Wendy Williams thanks well-wishers after sharing aphasia and dementia diagnosis

Wendy Williams (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Former US talk show host Wendy Williams has thanked people for their “love and kind words” after it was announced she has been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia.

Earlier this week, her team confirmed the 59-year-old had primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the same forms actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with.