Judge Leaves Wendy Williams 'Hurt' With Comment About Her Future

The judge overseeing Wendy Williams’ guardianship case reportedly told the former talk show host she can stop dreaming about returning to radio or TV — because her career is over.

“It’s done,” Judge Lisa Sokoloff is said to have told the broadcasting legend about her time on the airwaves at a hearing on Thursday, April 10, TMZ reported.

A source told the outlet that Sokoloff’s comment left Williams “hurt.”

The source also claimed the judge accused Williams’ niece Alex Finnie of leaking details about the star’s guardianship to the media. At one point, the judge reportedly called Williams’ family “no good.”

Williams and Finnie have recently been doing interviews as they fight to have the former Wendy Williams Show host removed from her court-appointed guardianship.

In January of this year, they spoke by phone with “The Breakfast Club,” and said Williams is confined to a small room in a New York City assisted living building under heavy security.

Finnie compared the building to a “luxury prison.” She said Williams is not allowed to receive phone calls, have visitors over, or even leave the floor of her building because the elevator is operated with a key.

Meanwhile, Williams disputed a claim made by her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, who described Williams in court documents in November 2024 as “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated” by dementia.

“I am not cognitively impaired, you know what I’m saying? But I feel like I am in prison,” Williams said during the interview.

Williams, 60, was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023, according to her guardian.

The diagnosis followed her placement under guardianship in 2022, after Wells Fargo filed a petition in a New York court, citing concerns that she was being financially exploited.

Celebrity attorney Joe Tacopina is now working with Williams to help her regain her freedom.

“The end goal is to get her out of that draconian institution she’s in, she doesn’t belong in, because she’s not incapacitated in any way,” he said about the assisted living facility during an April 3 interview with TMZ.

The outspoken attorney said he would be filing paperwork to represent Williams in the guardianship battle. If the judge denies his request, he essentially vowed to go to war.

“There’s a process that’s in play there,” he said. “We could go as far as doing something called an Article 78, which is actually suing the judge in a Supreme Court in New York State. So, we have things to do and we’ll be doing them.”