Wendy Williams denies her son Kevin Jr was evicted from $2M apartment because she 'lost her fortune'
MIAMI, FLORIDA: The former 'The Wendy Williams Show' host, Wendy Williams condemned the reports which claimed her son Kevin Hunter Jr was evicted from his $2M Miami apartment due to she lost her fortune. Shawn Zanotti, 58-year-old Gossip Queen's publicist made it clear in a conversation with The Neighbourhood Talk that Kevin Jr's eviction from his apartment has "nothing to do" with her client "losing her fortune," Shawn also emphasized that the former TV daytime queen is currently in conservatorship and won't be able to release any funds without getting permission.
"At this point, Wendy is under a conservatorship that was ordered by a federal New York judge," Shawn said in a statement to The Neighbourhood talk. "All expenses must be cleared by her guardian via the courts. There is a process where her expenses have to go through being verified and cleared before being paid," she further added. In addition, Shawn explained that sometimes the process can take a while, causing her to miss rent payments for her son Kevin Jr, as per AceShowbiz.
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"Wendy's hands are tied and there is really nothing she can do right now. It's a process that tends to go beyond the deadline of certain invoices. She, honestly, can't do anything about that," she said. "It's really sad how some outlets take headlines and misconstrue information just to get clicks and likes," she further added.
Wendy, who paid $100,000 for Kevin Jr's apartment, failed to pay the rent in February, according to legal documents exclusively obtained by The Sun earlier this week. In his statement, Kevin Jr explained that his mother's failing health caused her to be unable to pay the lavish rent. "My mom went through some health issues that put the court in control of her finances," he said, adding that "all of the financial support that she always gave stopped," including his apartment.
Wendy's son added, "for medical and legal reasons, she has not been able to pay the rent for the past months since the 1-year lease ended and the court controlled her finances."
He claimed, "Everything happened very quickly and unexpectedly and I had no idea things would end up like this," before announcing that he would be moving out of the apartment on September 7.
A lawsuit was filed against Wendy's 22-year-old son for not paying rent since February 2022 for his $2M apartment in August which demanded that he pays $70,000 in rent.