Wendy Williams Spotted Out in Public for the First Time in a Year

Williams was spotted at a holistic store in Newark, N.J. on Monday, Aug. 19

Wendy Williams has been spotted in public for the first time in over a year.

Williams, 60, accompanied her son, Kevin Hunt Jr. — whom she shares with ex-husband Kevin Hunter — at the holistic store Bolingo Balance in Newark, N.J., on Monday, Aug. 19. The outing, which was initially reported by Page Six, marks the first time the television personality has been spotted out since March 2023.

An employee at Bolingo Balance — which is owned by Victor Bowman, the son of herbalist Alfredo "Dr. Sebi" Bowman — told the outlet that Williams was “sharp, upbeat and aware” and “very bubbly” during the visit. She was “engaging but wasn’t as familiar with what we do here, so her son was more explaining things.”

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“She talked about circulation improvement but didn’t want to get into too much detail on their first meeting and plans to come back in the near future,” the employee also told the outlet.

Bowman also shared a photo of himself and Williams on his Facebook page on Monday, Aug. 19. “Wendy Williams come to my store 🏬 much love Queen 👸🏾,” he captioned the post.

Photos were also posted on the store's Instagram account. "Much love to Wendy Williams and her son ❤️," read the caption. "I remember when I met Kevin in Usha village, my dad told me I want you to meet Wendy’s son."

Williams' son replied in the comment section: "🙏🏽📈🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽."

Williams was last publicly seen and photographed in March 2023 as she returned to her apartment in New York City. Prior to that, she made her last appearance on The Wendy Williams Show in July 2021. The show continued with several celebrity guest hosts until its June 2022 conclusion and amid Williams' ongoing health issues, including Graves' disease, lymphedema and alcohol abuse.

In between her March 2023 and August 2024 outings, Williams’ team revealed she was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. Her sister Wanda Finnie and niece Alex exclusively told PEOPLE in Feburary that she wasn't made aware of her diagnosis after she was placed in a facility to be treated for cognitive issues. Finnie said she hadn't received information on Williams' diagnosis since the fall of 2021.

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Finnie added that not long after the star’s court-ordered guardianship began in April of 2022, communication with her and the rest of the family was restricted.

The next month, court documents were released which detailed the ongoing battle between Williams’ legal and financial guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, and Lifetime’s parent company A+E Networks. They also discussed the documentary about Williams — Where Is Wendy Williams? — and reference the status of Williams’ hotly debated finances.

Since Morrissey's March 2024 filing, Williams’ N.Y.C. penthouse was sold in May. Then, in July, she celebrated her 60th birthday, but a source told PEOPLE at the time that her family was "rooting and praying for Wendy and want to express their well wishes as she celebrates her 60th birthday."

“Wendy Williams’s family is unable to speak on her current condition and location due to ongoing litigation and the fact that they have largely been denied contact," the source added.

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A representative for Williams’ attorney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Monday.

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