Wendy Williams is not doing well.
The latest health update about the 60-year-old media personality comes from court documents obtained by the U.S. Sun.
The documents filed by attorneys for Williams’ court-appointed guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, describe the former TV host as “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”
The filing adds, “In January 2022, after becoming aware of a pattern of disturbing events concerning [Wendy’s] welfare and finances, Wells Fargo took the highly unusual step of initiating a guardianship proceeding on its own initiative in the Supreme Court of New York, New York County (the ‘Guardianship Proceeding’), to seek the court appointment of an independent guardian for [Wendy’s] financial affairs.”
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Morrissey is locked in a legal battle with Lifetime over the 2024 documentary, Where is Wendy Williams?
The guardian first filed a restraining order on Feb. 20 against Lifetime’s parent company A&E Networks to try and stop the film from airing. But in the end, the suit was unsuccessful and the documentary premiered on Feb. 24.
Months later on Sept. 16, Morrissey filed an amended complaint which was served to all defendants, including A&E Television Networks, Entertainment One Reality Productions, Lifetime Entertainment Services, Creature Films, and director Mark Ford.
Meanwhile, the defendants filed a countersuit against Morrissey.
Williams was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) back in 2023 after undergoing a round of medical tests at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York.
Lifetime started filming Where is Wendy Williams? months earlier, in August 2022. The network said the documentary was originally going to be about Williams’ “comeback” — after her popular talk show was canceled — and the launch of her podcast.
But the focus changed, and instead centered on her heavy drinking and struggles with mental health. The film crew ended production in April 2023, when Williams entered a treatment facility.
After facing controversy, producers said Williams wanted to do the authorized docuseries hoping it would be a “catalyst for change” amid her court-appointed guardianship.
In the film, questions were raised about Williams’ guardianship and the level of care she was receiving. At one point in the film, producers noted that there was no food in the former radio host’s refrigerator, yet there were bottles of vodka throughout her home.
The film was a big hit with viewers, drawing more than 6 million viewers.
Williams’ last public appearance was on Aug. 19, when she was spotted with her son Kevin Hunt Jr. visiting a wellness store in Newark, New Jersey.
