Documentary ‘Where’s Wendy Williams’. Some people are focusing on the one part of her life she made a living off of: Gossiping.

They are saying her recent woes are a direct result of karma handing down judgement.

Is this true?

Is living a life of gossip, then having your ability to talk snatched away, an act of God?

This is a difficult question of moral proportions, but I want to look at it from the angle of career and showbiz for a minute.

Wendy is a powerful woman and a great example of someone who went up the ladder and burst through the “glass ceiling”. I remember her as a DJ, or shock jock from back in the day and never imagined that she would have her own show.

A long running show of 14 years.

We all watched her change(physically) and obtain a “successful glow” over the years. Many people loved…

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It's Ericajean

Essayist and poet | Author of Rumors of Ouroboros . Learn more about Erica at https://linktr.ee/itsericajean/