Wendy Williams Speaks Out Against Guardianship: ‘I Am Not Cognitively Impaired’ and ‘I Feel Like I’m in Prison’

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Ellise Shafer Wendy Williams spoke out against her guardianship on “The Breakfast Club” Thursday morning, saying “I feel like I’m in prison.” The former daytime host has been under a guardianship since 2022, and last year her care team said she had been diagnosed with dementia and aphasia, which affects language and communication abilities.

However, when calling into “The Breakfast Club,” Williams said this is not true. “Do I seem that way, god damn it?” she asked hosts DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Jess Hilarious. “I am not cognitively impaired, you know what I’m saying?

But I feel like I’m in prison,” she said of the care facility where she has been living. “I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s … There’s something wrong with these people here on this floor.” Williams’ niece, Alex, also phoned into the show to support her aunt.

She said Williams’ apartment in the care facility has “a bed, a chair, a TV, a bathroom and she’s looking out one window at buildings across the street.” She later added that Williams is able to call her loved ones, but they are unable to call her and she has no access to the internet via a laptop or iPad.