Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Jr. Faces a Growing Caregiving Trend [Video]

None of us could look away from last month’s two-part Lifetime documentary detailing talk show host Wendy Williams’ stunning reversal of fortune. But as the world watched the former Queen of All Media come unglued, my eyes weren’t on Wendy but on her 24-year-old son, Kevin Hunter, Jr.

An only child, unmarried and still relying on his millionaire mother’s financial support, Kevin Jr. had a look on his face throughout the “Where Is Wendy Williams?” documentary that I know all too well. It was the look of a dilemma: whether he could balance his ailing mother’s needs as her legal and financial guardian while tending to his own needs as a young man coming into adulthood.

I was 56 when I left Detroit, my home of 30 years, and moved in with my parents in Virginia after they both were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Seven years later, I’m still here. My …