Wendy Williams is sharing her story.
The former talk show host, who has been under a court-appointed guardianship since TK, made a rare return to the public eye March 14, called into The View alongside her advocate Gina Monterroso, where she declared she needs “a new guardian.”
“I went to the hospital. You know, I was having a little agita,” she explained to hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin during her call. “Look, where I live, at this memory unit on this floor, you know I just needed a breath of fresh air. You know what I’m saying. I needed to see the doctors. So that’s why I went to the hospital.”
She shared while there, “It was my choice to get an independent evaluation on my incapacitation, which I don’t have it. How dare they say I have incapacitation? I do not.”
After Sunny read a statement from William’s guardian Sabrina Morrissey’s lawyer—who said the guardianship was issued by a judge declaring her legally incapacitated, and Wendy has not been kept from her family and is receiving excellent medical care—Wendy emphasized she needs her guardian and the judge to “get off my neck because I can’t do it with these two people again.”
Wendy retreated from the spotlight in late 2021, taking a leave of absence from The Wendy Williams Show—which later came to an end in 2022 with Sherri Shepherd at the helm—amid health issues. However, in February 2024, it was announced she was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, with her care team saying in a news release at the time that the 60-year old’s conditions have impacted her communication and cognitive functions, presenting “significant hurdles in Wendy’s life.”
Her guardian—who was appointed by the court in 2022—shared a similar sentiment in a November 2024 legal filing, explaining Wendy “has become cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”
However, the Emmy winner insists this is not the case. Earlier this year, Wendy, joined by niece Alex Finnie, sat down for her first interview since her diagnosis went public, alleging she should not be in a conservatorship.
“I am not cognitively impaired,” she explained to Charlamagne the God on a Jan. 16 episode of The Breakfast Club. “But I feel like I’m in prison.”
And Alex emphasized her aunt is “trapped” in the guardianship. “She is being held and she is being punished,” she added, “for whatever reason that other people are coming up with as to why she has to be kept in this position.”
On March 10, Wendy was removed from the assisted living facility she previously referred to as a “luxury prison” and escorted to a hospital, an NYPD spokesperson told E!. Following her visit, she called into Good Day New York alongside her caretaker Gina to further refute any allegations about her mental competency.
Revealing she underwent such tests at the hospital, she noted, “I passed with flying colors.”
Gina confirmed Wendy “had those tests,” adding, “She’s been deemed she is not incapacitated.”
The caretaker continued, “This is from a hospital, a very well-known hospital. It’s independent. It’s factual. I would be very disappointed, and I would be very concerned, if the judge has an issue with those tests.”
