Jimmy Carter's grandson Hugo Wentzel gives health update on former president and first lady

[malaise]

https://ew.com/tv/jimmy-carter-health-update-grandson-hugo-claim-to-fame-exit-interview/
In another surprising turn on ABC reality competition Claim to Fame, Monday's episode saw the forced exit of Hugo after he incorrectly guessed Chris' famous relative as Elton John. The eliminated player revealed himself as Hugo Wentzel, the grandson of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and gave a moving speech about his grandfather.

Wentzel, the son of Amy Carter, spoke with EW following his elimination and shared health updates on his 98-year-old grandfather, who decided in February to receive home hospice care, as well as his grandmother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, whose dementia diagnosis at 95 was announced in May.

"He always wants to be doing something with his mind, so he's trying to keep himself busy, but he is really sick and getting older," the 24-year-old tells EW of Carter, who served as president from January 1977 to January 1981.

Interview at link

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I am a fan of the show, "Claim to Fame" because of the guessing involved

at who the person is related to.

I saw this episode, and Hugo is nothing at all what you would expect being who he is as the grandson, but he was entertaining.

[malaise]

2. lol

Never watched it - grandpa is pretty unassuming as well

[lpbk2713]

3. It's kind of hard to imagine Amy with an adult son.

Best wishes to the President and his bride.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I can recall when she went through a phase

that in retrospect makes her a ‘godmother of goth’.

[vlyons]

9. I remember when the Carter family first went to the White House

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[malaise]

14. Reminds me that I am seriously old

😀

[lpbk2713]

15. I can relate.

...

[RocRizzo55]

18. Ain't that the truth...

Me too.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. President Carter gave his famous "malaise" speech, summer of 1979 I think

He was onto something.

[malaise]

11. Jimmy Carter was way ahead of the pack

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[bucolic_frolic]

20. A quarter million posts and a mini auto-biography

Malaise is a DU Institution!

[central scrutinizer]

21. Not too old to bowl a verbal yorker at the slobfather

That much is pellucidly clear. Go Windies!

[malaise]

22. Bwaaaaaaaah!😀😀😀

Middle stump via the toes. You clearly know the game:.

[Botany]

6. I hope they are in the same room.

Class acts.

[Scottie Mom]

7. Thanks for the update. EoM

[keithbvadu2]

8. I was originally against Carter because he was just another Christian phony.

I was originally against Carter because he was just another Christian phony.

I was wrong.

Our Mammon worshiping, political Christians have overwhelmed those few good ones.

https://democraticunderground.com/100216154899

[Delphinus]

12. Me too.

I have come to appreciate him not just as a man but for what he tried to accomplish in DC.

[PlutosHeart]

10. Hugo said some lovely things

about them. He seems to be quite thoughtful.
Blessings to Jimmy and Rosalynn.

[malaise]

13. Comes from a thoughtful famiky

😀

[Polybius]

16. He's been in hospice care since February

That has to be a record. I am thrilled that Carter is still alive and has managed to live longer than expected.

[ShazzieB]

17. I wonder if he's hanging in there for Rosalynn, in a manner of speaking.

With her being diagnosed with dementia, he may want to be there for her as long as he can.

[William769]

19. K&R.