Wendy Williams: Last News

Wendy Williams is looking forward to moving on with her life!

People reports.Williams’ healthcare advocate, Ginalisa Monterroso, has alleged that Williams sought out a guardianship because she thought it would tighten up her finances, not control her life.“She wanted to make sure nobody’s in her money and she would be fine,” Monterroso told the outlet. “She kind of felt like, ‘Hey, I have the court.

Wendy Williams is out and about in New York City.

her guardianship battle.The 60-year-old former talk show host was all smiles on her journey to Max Tucci’s Noho hot spot Tucci.Williams wore a big fur coat with black leggings and matching Chanel boots. She also rocked red lipstick that matched her manicure.The TV icon also dined at Tucci last Wednesday night with her niece, Alex Finnie, who was accused of “kidnapping” Williams by the NYC assisted living facility that Williams has been staying at.Coterie, which is located in Hudson Yards and costs $18,000 per month, filed a police report and claimed Finnie “evaded staff by taking Wendy out of the building.”In an interview with TMZ after the dinner, Williams called the ordeal “unbelievable.”“Clearly they are lying to me saying I can go out and do what I want to do.

called into “The View” on Friday to speak with co-hosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.The former television host started off the prerecorded interview by explaining why she went to the hospital on Monday.“Well, I went to the hospital. I was having a little angina… I went to the hospital where I lived, you know what I’m saying, at this memory unit on this floor. I needed a breath of fresh air.

Wendy Williams is sharing an update on her health in a very rare interview.

Former talk show host Wendy Williams called in for an interview on The View this morning, speaking passionately about her recent travails of life in a memory care unit that made headlines when she went out to dinner with her niece and may or may not have had permission to leave the assisted living facility.

New York City assisted living facility while fighting to end her court-ordered guardianship. Williams was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia diagnosis — but she has denied being incapacitated.“She is in great shape mentally and physically,” her brother, Tommy Williams, told Us Weekly Wednesday. “Let her out.”Wendy, who has been under the legal guardianship that oversees her finances and health since 2022, tossed a handwritten note begging for help out of her window Monday.“Help! Wendy!!” the note read.She was later photographed being taken to Lenox Hill Hospital.It was then determined that her mental capacity was intact.

assisted living facility Wendy Williams had been holed up in has accused the TV star’s niece of “kidnapping” her.In a police report filed this week, Coterie — the Lenox Hill facility where Williams has been staying — has accused her niece, Alex Finnie, of breaching the law by taking her out to dinner Wednesday night, TMZ reports.Finnie, who visited her aunt at the $18,000-per-month facility this week, whisked her away to an Italian restaurant inNoHo.But moments later, the facility contacted the NYPD to file a police report in which they claimed Finnie “evaded staff by taking Wendy out of the building,” the outlet reports.However, Williams — who had been undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at the facility — was not allowed to leave the memory unit without elevator access from the fifth floor, the outlet adds.Staffers at the facility also claimed that Williams and her family member were escorted to the lobby by a worker, who even “opened the door” of the Uber for them.However, the information in the police report contradicts a claim previously made by the attorney of Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrisey, who told TMZ that the former talk show host has no restrictions at the facility.Following her dinner with Williams, Finnie — who is the daughter of Williams’ sister, Wanda — said the pair “came back from dinner and apparently police were called.”“I was told that, at some point, the police were called because the Coterie here was saying allegedly that I took my aunt from this facility and whisked her away without any sort of confirmation or approval,” she added.Williams, for her part, described the ordeal as “unbelievable.”“Clearly they are lying to me saying I can go out and do what I want to do. This is my niece Alex.

letter to TMZ that media reports about Williams’ allegedly cloistered living conditions at the Lenox Hill facility are “untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading.”The attorney, who is not identified, said the TV diva is receiving “excellent medical care” and has access to a “spa, a workout room, excellent food, a dining room and outside terraces,” and is not barred from visiting family – and even traveled to Florida twice to spend time with kin.Williams, 60, was assigned a court-ordered guardian after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia — a degenerative disease that causes memory loss — and has been living on the fifth floor of the Manhattan facility.This week she was taken to a hospital by ambulance after dropping a note saying, “Help! Wendy!” and waving desperately from her window.In a surprise live call to “Good Day New York” Tuesday, Williams told host Rosanna Scotto that she passed a mental acuity evaluation “with flying colors.”Meanwhile, Morrissey’s lawyer said the guardian has only once been paid for her services, receiving a single $300,000 payout.“False statements about Ms. Williams, her condition and the guardianship harm Ms.

talk show’s guest listing for this week.Williams will make a phone call to the show to speak with co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.Also on the call will be Ginalisa Monterroso, the founder and president of Connect Care Advisory Group, which aims to helps patients and caregivers navigate their benefits.The Post contacted Williams’ lawyer, who declined to comment.The interview comes on the heels of the radio personality tossing a handwritten note begging for help out of the window of her New York assisted living facility on Monday.“Help! Wendy!!” the message read.At the time, police and law enforcement sources told The Post that the call came in around 11:15 a.m.

evaluated for mental acuity and “passed” – one day after being rushed to the hospital from her Lenox Hill assisted living facility, Fox5 reported.“I passed with flying colors,” Williams told Scotto. “I want [to be] independently tested.

where Wendy Williams was taken Monday has reportedly determined that her mental capacity is intact.Williams, 60, arrived by ambulance at Lennox Hill Hospital on Monday morning after cops were called to her assisted living facility for a wellness check when the former daytime talk show host tossed a handwritten note out of a window pleading for help.Once at Lennox Hill, the former shock jock was given a psychological examination called a “capacity test” and scored a “10 out of 10,” answering each of 10 questions used to determine whether she was alert and oriented correctly, according to TMZ.The exam Williams took may have been the Abbreviated Mental Test Score, based on TMZ’s description. The test, used to assess the possibility of dementia in elderly patients, includes 10 questions, such as the subject’s date of birth, address, and who the current president is, according to Medical News Today.

Wendy Williams was taken to the hospital.

Wendy Williams will be making her first national television appearance in several years by joining an upcoming episode of The View.

diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, which Williams now claims she does not have.She recently said she’s living in a luxury “prison” and has only been allowed outside twice in the past month; however, her facility offers plenty of high-brow amenities that residents have access to.Jeremy Clerc, co-founder and CEO of Assisted, a company that helps find the ideal care communities and homes for seniors, told the Post that single rooms at Williams’ facility runs a cool $27.1K per month.But that’s not all.“The Wendy Williams Show” alum is in the memory unit, which tacks on additional costs of between $10K to $25K, meaning her facility could put her back at a whopping $52K if she’s getting the top care.Williams’ senior living center comes with five-star amenities, including gourmet dining with chef-prepared meals, according to Clerc, who shared that customized nutrition plans for residents can also be provided.Williams’ facility comes with 24/7 concierge service, a full-service spa, a fitness center and plenty of recreational activities, from cultural experiences to in-house entertainment.If residents don’t want to engage or bond, they can retreat to their private apartments.Clerc, who has placed seniors at Williams’ center, shared that each suit is decked out with stylish furnishings and smart home technology.The biggest one-bedroom at the facility is 808 square feet, with the largest being a two-bedroom 1,245 square foot apartment that would include additional costs.An employee at her facility recently told TMZ that she was placed in the memory care unit after allegedly getting drunk during lunch at the care center.The insider claimed Williams was initially placed on a floor without any restrictions until the alleged

her assisted living facility after allegedly getting drunk at the facility’s restaurant, according to a new report.The beloved talk show host’s dementia diagnosis, however, does not appear to have played a part in the move, TMZ reported on Tuesday.Williams allegedly became intoxicated in the early days of her stay when she had lunch at the facility’s top-floor restaurant and bar.Supervisors were reportedly furious when they learned that the daytime star, who allegedly stayed at the restaurant for a long time, was served alcohol. An employee at the facility told TMZ that supervisors then decided to relocate the former “Wendy Williams Show” host to the facility’s fifth-floor memory unit, where she would not have unrestricted access to the elevator and, by extension, the restaurant and bar.The memory ward, however, was full, which allegedly led facility bosses to station employees outside Williams’ third-floor room to restrict her movements while they waited for another to become available on floor five.Staff reportedly told Williams that the restaurant was under construction and not open, according to TMZ.A few days after the incident at the restaurant, a spot on the fifth floor opened up, and Williams was moved there, where she has been ever since.Of the star’s memory, an employee at the facility told TMZ, “Wendy doesn’t have good and bad days.

, 's is long, complex, and often quite dark. From the outside, it is impossible to know the objective truth of the situation, even though much of it has played out in public.The Wendy Williams Show first premiered in 2008, but Williams, now 60, was well-known for her famously filter-free pop culture commentary long before that. The show ran until 2022, when it was canceled amidst Williams's physical and mental health struggles, which had become public the year before.

to TMZ.Sources told the outlet that Williams claimed she “regained [the] capacity” to function without her court-ordered guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, who has been in charge of her well-being and finances since 2022.Insiders also shared that she will allegedly be re-evaluated by a doctor next Tuesday, adding the physician was handpicked by Williams’ legal team, whom she hired to end her guardianship.Her lawyers will then allegedly file an emergency order to force the judge to look into ending the years-long guardianship. Williams’ attorneys reportedly already have a plan in place if the judge turns down the request, with sources telling TMZ that Wendy will demand a jury trial to hear her plea.The Post has reached out to Williams’ lawyers, with one declining to comment.

TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy,” now available on Tubi, revealing she’s only been outside twice in the past month and both times were for appointments.The interview between Williams and TMZ’s founder, Harvey Levin, was conducted over the phone. Since the ex-TV star cannot have visitors, she was filmed from the sidewalk below as she stood looking out of her fifth-story window.When Levin asked if she was “allowed to go out,” Williams responded, “No, no.

claims that she isn’t suffering from dementia. Morrissey, who has been in charge of Williams’ care and finances since May 2022, informed the judge she wants to be transparent about Wendy’s condition and believes it “would be prudent for [Wendy] to undergo a new medical evaluation that will involve comprehensive neurological and psychological testing by a specialist in the field,” reported TMZ on Wednesday citing a letter from the guardian’s attorney.Morrissey reportedly informed the judge about “The Wendy Williams Show” alum’s recent interviews with “The Breakfast Club” and others, in which she declared she was “not cognitively impaired” and did not have frontotemporal dementia, despite her “care team” announcing her diagnosis in 2023.