Wendy Williams battles guardianship, insists she’s regaining independence

Wendy Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, says the star is receiving “excellent medical care.” The 60-year-old, who hosted her eponymous talk show from 2008 to 2022 before Sherri Shepherd took over, is fighting to end her court-ordered guardianship. In an affidavit, Williams claims she has “regained the capacity” to function independently and has expressed concerns about her treatment at her assisted living facility in New York City.

However, an attorney for Morrissey told TMZ in a letter that Williams is receiving “excellent medical care” and that the facility offers a “spa, a workout room, excellent food, a dining room, and outside terraces.” The lawyer added, “False statements about Ms Williams, her condition, and the Guardianship harm Ms Williams and her interests, and undermine protection created by the Court for her health and welfare.”

Williams has insisted that she is often denied access to some of those perks because she cannot leave the fifth-floor memory unit without permission. She was hospitalised earlier this week due to concerns for her well-being but called into Fox5 on Tuesday with a friend to provide a positive update following mental competency evaluations.

Speaking on Good Day New York, she said: “I passed with flying colours! Gina can elaborate on everything, and I’ll just cosign.”

Gina explained that Wendy has been deemed as “not incapacitated”

Host Rosanna Scotto asked Williams: “The court says they were going to do some testing on you. Did you not really trust their testing and you wanted somebody independent to do it for you?”

Williams replied: “Absolutely. I wanted [to be] independently tested. And, and that is what I want and that is what I got.”

Gina then explained that the former DJ can now take this news to a judge in a bid to reverse her conservatorship.

Williams then insisted her “number one” priority is now getting herself out of the conservatorship, which she was put into after Wells Fargo, her bank, claimed she was a victim of undue influence and financial exploitation.

Page Six reported Williams was in her fifth-story room at a New York City assisted living facility on Monday when she tossed a handwritten note out of the window to paparazzi.

The message read: “Help! Wendy!!”

Police arrived at around 11: 15 a.m. for a wellness check on the broadcaster, and photos showed her wearing a T-shirt, black leggings and a long sweater as she left the facility looking sombre.

Officers assisted her as she climbed into the ambulance.

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Since cancelling her hit talk show in 2022, Wendy Williams’ health has remained in the spotlight. In 2024, her care team announced that she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, and she has faced many public health struggles over the years.