Fans rally to end Wendy Williams's guardianship
Fans of Wendy Williams gathered on Hollywood Boulevard on Tuesday morning to demand her release from her current guardianship and the assisted-living facility she's currently living in.
A small group of people stood on Williams's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the same time as another Free Wendy protest was underway in New York.
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The former daytime talk show host has been at that facility to address cognitive issues after being diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2024.
However, in a January interview with 'The Breakfast Club,' Williams denied that she was cognitively impaired and called the facility 'a prison.'
Since the interview, Williams has continued to be outspoken about her guardian and conservatorship. The former radio host has been under legal guardianship since 2022.
During the East Coast rally, Williams was spotted waving to demonstrators outside.
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'They have posters and t-shirts,' she told People Magazine. 'I'm standing here and looking out the window because I like things like that. I love nothing better than to stop and pose.'
'It's nice to see regular people, but it's even more important at this time in my life to see media,' Williams continued. 'At this point in life, I can't trust a lot of people and I can't even get into who I can't trust, but there are people that — oh my gosh, I can't trust them as far as I can throw them.'
From 2008 to 2021, Williams hosted the popular daytime talk show 'The Wendy Williams Show.' She stepped away due to health issues tied to lymphedema and Graves' disease. The show aired its final episode in June 2022. She was placed under legal guardianship in May 2022 when Wells Fargo claimed she was an 'incapacitated person' and the 'victim of undue influence and financial exploitation,' according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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