Wendy Williams judge dismisses ex Kevin Hunter’s demands that host continue paying child support after admitting he’s broke

WENDY Williams’ divorce judge has dropped her ex Kevin Hunter’s request that the host continue to pay child support.

According to court documents exclusively made available to The US Sun, the judge asserted that Wendy’s financial guardian will not have to cut his child support again.

A judge denied Wendy Williams’ ex-Kevin Hunter’s request for his child support to be resumedPhoto credit: Getty
Wendy was placed under financial guardianship in 2022, and Kevin petitioned a judge to have the guardian resume his paymentsPhoto credit: Getty

The judge found that Kevin’s application was “not conspicuous” and ordered his application to be “dismissed without prejudice.”

The judge also denied Kevin’s request that Wendy pay his legal fees.

However, Kevin’s battle over Wendy’s payments isn’t quite over.

The judge said while they don’t consider his request for child support an emergency, he can still bring his case to arbitration.

“The parties are expected to participate in binding arbitration,” the judge said.

“The issues surrounding severance pay and QDRO [Qualified Domestic Relations Order] are controversial and must therefore be mediated.”

KEVIN’S COURT PLEASE

As The US Sun previously exclusively revealed, Wendy’s ex-husband first told a New Jersey court that his promised monthly payments in their divorce suddenly stopped in February 2022.

Kevin asked that the court order Wendy’s guardian to “make any payments contractually required under the MSA and Separation Agreement.”

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As The US Sun first reported exclusively, Wendy, 58, was placed under financial guardianship earlier this year.

In his filing, Kevin told the court that his livelihood depended on the payments stipulated in their marriage contract.

“I’ve defaulted on most of my bills. I currently live in a community that requires payments to the Homeowners Association and I am in arrears on this bill.

“If the homeowners association dues aren’t paid, foreclosure will soon follow,” Kevin said in his court pleading of the home he shares with his baby mom and her beloved child.

“My car insurance wasn’t paid because I didn’t receive monthly severance payments.

“I’m behind on credit card payments because I haven’t had any money since severance payments were suspended,” Kevin continued in his filing.

“My life has been severely impacted since the plaintiff stopped making payments under our settlement agreement.”

In addition to the myriad of pressing financial matters Kevin faced, he also claimed he didn’t have health insurance.

The father-of-two claimed he needed hip surgery, which he could not afford without insurance, and was living with daily pain as a result of not being treated.

“The fact that I am unable to sustain my life and pay my bills properly is extremely striking to me. I can’t pay my bills and I can’t sustain my daily living.”

Kevin also argued that Wendy’s guardian never gave him a reason as to why the payments stopped in the first place.

WENDY’S LAST SEASON SALARY

In response to Kevin’s demand for payment, the former TV host’s attorney filed that the star has had no income from The Wendy Williams Show since October 2021, just a month into her long absence.

“On October 15, 2021, plaintiff was notified … that her contract has been suspended and that no compensation will be due or payable to plaintiff for the duration of plaintiff’s disability and incapacity,” Wendy’s attorney wrote.

The former talk show host’s attorney went on to cite the divorce agreement she and Kevin signed in January 2020.

Wendy’s attorney continued that her client received no salary from the production and she “does not currently have any other television show that is airing that pays her an income, let alone an equivalent salary.”

Wendy’s absence from her show began in September at the start of her fall 2021 season — days later, Wendy was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation.

Wendy reportedly made $10 million a year, or $55,000 per episode, for The Wendy Williams Show.

FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS

As The US Sun first exclusively reported, Wells Fargo froze her accounts in January 2022 over fears Wendy was “insane” and the bank suspected “financial exploitation, dementia or improper influence.”

Later last year, Wendy reportedly spent two months in a rehab in Malibu, California, treating severe alcoholism.

The host, who previously claimed she was sober, had a series of public alcohol incidents before checking into rehab in August for severe alcoholism.

“Alcohol has been a real struggle for her in recent years. She battles severe alcohol abuse mixed with serious health issues,” an insider close to the star claimed of her stint in rehab.

She was treated for “extreme alcohol abuse.” She had numerous doctors telling her for years, ‘If you drink, you will die.’ She never really wanted to stop and the people around her in New York allowed her to continue drinking.”

INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

Wendy was absent throughout the final season of The Wendy Williams Show as she struggled with a myriad of health issues including Graves’ disease, lymphedema and substance abuse.

Her longtime production company Debmar-Mercury announced that Wendy’s summer 2022 show has been officially canceled and that her slot would go to her former guest host Sherri Shepherd.

Wendy previously claimed she’s starting a podcast, although it’s unclear if episodes have been recorded so far.

The former TV host became her own hot topic after a turbulent year during which she was absent from her show for the entirety of its final seasonPhoto Credit: Wendy Williams Show
Her team has been busy promoting her unreleased podcast, The Wendy ExperiencePhoto Credit: Wendy Williams Show