Wendy Williams’ legal guardian shares heartbreaking health update

It’s heartbreaking news for fans hoping Wendy Williams will make a TV comeback, as a new health update claims the former talk show host is “permanently incapacitated.”

As reported by The American Sunthe latest health update comes from court documents from lawyers for Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, who is fighting Lifetime over the documentary Where is Wendy Williams?

According to the outlet, Sabrina’s legal team refers to Williams as “a renowned entertainer who has tragically been affected by early-onset dementia and as a result has been cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”

The filing adds: “In January 2022, after becoming aware of a pattern of disturbing events regarding (Williams’) welfare and finances, Wells Fargo took the highly unusual step of initiating guardianship proceedings on its own initiative in the New York Supreme Court. , New York County (‘Guardianship Proceeding’), to seek the court’s appointment of an independent guardian for (Wendy’s) financial affairs.”

Morrissey’s legal team has asked the court that certain parts of the file about Williams’ “health, family affairs and finances” should be redacted to protect her privacy.

“We respectfully request that the court grant plaintiff’s motion for limited redactions to protect non-public information from the guardianship proceeding that has been placed under seal by the court overseeing that proceeding,” the papers state.

The latest lawsuit comes after Williams’ guardian tried to prevent Lifetime from releasing his documentary earlier this year. Morrissey’s team filed a restraining order against the television network on February 20, just days before the document was released. However, the request was overturned when a judge found that stopping the doctor would be an “impermissible prior restraint on speech that violates the institution’s First Amendment.”

Morrissey filed an amended complaint on September 16, 2024 against A&E Television Networks, Entertainment One Reality Productions, Lifetime Entertainment Services, Creature Films and director Mark Ford. The case is now being heard by the federal court. The defendants have filed counterclaims against Morrisey.

Earlier this year, Williams’ healthcare team released a statement revealing her primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.

“Aphasia, a condition that affects language and communication skills, and frontotemporal dementia, a progressive disorder that affects behavior and cognitive functions, have already presented significant obstacles in Wendy’s life,” the statement said.

Williams was last seen in public on August 19 when she visited the holistic store Bolingo Balance in Newark, New Jersey, with her son, Kevin Hunt Jr. It was the first time Williams had been seen in public since March 2023.