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Wendy Williams' son, Kevin Hunter Jr., has been navigating life in the spotlight for years.
More recently, Hunter, 23, has spoken out about his mom's declining health and criticized the legal guardianship that was put in place in 2022.
He also participated in Lifetime's recent documentary, "Where Is Wendy Williams?" which shed light on his mother's personal difficulties.
Here's everything to know about Hunter.
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Hunter was born on August 18, 2000.
"I fought tooth and nail to be a mother," Williams said in the 2015 PBS special "American Masters: The Women's List," explaining that she experienced "several miscarriages including two at five months."
"Our Kevin is a hard-won child," she said. "I would've loved to have had more children but I don't want to test my blessing. Being a mother is for me. It's not for everybody. It's for me."
Hunter's relationship with his parents has been strained at times.
In a 2018 interview with Entertainment Tonight, the talk-show host said that three years prior, her dynamic with her son changed after he started smoking K2, a synthetic cannabis. She previously revealed on "The Wendy Williams Show" that he was exposed to the drug by "a loved one who he looked up to."
"I was horrified. My son became someone I didn't even know," she told ET, adding that he was able to recover from the drug use.
Hunter was arrested in May 2019 after assaulting his dad during a fight, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The incident occurred a month after Williams filed for divorce from her husband. Hunter pleaded not guilty and the case was dismissed.
In October of that year, he supported Williams when she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He also accompanied Williams at the unveiling of her wax figure at Madame Tussaud's in NYC in 2021.
Williams gave him a shout-out during her Walk of Fame ceremony, saying, "Sometimes life is a very, very lonely path, and you just gotta make some hard decisions. I want to give some love to my son, Kevin. It's me and you, kid!"
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Williams later revealed on her talk show that her "lowest point" was Kevin visiting her while she was in a sober house getting treatment for her addiction to cocaine.
In September 2022, Hunter was evicted from his Miami apartment due to $70,000 in unpaid rent. According to court documents obtained by People magazine, Williams paid for a full year's worth of his rent but she was unable to continue supporting him financially after her bank funds froze.
Hunter spoke out about Williams' guardianship and his concern for his mom's well-being in an interview with The Sun in June. He also said that he believed her alcohol use could become fatal.
Hunter said that Williams was "being taken advantage of" by people looking to exploit her.
Williams' manager, Will Selby, responded to Hunter's claims in an interview with ET, saying, "Wendy is under a guardianship. Everything that she does gets approved by the guardianship. A court-appointed guardianship. So, no one, even if they wanted to take advantage of her — everything has to get approved by that court."
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The documentary explained what happened to Williams after she stepped away from her talk show in 2021 and gave insight into her guardianship and her health hardships. Hunter and Williams are both credited as executive producers.
"My mom has done a great job making it seem like everything is OK always, but in reality, there's something wrong going on," Hunter said in the documentary.
In episode two of the documentary, Williams admitted that alcohol has caused tension between her and Hunter and she wants to repair their relationship.
Elsewhere in the documentary, Hunter said that his mom has "worked enough" and he doesn't think the guardianship has done a sufficient job of protecting her. Hunter also said that he wants the family to become Williams' designated guardian.
Hunter's involvement in the documentary raised eyebrows, given that he told The Sun in June that he had turned down a $25,000 offer to appear in the unscripted project and get an executive producer credit.
"I chose to not do it for the simple fact that I just felt like however this came about was under a contract she shouldn't have agreed to, for a project that wouldn't paint her in a good light," he told the publication at the time.
In February, an anonymous source told The Sun that they were surprised to see Hunter in the trailer, "because he was dead set against it over the summer."
