Fans in support of freeing Wendy Williams from her conservatorship shared their reactions to her appearance on The View this Friday.
The former talk show host, 60, has been under the guardianship of Sabrina Morrissey since 2022.
As she phoned in to chat with Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Ana Navarro, and Sara Haines this week, Williams sounded like her normal self, exhibiting the spunky personality that made her famous.
Multiple viewers used social media to express their solidarity, stressing that the mother-of-one should be freed from the restrictive legal arrangement.
In recent weeks, Wendy has spoken out about being kept on the ‘memory unit’ floor of an assisted living facility in New York City.
One person reacted online, ‘Wendy sounds absolutely fine!!! NO person should have their human rights confiscated in the name of ‘protecting money’ – not Britney, not Wendy, not Mickey Rooney. #FreeWendy.’
Fans in support of freeing Wendy Williams from her conservatorship shared their reactions to her appearance on The View this Friday
The former talk show host, 60, has been under the guardianship of Sabrina Morrissey since 2022; pictured in 2018
‘I want to terminate the guardianship and move on with my life,’ Wendy relayed to the show’s hosts and audience.
She added, ‘I sound like me. You know, the thing is that I’m finally out. I’m finally able to speak, you know. I wish I were allowed to actually put on nice clothing and come see you in person, but I cannot.’
On X, another person added to the discourse: ‘Oh my gosh I’m watching the Wendy Williams interview and I’m so horrified!!! She honestly sounds conscious and present in the interview.’
Morrissey claimed Williams is ‘cognitively impaired, permanently disabled and legally incapacitated’ in court documents last November.
The post continued, ‘But now I’m even more confused!!! Like, is [Wendy] just having a good day? Wow.’
Someone else said plainly: ‘Stop putting women in conservatorships.’
Another social media user was left perplexed, observing, ‘Wendy sounds so good and aware. I thought she barely talks.’
A different person contributed, ‘After watching Wendy Williams on @TheView, she sounds like her authentic self!’
One person reacted online, ‘Wendy sounds absolutely fine!!! NO person should have their human rights confiscated in the name of ‘protecting money’ – not Britney, not Wendy, not Mickey Rooney. #FreeWendy’
On X, another person added to the discourse: ‘Oh my gosh I’m watching the Wendy Williams interview and I’m so horrified!!! She honestly sounds conscious and present in the interview’
Someone else said plainly: ‘Stop putting women in conservatorships’
Another social media user was left perplexed, observing, ‘Wendy sounds so good and aware. I thought she barely talks’
A different person contributed, ‘After watching Wendy Williams on @TheView, she sounds like her authentic self’
Elsewhere in her appearance, the former NYC radio personality her guardian’s claim that she is ‘incapacitated.’
‘How dare they say I have incapacitation. I do not!’ Wendy declared.
She also set the record straight on why she spent two days in the hospital from Monday-Wednesday, explaining that she had ‘agita’ and had bloodwork done in relation to her thyroid.
‘I’ve been doing important things all of my life and these two people don’t look like me. They don’t talk like me. They don’t act like me. They will never be me. I need them to get off my neck!’ Williams said referring to her guardian and the judge overseeing her case.
It’s also been revealed this week that the star passed a new psych evaluation, which she said was her choice to take.
Williams was appointed a court-ordered guardian in 2022 after she was allegedly diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia. However, she denies the accuracy of the prognosis; pictured in 2019
Despite the restrictions at her assisted living facility, Wendy was granted the opportunity to celebrate her dad’s birthday in Miami in mid February
During her chat on The View, Wendy confessed that she had a setback last summer, relapsing on alcohol while celebrating her milestone birthday.
‘Moving forward, the relationship [with drugs and alcohol] is fine and it’s wonderful because I’ve had my devices, and I have to tell you something, I am easily going on with my life alcohol-free for the rest of my life,’ she divulged.
She admitted, ‘When I got from Connecticut to New York, it was my birthday, July 18, and yes, I celebrated, you know what I’m saying? But no more, no more alcohol, thank you.’
Television producer Suzanne Bass vouched for Wendy in February via a video shared on Instagram.
‘I hadn’t heard from Wendy in years, until last week, my phone rang and it was Wendy,’ she revealed. ‘I cried. She cried.’
She added, ‘She sounds fantastic. She sounds the best she’s sounded in years. I’ve been learning every day since then, more and more about her story, what she’s been through, what she’s going through, this horrible guardianship she’s in.
‘And so, #Free Wendy all the way, all day, and she really just needs our love and support. Send prayers to her.’
