Wendy Williams dismissed claims that her ongoing battle with dementia has left her “permanently disabled” in a rare radio interview on Thursday morning.
The radio icon, 60, called into The Breakfast Club to plead for her freedom from her controversial custody, while speaking to her former co-radio host Charlamagne Tha God.
The talk show host who makes headlines – who were diagnosed aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in May 2023 – described her current situation in the scathing chat as ’emotional abuse’.
Wendy told the show’s presenters: ‘I don’t have a cognitive impairment, but I feel like I’m in prison. I am absolutely isolated.
‘To talk to these people who live here, that’s not my thing. I keep the door closed.’
The former Wendy Williams Show host described the big difference in her daily life this way: “I watch TV. I listen to the radio. I look at the window. I’m sitting here and my life is passing by.’
Wendy Williams, 60, was seen having a heated argument with her caregivers last week after a dinner in Miami following her son Kevin Jr.’s graduation; seen in documentary Where Is Wendy Williams (2024)
Wendy added that she no longer has the company of her pet cats and claimed they have now ‘disappeared’ – claiming they were taken despite her ‘wanting them with her’.
The TV star revealed that she eventually hopes to move to Florida so she can live there with her family.
For now, the star is just focusing on being able to travel to Miami next month to celebrate her beloved father’s birthday.
In an Instagram post before the interview took place, Charlamagne said wrote a caption about conservatories and guardianships, which he emphasized are “designed to preserve dignity” and “not to exercise control.”
“Conservatories and guardianships should exist to empower, protect and support individuals – not to lock them in invisible prisons,” the talk show host wrote.
“Tomorrow morning on @breakfastclubam, #WendyWilliams will remind us that these systems must be transparent, compassionate, and designed to preserve dignity, not control. Let’s discuss.’
The interview comes weeks after Williams made a rare public appearance last month for a special occasion to support her family.
She was spotted supporting her son Kevin Hunter Jr. when he graduated from Florida International University.
Her outing came just weeks after she was declared ‘permanently incapacitated’ by her guardian.
In court documents filed by Sabrina Morissey in November 2024, Williams was described as “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated” after he was diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
She has been under legal guardianship since 2022.
Earlier this year, a source close to her family claimed that her guardian had been ‘largely denied contact with her’ People.