In 2022, Wendy Williams was placed under guardianship after her bank, Wells Fargo, claimed that she was an “incapacitated person” and the “victim of undue influence and financial exploitation.” Williams hit back, accusing the bank and her former financial advisor, Lori Shiller, of conspiring to mismanage her finances.
Now, the talk show host is attempting to have her name cleared, claiming that her conservatorship “feels like a prison.” Keep reading for more information.
Wendy Williams Conservatorship
Shortly after the whole guardianship issue arose, Williams was diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, the same diagnosis that Bruce Willis has. With this diagnosis, Wendy's court-appointed guardian Sabrina Morrissey stated that Williams is "cognitively impaired, permanently disabled, and legally incapacitated."
Williams, 60, has been placed in a care facility in New York, which she describes as "a luxury prison." The facility brings her all her meals in bed and is also in charge of administering her medication, some of which Williams isn't even sure she needs.
Wendy Williams Claims She's 'Not Cognitively Impaired'
Appearing on a podcast earlier this week, Wendy begged the public for help to end her conservatorship. "I am not cognitively impaired but I feel like I am in prison," Williams said. "I’m in this place with people who are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s. .... These people, there's something wrong with these people here on this floor. I am clearly not."
"Listen, this system is broken, this system that I am in. This system has falsified a lot," she said, adding she doesn't even have access to her money. "For the last three years, I have been caught up in the system."
Describing the limitations of the facility in more detail, she said that she cannot receive calls, she isn't allowed a laptop or an iPad, and spends her days sitting in her room, alone. "It's essentially what some people would call a luxury prison. It’s small. She has a bed, a chair, a TV, a bathroom, and she’s looking out one window at buildings across the street."
