Wendy Williams Claims She Hasn’t Seen a Doctor in Nearly 2 Years Despite Being Diagnosed with Dementia amid Guardianship

Mar. 15, 2025

Wendy Williams.Photo:Paras Griffin/Getty

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Wendy Williamsis making new claims about her lack of medical care.

“When was the last time you saw a doctor?” Levin asked.

“A long while,” said Williams, who was assigned a guardian in 2022, as she insisted that she “couldn’t” even estimate a general time frame because it had been so long.

“I was in Connecticut for a year and I didn’t go see anybody. I’ve been in here for six or seven months and I haven’t seen anybody,” she revealed, referring to the assisted living facility she is currently in.

Wendy Williams visits SiriusXM Studios on September 6, 2018 in New York City.Santiago Felipe/Getty

Santiago Felipe/Getty

In court filings, Williams’ guardian has claimed she “is cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.” Williams, however, told Levin that she feels “fantastic” and is “not incapacitated.”

“This is actually an extremely challenging diagnosis to make,” she said of differentiating alcohol-induced brain damage from dementia. “There’s a lot of overlap because alcohol tends to be particularly toxic to the prefrontal lobes of the brain and, of course, those are the parts of the brain that are affected in frontotemporal dementia as well.”

Levin then questioned whether the possibility of a misdiagnosis might call for a new examination following Williams’ sobriety and apparent disappearance of symptoms seen in her recent interviews.

“Certainly,” Croll said, explaining: “This could be a reason for her neurologist and her team to reevaluate what’s going on with her and reassess her cognition at this point.”

Wendy Williams.Patrick McMullan via Getty

Patrick McMullan via Getty

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On Feb. 5, Williams’ guardian Sabrina Morrissey filed court documentsrequesting a “new medical evaluation"after the television personality denied that she was “incapacitated” during an appearance onThe Breakfast Clubearlier that day.

“I don’t have frontotemporal dementia…it’s disgusting,” Williams said on the radio program on Feb. 5. “That’s a very rare thing for anybody to have.”

Morrissey’s request also addressed Williams’ statements indicating she did not want to pursue legal action against A&E Television Networks. In February 2024, Morrissey sued A&E for theWhere Is Wendy Williams?docuseries, claiming the network’s documentary “shamelessly exploits [Williams] and portrays her in an extremely demeaning and undignified manner.”

“In these statements, [Williams] has indicated that, in her opinion, she is not suffering from dementia and is not incapacitated,” the filing stated. “We are writing this letter today because, during a radio interview this morning, [Williams] discussed the A&E matter at some length and appeared to indicate that she does not want to proceed with the action.”

Wendy Williams.Roy Rochlin/WireImage

Roy Rochlin/WireImage

Morrissey also claimed she brought the lawsuit against A&E to “recover substantial monetary damages for the benefit of [Williams], which could be used to help pay for [her] significant healthcare needs going forward.”

source: people.com