Wendy Williams’ guardian requests for new medical evaluation

Wendy Williams’ guardian requests for new medical evaluation

Wendy Williams is making waves in her guardianship battle.

The former talk show host’s court-appointed guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, has reportedly informed a judge that she’d be open to having Williams, 60, undergo a new medical evaluation in light of her recent health 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.

Williams doubled down on her stance during an interview on Wednesday, calling the accusations about her health “ridiculous.”

The guardian made sure to share that Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia by doctors at Weill Cornell Medical Center. She noted that it was Justice Sokoloff, the judge overseeing Williams’ guardianship case, who ruled her “incapacitated.”

Wendy Williams with her security team in Lifetime’s docuseries. Lifetime
Wendy Williams on her former talk show.
Lifetime’s “Where is Wendy Williams” aired in February 2024. Lifetime

Morrissey also addressed the lawsuit against A&E over the Lifetime docuseries “Where is Wendy Williams?” that was filed ahead of its airdate last year.

The guardian informed the judge of her desire to put a pin in the ongoing legal battle with the network.

“I don’t want that kind of money, you know, I’ve worked with Lifetime several times. You know what I’m saying? Enough that I would love to do something with Lifetime again,” Williams told Charlamagne Tha God about the lawsuit in an interview on Wednesday.

“They are good people to me and I am good people to them.”

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Wendy Williams. Lifetime
Wendy Williams. Lifetime

While Morrissey has no objection to Williams getting a new medical evaluation, she warned that the results would likely not change anything in the guardianship case — adding she has “no interest” in going after A&E if the results prove that Wendy can proceed on her own.

“The Guardian has no interest in pursuing litigation in the extremely unlikely event that the new medical examination finds that [Wendy] somehow now has the mental capacity to direct the A&E matter,” the letter read, per TMZ.

Williams recently fired her lawyer in her guardianship battle after the attorney reportedly failed to file paperwork for a trial about whether her guardian was necessary after Wendy asked to do so.

Last month, the TV star made headlines after she revealed she’s living in a New York City wellness facility that’s more like a luxury prison, calling her situation “emotional abuse.”

“My life is f–ked up,” she told “The Breakfast Club” on January 16. “I feel like I’m in prison. I’m definitely isolated. I keep the door closed, I watch TV, listen to the radio and look out the window. Sit here as my life goes by.”

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