Wendy Williams is still learning and fighting to reclaim her autonomy, freedom, and agency. She is reconnecting with good friends and making new ones, in her struggle to abolish her adult legal guardianship. The television personality has been “involuntarily” under a guardianship since May 2022. This arrangement dictates both her monetary and healthcare choices. In recent weeks, Williams has started to express more hope about her fate. She calls the fight to end her guardianship “long overdue.”
As of 2023, Williams has been settled comfortably in a plush luxury high-rise assisted-living facility. There, she continues to work to address cognitive challenges brought on by her conditions of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Through this fraught time, she has held enthusiastic dreams of a jury’s finding her fit to resume her own life outside of guardianship.
On April 11, Williams enjoyed dinner at Fresco by Scotto, also in NYC. He was able to savor his dinner and dessert in the company of a few close friends. This outing is proof of her etched-in-stone devotion to the social connection during the most difficult time.
Ginalisa Monterroso, Williams’ health care advocate, delivered the thrilling news. Williams hopes for a jury to rule on the end of her guardianship soon after she undergoes further mental competency evaluation. Monterroso confirmed, “She was alert and oriented, and we were satisfied with that,” following a recent evaluation.
Wendy Williams filed for guardianship in the first place so someone could look after her situations. She found out pretty quickly it was subject to all sorts of limitations. Legal Guardian Sabrina Morrissey Williams and Morrissey had made plans for further medical exams. The influential television star opted out.
On March 11, 2024, emergency medical services performed a welfare check at Williams’ assisted living facility to find her in serious distress. They carried her out and drove her to a nearby hospital for an evaluation. Immediately after her discharge, she was interviewed on Good Day New York. She was very pleased to proclaim that she had “passed” the new mental competency test “with flying colors.”
Williams made it very clear that she wants the guardianship ended. She stressed freedom from this deal is her first priority. She previously expressed frustration about being inaccurately portrayed regarding her health, saying, “I’m better than good, but have been accused [of] being otherwise.”
Fans have taken to every form of social media to express their support for Williams. On April 1, a group gathered outside her assisted living facility to rally for her freedom, demonstrating the public’s concern for her well-being and autonomy.
As Wendy Williams tries to find her way through this complicated legal territory, she does look forward to brighter days. This jury decision will have a tremendous impact on her life and autonomy moving forward. Now, those who know her best are coming around her as she fights during this decisive period.