Wendy Williams’ Brother Accused Her of Skipping Mom’s Funeral & Abandoning Dad — inside Their Feud

• Wendy Williams' brother, Tommy, accused the talk show host of not showing up for their mother's funeral in 2020.
• Wendy responded to the allegations and revealed more information about the conflict that took place at the funeral.
• However, Wendy later spent quality time with her brother and father.

Wendy Williams is widely known as a television personality and host of her long-time talk show, "The Wendy Williams Show." At one point, she found herself addressing some of her family drama on her show after her brother, Tommy Williams, accused her of not attending their late mother's funeral.

Back in January 2021, Tommy revealed that Wendy had not been in communication with him and the family for a while. The TV personality's brother posted a video on his YouTube channel and claimed that Wendy did not come to their mother's funeral and chose to have lunch with her ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, instead.

Tommy asked Wendy why she would not tell their father that she was in town. He also added that their father deserved to know what was happening in her life. "And you told us, you told daddy, that you had to race back to New York to handle business. You were only going to be in town for the viewing. We didn't even know. He didn't even know," he reiterated.

Tommy continued to emphasize that Wendy lied about being in town. He said Wendy told her family that she needed to take care of business in New York when she was actually in town with her ex-husband and son.

Shortly after, Wendy responded to her brother's allegations on her show, stating that she did attend her mother's funeral. The talk show host confessed that her brother was trying to paint a negative image of her and revealed some of the other things that happened at the funeral. She said;

"Tommy, you know I was at mommy's service. And you know she looked beautiful in her casket. And you know that you fist-fought a loving member of our family, half your age.... a blood relative everyone, not my son."

She said her brother fought with a family member over the open casket of their mother and he had to be blocked by other men because it got close to the casket opening, which would have been a "catastrophe." "You should know better at 53," she added.

Wendy addressed her brother, expressing how she did not believe the kind person he was and that she had been seeing some of the things he was insinuating about her in her comments section. "You better stop talking the way you're talking because now it's dripping into my comment page.' she cautioned him. She said she also saw a lot of painful comments from people warning her against her own brother.

Following Wendy's response, Tommy responded in the comments section of The Shade Room, clarifying that Wendy only attended "the wake, NOT the funeral."

Wendy Williams' Health and Relationship with Her Estranged Brother and Father

Wendy has not been on TV since 2021, leaving the show in the hands of other guest celebrity hosts, including Sherri Shepherd, who was reported to be taking over "The Wendy Williams Show's" time slot.

Wendy has reportedly been dealing with many health issues, hence her absence from her famous talk show. According to reports, Wendy's health complications include addiction, Graves' disease, and COVID-19.

Some people close to Wendy said she sometimes had moments where she does not recognize some of the people she has known all her life. In the meantime, the mother has had the support of her family.

Tommy has since shared a few family moments with his sister and father since their public feud. In 2022, he posted a family photo with Wendy's father, her niece, her sister Wanda, and her son Kevin Jr. The brother also shared the photo in a private Wendy Williams Facebook fan group and captioned it with a message urging fans to keep their faith in Wendy's recovery.

He wrote that he hoped his sister would continue to courageously navigate this tough time and come out of it stronger. More family members also commented that Wendy was showing signs of progress each day. Tommy asked supporters of Wendy to subscribe to his YouTube channel to stay in touch for updates about the TV personality's health.

Tommy also shared a video of him, Wendy, and their father spending quality time together. The family was seen on a boat ride in Miami, where Wendy visited her loved ones for this year's Easter holidays. In the video, Tommy said, "Family's everything, believe that."

According to reports, the former radio DJ was with a filming crew for her reality show. This post surfaced after Tommy said his sister had not contacted him and his father. He emphasized that Wendy's lack of communication was painful for their father.

Starting Over

Since leaving her television show, Wendy was allegedly looking to sell her $3 million New York apartment and all the furniture in it. She was even willing to let go of the iconic purple couch she would use for her talk show segment, "Hot Topics."

In early April, sources revealed that Wendy was looking to start over in Los Angeles and wanted to get rid of everything in her house. It was said she was looking for a new beginning with everything new and trying to get back on television because that was where she was most comfortable.

Wendy was also allegedly looking to start new projects in LA, one of them being a podcast, which had a lot of uncertainty behind it. Some sources had said it had been canceled, but Wendy's publicist reportedly argued otherwise.

The podcast still has an official website. Wendy spoke about the new venture in November 2022 and teased that it would start in a few weeks. But besides the podcast, close sources claimed she had several projects in the pipeline.