(NewsNation) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams says her guardianship feels like a prison and that she suspects her guardian may be misusing her money.
“I need out of this,” Williams said during a national “Banfield” exclusive, claiming that even her toiletries are locked away and she must ask permission to use them.
“If I want lotion, they bring me lotion. If I want to take off my nail polish … if I want to brush my teeth and wash my face, they have to bring it to me,” she said.
Since 2022, Williams has been staying under the direction of court-appointed conservator Sabrina Morrissey.
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Wendy Williams’ guardianship
The former host remains under court-ordered guardianship after being diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
In 2022, Wells Fargo initiated guardianship proceedings where Morrissey was made guardian after Williams’ show got canceled as a result of her health problems.
Morrisey filed lawsuits last year against multiple parties involved in the creation of Lifetime’s controversial documentary, “Where is Wendy Williams?” saying Williams was “highly vulnerable and clearly incapable of consenting to be filmed, much less humiliated and exploited,” according to court documents.
She described Williams as “an acclaimed entertainer who, tragically, has been afflicted by early-onset dementia and, as a result, has become cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”
While she sought to block Lifetime from releasing the series, a court ruled it could be released as planned.
Journalist: Wendy Williams’ alleged treatment raises serious concerns
Investigative journalist Diane Dimond believes the alleged handling of the situation by Williams’ guardian raises serious concerns.
“I believe that criminal things happen within the guardianship system all the time, and we don’t know about it because it’s such a damn secret system,” Dimond said during a previous “Banfield” interview.
Williams continues to say she is not “cognitively impaired” and has been “trapped” in an emotionally abusive conservatorship.
NewsNation’s Safia Samee Ali contributed to this report.
