GOSSIP & RUMORS: Wendy Williams tells Don Lemon she can’t talk about ‘dementia’ without ‘being punished’

Gossip & Rumors: Wendy Williams Tells Don Lemon She Can’t

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Wendy Williams is attempting to set the record straight.

After the former “Wendy Williams Show” host, 60, broke down crying about her health and court-ordered conservatorship in a rare interview with Charlamagne tha God on Thursday, she jumped on the horn with her longtime pal Don Lemon for his podcast to address the speculation surrounding her alleged incapacitation.

“My life is ridiculous,” she told the ex-CNN anchor. “I’ve been with this guardian person for three years. For three years of my life… I’m isolated. I feel like I’m in prison. I can’t go out. All I can do is look at the window.”

Wendy Williams in the 2024 Lifetime documentary, “Where is Wendy Williams?” Lifetime

Williams — who revealed she’s living in a New York City wellness facility — responded, “Hell f–king no” when Lemon, 58, asked if she was “incapacitated” as her guardian, Sabrina E. Morrissey, has claimed.

Lemon then questioned Williams about her health, noting that Morrissey “has said you’re incapacitated permanently and that you have dementia,” referring to her conservator’s November court filing against A&E Television Networks, Lifetime Entertainment and more over the 2024 docuseries “Where Is Wendy Williams?”

The inquiry seemed to rattle Williams, who told Lemon, “I don’t know how much I can talk without being punished.”

She also expressed fear that she “won’t be able to see my dad, and I won’t be able to do anything, and I’ll be stuck in this prison I’m in for the rest of my life” if she says too much about her guardianship, which was implemented in May 2022 and left her family in the dark about her whereabouts and without access to her.

Wendy Williams in Feb. 2020. Getty Images for Spotify
Don Lemon. CNN

Williams expressed her displeasure with her current status.

“I’m not in a good position,” she shared. “My life is screwed up. You know, this guardian mess is — please, look, I am isolated. I feel like I’m in prison. I feel like, you know, they’re trying to control me and everything that I do.”

Earlier in the day, Williams broke down in tears while echoing her sentiment on “The Breakfast Club.” 

“Do I seem that way, God damn it?” she replied after insisting she’s “not cognitively impaired,” despite her “care team”claiming she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in 2023.

Wendy Williams on a late-night show in 2021. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Wendy Williams being pushed in a wheelchair. Felipe Ramales / SplashNews.com

The former popular host claimed she only had “$15” and has no access to the internet via a laptop or iPad.

“This is what is called emotional abuse,” she said.

Williams’ niece, Alex Finnie, was also on the line and fiercely defended her aunt’s mental state.

“Anybody that knows my aunt knows she’s always been a unique personality,” said Finnie. “How she’s talking, that’s her. That’s who she is. Don’t try to twist how she is.”

Wendy Williams at a fashion show in 2013. WireImage
Wendy Williams on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.” NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Last year, Morrissey filed a lawsuit against A&E Television Networks in an effort to stop the documentary from airing. A&E and Lifetime countersued, claiming Morrissey knew Williams’ struggles would be shown in the doc.

Williams — who last appeared on her former talk show in June 2022 — has made several rare appearances lately.

She was photographed at her son Kevin Jr.’s college graduation in Miami in December and smiling in the backseat of a car with her nephew, Travis Finnie, in Fort Lauderdale.

The Post reached out to Morrissey for comment.



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