Wendy Williams is “better than good” — and that’s from her own mouth.
Williams spoke with Page Six after she was spotted enjoying a lunch with friends in Manhattan on Friday, March 21, and spoke out about her mental and emotional wellbeing amid her court-ordered guardianship battle.
“I am fabulous. I’m better than good, but have been accused to being otherwise,” she told the outlet. “I am very much alive. I deserve freedom, darling.”
When asked about the guardianship she’s been held under since 2022, Williams directed the outlet to her advocate, Ginalisa Monterroso.
On March 1, Williams’ former longtime producer Suzanne Bass described the guardianship as “terrible.”
“You guys have been asking me for years if I’ve heard from Wendy, and what I’m doing to help Wendy,” Bass said in a video shared via Instagram on February 28.
“I’m gonna be honest,” she continued, “I hadn’t heard from Wendy in years until last week. My phone rang, and it was Wendy. I cried, she cried, Brendan cried, Jack was home, my oldest, he didn’t cry, but he said I had to work.”
Williams “sounds fantastic,” Bass continued, adding that the former TV host “sounds the best she has sounded in years.”
Bass also said she’s been learning about the circumstances surrounding Williams’ guardianship “every day.”
Williams was all smiles when she was spotted at Miami International Airport on February 15, while coasting through the airport on a motorized scooter. A source close to the former talk show host told Us exclusively in January that she was doing much better amid her health issues.
“She’s still Wendy,” the source told Us at the time. “Her conversations are just as rhythmic and her mindset is open.”
JENNIFER GRAYLOCK/INSTARimages.com Wendy Williams’ family wants her released from the facility where she is currently receiving treatment for frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. “I know that she is stuck and we are trying to unstick her. Her family is here and she doesn’t need a facility. We are here to take care of her,” Wendy’s brother, […]
In May 2024, Williams said she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia.
“The decision to share this news was difficult and made after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy, but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia and support the thousands of others facing similar circumstances,” her rep said at the time.
Williams’ brother Tommy has also called on the powers that be to release her from the guardianship. “She is in great shape mentally and physically,” Wendy’s brother Tommy WilliamsTommy Williams exclusively shared with Us Weekly on Wednesday, March 12. “Let her out.”
