A neurologist now believes Wendy Williams doesn’t actually have frontotemporal dementia, a diagnosis that has put her under legal guardianship for more than two years, according to a new report.
The former talk show host reportedly underwent several medical tests, and the results did not match the diagnosis from 2023 when she tested positive for the disease, sources tell TMZ.
Her legal team received the results late last month, the outlet reported, and she’s expected to file court papers within the next two weeks requesting a hearing to end a guardianship she’s been under since 2022 due to the diagnosis.
If the judge insists on maintaining the guardianship order, attorney Joe Tacopina plans to request a jury trial.
Last year, Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, stated in a filing that Williams was considered “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”
Williams has spoken out against the guardianship, saying it keeps her from moving freely and makes her feel like she’s being kept “in a prison.”
“I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s,” Williams told “The Breakfast Club” in January of the care facility where she lives. “I have breakfast, lunch and dinner right here on the bed. I watch TV, I listen to radio, I look out the window, I talk on the phone.”
Williams described the guardianship system as “broken” and revealed that she is being denied contact with her family.
“I don’t know whether I’m allowed to fly to Miami to say happy birthday to my dad,” she said. “I’m exhausted thinking about, ‘What if I can’t see my dad for his birthday?’ You know, at 94, you know, the day after that is not promised.”
In an interview with “The View” in March, the media personality said, “It’s time for my money and my life to get back to status quo.”
