Wendy Williams’ close family and friends continue to rally around the former talk show host amid her guardianship.
“She is in great shape mentally and physically,” Wendy’s brother Tommy Williams exclusively shared with Us Weekly on Wednesday, March 12. “Let her out.”
Since May 2022, Wendy, 60, has been living under a legal guardianship that oversees both her finances and health. Speculation surrounding the former radio host’s well-being and absence from the public eye led to a 2024 Lifetime documentary titled Where Is Wendy Williams?
This week, however, Us Weekly confirmed that Wendy was transported from her assisted living facility to a New York hospital “for evaluation” after police were called to do a wellness check.
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Wendy later appeared on The Breakfast Club and said she underwent competency tests, which she claimed to pass with “flying colors.”
According to her brother, Wendy’s ability to pass those recent tests is a positive step forward.
“Now she has some direction and understanding of her functional abilities and cognizant abilities,” Tommy told Us. “It’s a win for Wendy, a big one. And she did it herself. It also shows she is fluid with her thoughts and actions.”
Wendy’s friend Ginalia Monterrosa — who accompanied the media personality to the hospital this week — recently sent a letter to Adult Protective Services formally requesting a probe into what she saw as “troubling circumstances” surrounding Wendy’s treatment.
In an exclusive interview with Us, Monterrosa — who is part of Connect Care Advisory Group — said those closest to Wendy are “just figuring out next steps of what’s going to happen.”
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“She is letting the public know it is unfair, it is unjust,” Monterrosa said of Wendy’s recent interviews. “She doesn’t need to be in a guardianship. She is not incapacitated. She will continue to voice her opinion.”
According to Monterrosa, Wendy is not allowed to have a cell phone at the facility she is residing in. Instead, she has a landline in her room that allows her to make outgoing calls, but doesn’t allow any to come in.
“We’d love for her to be in an unrestrictive environment — even at another facility — where she has freedom to come in and out, see her friends, people can call her, she can have an iPad, she can use a two-way phone — not just [a] one way [phone],” Monterrosa explained to Us. “[She has] the freedom to go to the store and supermarket, to go to the gym, to have a life and the things we take for granted.”
Before a judge makes a ruling in regards to Wendy’s guardianship, the former talk show host is expected to speak out on the Friday, March 14, episode of The View.
Those closest to Wendy hope good news is coming soon.
“It’s a wait and see,” Tommy said. “We want to root Wendy on. We watch and listen and cheer her on. And we are praying.”
With reporting by Andrea Simpson
