Joe Tacopina

“Wendy was drunk almost 24 hours a day. She looked like she needed help. She did need help. She needed alcohol rehabilitation.”

Joe Tacopina · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Joe Tacopina discussed Wendy Williams' struggle with alcoholism on Nightline.

“There’s something called alcohol-induced dementia. That may have been something Wendy was suffering from back in [2023], 24. She was an alcoholic, no question about it,”

Joe Tacopina · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Joe Tacopina raised the possibility that Wendy Williams suffered from alcohol-induced dementia.