Wendy Williams is trying to set the file straight.
After the previous “Wendy Williams Show” host, 60, broke down crying about her well being and court-ordered conservatorship in a uncommon interview with Charlamagne tha God on Thursday, she jumped on the horn together with her longtime pal Don Lemon for his podcast to deal with the hypothesis surrounding her alleged incapacitation.
“My life is ridiculous,” she instructed the ex-CNN anchor. “I’ve been with this guardian person for three years. For three years of my life… I’m isolated. I feel like I’m in prison. I can’t go out. All I can do is look at the window.”
Williams — who revealed she’s residing in a New York Metropolis wellness facility — responded, “Hell f–king no” when Lemon, 58, requested if she was “incapacitated” as her guardian, Sabrina E. Morrissey, has claimed.
Lemon then questioned Williams about her well being, noting that Morrissey “has said you’re incapacitated permanently and that you have dementia,” referring to her conservator’s November courtroom submitting in opposition to A&E Tv Networks, Lifetime Leisure and extra over the 2024 docuseries “Where Is Wendy Williams?”
The inquiry appeared to rattle Williams, who instructed Lemon, “I don’t know how much I can talk without being punished.”
She additionally expressed worry that she “won’t be able to see my dad, and I won’t be able to do anything, and I’ll be stuck in this prison I’m in for the rest of my life” if she says an excessive amount of about her guardianship, which was applied in Could 2022 and left her household at nighttime about her whereabouts and with out entry to her.
Williams expressed her displeasure together with her present standing.
“I’m not in a good position,” she shared. “My life is screwed up. You know, this guardian mess is — please, look, I am isolated. I feel like I’m in prison. I feel like, you know, they’re trying to control me and everything that I do.”
Earlier within the day, Williams broke down in tears whereas echoing her sentiment on “The Breakfast Club.”
“Do I seem that way, God damn it?” she replied after insisting she’s “not cognitively impaired,” regardless of her “care team”claiming she was recognized with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in 2023.
The previous fashionable host claimed she solely had “$15” and has no entry to the web by way of a laptop computer or iPad.
“This is what is called emotional abuse,” she mentioned.
Williams’ niece, Alex Finnie, was additionally on the road and fiercely defended her aunt’s psychological state.
“Anybody that knows my aunt knows she’s always been a unique personality,” mentioned Finnie. “How she’s talking, that’s her. That’s who she is. Don’t try to twist how she is.”
Final yr, Morrissey filed a lawsuit in opposition to A&E Tv Networks in an effort to cease the documentary from airing. A&E and Lifetime countersued, claiming Morrissey knew Williams’ struggles could be proven within the doc.
Williams — who final appeared on her former speak present in June 2022 — has made a number of uncommon appearances currently.
She was photographed at her son Kevin Jr.’s faculty commencement in Miami in December and smiling within the backseat of a automobile together with her nephew, Travis Finnie, in Fort Lauderdale.
The Submit reached out to Morrissey for remark.
