Wendy Williams was quite feisty when she addressed her highly contested guardianship on Friday.
The former talk show host, 60, was spotted enjoying lunch with some friends in New York City, and said she hopes to be released from her court-ordered guardianship soon.
‘I am fabulous. I’m better than good, but have been accused to being otherwise,’ she told Page Six.
‘I am very much alive. I deserve freedom, darling.’
When the reporter commented on her fit form, Williams responded, ‘I got the liposuction and breast implants when I was 31. I’m 60 now and my body’s holding up well!’
However, she was a bit shy about answering more questions about her plans to regain control of her life, referring them to her advocate Ginalisa Monterroso, who told the outlet, ‘Don’t believe everything you read.’
Wendy Williams, 60, was feisty when she spoke to reporters in New York City on Friday about her ongoing battle to be released from her court-ordered guardianship; Pictured In New York City on March 15
The Wendy Williams Show star won a big court battle on Monday, convincing the judge overseeing her guardianship to allow her to leave the memory-care floor of the assisted living facility where she has been living in the Big Apple, for another area of the facility.
‘She will be in like a private condo now. She will have much more freedom to come and go as she pleases, she’ll be able to have visitors, and she’ll be free to leave when she wants,’ an insider told The Sun.
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‘Her team will also begin settlement talks for the guardianship,’ the source alleged.
‘Ultimately Wendy wants completely out of the arrangement, but there are some tests she’ll have to face moving forward to see just how much freedom she will be given, and if that means she’s entirely free from the guardianship, or if she will be granted less oversight in the future with some other legal arrangement.’
The insider said the Think Like a Man actress received a favorable outcome after taking some cognitive tests recently.
‘The judge said that doesn’t prove incapacitation it just proves that she is coherent, cognitive and alert,’ they explained.
‘Wendy will be doing another, full cognitive workup to determine her cognitive ability and get a neurological exam for her frontotemporal dementia diagnosis,’ they revealed.
The former talk show host was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and dementia in 2023, which doctors blamed on years of alcohol abuse.
‘I am fabulous. I’m better than good, but have been accused to being otherwise,’ she told Page Six. ‘I am very much alive. I deserve freedom, darling’; Pictured in New York City on March 15
Williams has been under a court-appointed guardianship since 2022, after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia; Pictured in New York City in February 2020
On Monday (3/17) the judge granted to wish to move from the memory-care floor of the assisted living facility where she has been staying to another floor where she will have more freedom to come and go at will; Pictured in New York City in May 2018
The judge has ordered Williams to undergo another round of cognitive testing before any more decisions are made regarding her guardianship
Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, 60, an elder law attorney, was originally appointed in 2022 after Williams’ ex-manager Bernie Young reportedly raised concerns that she was of ‘unsound mind,’ which also led to Wells Fargo freezing her bank accounts.
Williams, who appears to have given up alcohol, also suffers from both Graves’ disease and lymphedema, which hampers her ability to walk.
She often uses a mobility scooter to get around.
After the hearing, a source claimed Judge Lisa Sokoloff was open to hearing Wendy’s wishes to be released from the court’s control and her team is now working towards a settlement.