Wendy Williams has never been able to hold his tongue, and now, as she is going through one of the worst parts of her life, she is not silencing her voice. The former talk show queen, known for her blunt opinions and brash persona, is weighing in on where she finds herself today, a place she deems "suffocating."
For Wendy, living behind an assisted living facility's "memory unit" doors has hardly been a pleasant experience. In a candid interview on NewsNation's Banfield, the 60-year-old television star vented her frustration and disbelief that she had been put into an environment designed for people with significant memory loss.
"I can't do really anything myself," according to Wendy, who described herself as isolated and limited. "As for the floor I'm on, it's the fifth one. They call it 'the memory unit,' so it's for people who don't remember anything."
For someone who has built her career on mesmerizing audiences with sharp-tongued commentary and a larger-than-life presence, this austere setting amounts to nothing less than a prison sentence. "I'm unsure why I'm here," she confessed, wondering as others had why she had been placed there. But she does know that it costs $18,000 a month. And for that steep price, her universe shrinks to a bedroom, bathroom, and window.
Even though her doctors recently publicly declared her to have progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, Wendy denies any idea that she is unable to make her own decisions. She insists she is of sound mind and should not be under guardianship, a legal arrangement that has taken away her control over her finances and health-related decisions since May 2022.
"I'm ready to leave here," she said urgently. "I'm ready to move forward and get out of the guardianship. It's suffocating; it's lonely." Wendy's has received support from former Wendy Williams Show producer Suzanne Bass, who recently commented that she doesn't blame Wendy for wanting her life back. "She sounds amazing," Bass said in an Instagram post. She's singing the best she's sung in years."
But the path to liberation may not be an easy one. Guardianships, especially those linked to health and financial issues, can be challenging, typically involving protracted legal fights. But if there's one thing the world has learned about Wendy Williams over the years, she's a fighter. She has overcome personal and professional challenges before and has never walked away without a fight. With her still-fighting spirit, time will tell if Wendy Williams can finally face the light and take her life back into her own hands. One thing's certain: She won't stop speaking up until she does.
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