Wendy Williams Says She's Ready to 'Terminate' Guardianship After Passing Capacity Test

Wendy Williams spoke out on her controversial guardianship and recent hospital visit during a phone interview on The View last Friday (March 14).

The chat came roughly one week after Williams, 60, was taken from her assisted living facility in Midtown Manhattan to Mount Sinai West hospital, where she had a cognitive health evaluation. The media personality reportedly received a 10 out of 10 score on her "capacity test," per the New York Post, meaning that her cognitive health is sufficient. During her call, Williams was joined by Ginalisa Monterroso, president of the Connect Care Advisory Group.

"I just needed a breath of fresh air. I needed to see the doctors," Williams explained around the 1-minute mark of the first video below. The former talk show host also had her blood drawn for thyroid purposes, along with an "independent evaluation" of incapacitation. Williams has been under a court-ordered guardianship since 2022 and last year, it was revealed that she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia.

After visiting the hospital, Williams was returned back to her assisted living facility after having dinner with her niece. "Why am I here... where people don't remember anything?" Williams asked about her circumstances. "I stay in the bedroom the majority of the time."

Later in the interview, as seen below, Monterroso explained that the guardianship began to protect Williams' money, which she objects to. "I didn't mind it at that time ... but at this point in my life, I want to terminate [the] guardianship and move on with my life, if that's possible at all."

Williams also detailed her "isolation" while living in a memory unit in Connecticut for one year. "As far as family, that was all I was calling," she said around the 1:50 mark above. "There were no friends I could call, because the guardian kept my phone."

Williams insisted that she's staying in New York and explained that she doesn't want a guardian, especially her court-appointed guardian, Sabrina Morrissey. "It's been over three years, and it's time for my money and my life to get back to status quo," she declared.

Williams, who's recently gone alcohol-free, has been centered in documentary projects like last year's Where Is Wendy Williams?, where it was alleged that her cognitive health was declining. Since January, Williams has protested her guardianship, comparing it to a "prison," and also admonished her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., 24, for misusing her money.