Wendy Williams is setting the document straight about how she’s REALLY doing. The speak present host is breaking her silence since her frontotemporal dementia prognosis, saying that she’s removed from cognitively impaired and completely incapacitated.
On Wednesday, the 60-year-old TV titan known as into The Breakfast Membership, becoming a member of visitor host Loren LoRosa and longtime buddies DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God, who co-hosted a radio present with Williams within the early 2000s.
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Throughout the interview, which additionally featured Wendy’s niece, Alex Finnie, Charlamagne mentioned Wendy was calling from a “trapped” state of affairs, unable to go away her present location attributable to her being beneath conservatorship.
“I’m not cognitively impaired. However I really feel like I’m in jail,” Williams mentioned earlier than calling herself “attractive and lovely.” “I’m on this place the place the individuals are of their 90s and their 80s and their 70s. There’s one thing flawed with these folks right here on this flooring.”
She went on to explain a typical day for herself in what she and her niece Alex dubbed a “luxurious jail” and mentioned that she’s there 24 hours a day.
“I maintain the door closed,” mentioned Wendy. “I watch TV. I take heed to the radio. I watch the window. I sit right here, and my life goes by.”
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Her niece Alex added that the ability the place Wendy is staying is very secured and that her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, has full management over her communications and actions.
In response to Alex, Williams’ cellphone has been confiscated, which means she can not obtain calls from her household or make outgoing calls with out restriction, and the host’s beloved cats have been taken away.
“They received’t permit you to go away or have guests,” Wendy mentioned, explaining how even easy freedoms like strolling exterior or visiting family members have been denied to her. “So you possibly can’t even go away and take a stroll in the event you needed to, or make a journey or go to relations.”
The Breakfast Membership visitor host, Loren LoRosa, additionally mentioned that she tried to go to Wendy and claimed that safety and the concierge lied and mentioned she wasn’t there.
“For the final three years, I’ve spent my birthday on my own,” mentioned Wendy. “That’s nice, I might fairly spend my birthday on my own than spend it with the folks on this flooring.”
Williams didn’t maintain again within the interview, describing the system she is now beneath as “damaged” and accusing these answerable for treating her poorly.
“This method is damaged,” mentioned Wendy whereas holding again tears. “What they’re doing to me is emotional abuse.”
Williams additionally revealed her need to go to her 94-year-old father for his birthday in February, however she fears that her guardian will block her from leaving.
“I’m exhausted occupied with what if I can’t see my dad for his 94th birthday. At 94, the day after that isn’t promised,” she mentioned, breaking down in tears. “My life is like f****d up!”
Wendy’s niece went on to induce listeners to “make as a lot noise as attainable” utilizing hashtags like “#FreeWendy” to verify Wendy “lives her life in dignity.”
“Give her the liberty that she deserves!” mentioned Alex Finnie earlier than alleging that Morrisey doesn’t need Wendy to look as wholesome as she is.
Take heed to Wendy Williams break her silence on The Breakfast Membership.
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