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TV host Wendy Williams makes rare appearance at New York Fashion Week amid ongoing health battle

Wendy Williams has made a rare public appearance at New York Fashion Week amid her health battle.

Williams arrived at the Bach Mai fashion show wearing a chic black blazer mini dress, with an oversized Gucci belt, Chanel sneakers and an Hermes Birkin Bag.

The former talk show host completed the look with a few bangle bracelets and a matching silver W necklace.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Bach Mai and Wendy Williams attend the Bach Mai Fashion Show during September 2025 New York Fashion Week on September 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Wendy Williams has made a rare public appearance at New York Fashion Week amid her health battle. (Getty)

She kept the hair and makeup light and simple.

The next day, Williams visited the preview of Dennis Basso’s collection, being joined by Max Tucci, her niece Alex Finnie, and Finnie’s fiancé Eric Houston, according to Page Six.

She attended the shows amid her battle with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, which she was diagnosed with in 2023.

Since then, she’s been seen less and less in the public eye due to her health.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Bach Mai and Wendy Williams attend the Bach Mai Fashion Show during September 2025 New York Fashion Week on September 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Williams showed up at the Bach Mai fashion show in a chic black blazer mini dress, with an oversized Gucci belt, Chanel sneakers and an Hermes Birkin Bag. (Getty)

Before her diagnosis, she was a frequent attendee of New York Fashion Week, attending dozens of shows and once even walking the runway herself for The Hearts Truth Red Dress Collection Show in 2013.

It’s an annual show during fashion week to raise awareness for women’s heart disease. 

She’s also been living under a legal guardianship that oversees both her finances and health since May 2022.

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Williams became a popular daytime television host with her show The Wendy Williams Show, which ran from 2008 to 2022. (CNN)

Earlier this year, she made a surprise appearance at Columbia University in June to support her friend and fashion designer Mel Maxi during a lecture.

Williams became a popular daytime television host with her show The Wendy Williams Show, which ran from 2008 to 2022.

Her health issues eventually led to the cancellation of the show, but she remains one of the most iconic and quotable talk show hosts of the 2010s.

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