Wendy Williams Speaks Out Against Conservatorship and Assisted Living Conditions

Wendy Williams is continuing to challenge the conservatorship controlling her life and the conditions of the assisted living facility where she currently resides. In a five-minute phone interview on NewsNation’s Banfield, the former talk show host shared frustrations over her lack of freedom and the environment she’s been placed in.

Wendy Williams, 59, has been living in a fifth-floor memory unit at her facility for nearly a year, a setting she says is not appropriate for her.

“Well, I don’t have the freedom to do virtually anything,” Williams said in the Feb. 27 interview. She noted that the facility’s gym is one of the few places where she finds relief, but she strongly dislikes her living situation.

“They call it ‘the memory unit,’ so it’s for people who don’t remember anything,” she explained. “I’ve met the people who live here, and it’s very suffocating.”

Wendy Williams described other residents’ heavy reliance on medication, their struggles with basic daily tasks, and the assisted care they require.

“It’s the memory unit. Why am I here? I have no idea,” she said. “But I can tell you that it’s $18,000 a month, which is extremely expensive. And what do I have? A bedroom, a bathroom, and a window.”

Fighting to Leave Guardianship

Wendy Williams has been in an assisted living facility for three years, under court-appointed guardianship since 2022, following concerns about her health and finances. However, she insists she is fully capable of managing her own life and is ready to be free.

“I’m ready to get out of here. I’m ready to get out of the Guardian,” she stated.

Williams has repeatedly denied claims of cognitive impairment. In a January interview on The Breakfast Club, she pushed back against allegations of frontal temporal dementia, saying she feels like she’s “in prison.”

“They accuse me of being incapacitated,” she told Banfield. “So I would imagine the best way to prove that I’m not is to talk with people.”

Williams has expressed willingness to undergo medical testing to disprove claims of cognitive decline, as she continues her fight for independence.