Wendy Williams sparks concern as video emerges of her banging on a window from inside assisted dwelling facility
- The clip taken from a new TMZ documentary showed the emotional 60-year-old
- Wendy was ‘locked in a room’ as she conducted a phone interview
- READ MORE: Wendy Williams reveals she’s been outside only TWICE in 30 days
Footage of Wendy Williams sobbing and banging against the window of her room in an assisted living facility has shed light on the star’s confined lifestyle under her controversial guardianship.
In a clip taken from a new TMZ documentary, the 60-year-old is seen getting emotional whilst ‘locked in a room’ as she conducted a live phone interview with Harvey Levin.
The TV host – who was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in May 2023 – appeared to be lucid during the phone call as she looked out below to the streets of New York City during the call.
As she described her current living situation, she broke down in tears and pressed her hand against the window while she sobbed.
Speaking in TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy, which is available to stream on Tubi, Levin explained that filming the window of her room was the only way to do an interview with the star who told him that she had only been allowed outside twice in 30 days.
‘Because we can’t get a camera in and she can’t really have any visitors. She cannot go outside,’ he noted.
‘She’d been out twice in the last 30 days. She has no internet She, and I think rightly says, she feels like a prisoner.’
Footage of Wendy Williams sobbing by the window of her room in an assisted living facility has shed light on the star’s confined lifestyle under her controversial guardianship
In a clip taken from a new TMZ documentary, the 60-year-old is seen crying whilst ‘locked in a room’ as she conducted a live phone interview with Harvey Levin
Fans were quick to share their dismay as one X (formerly Twitter) user commented: ‘This is heartbreaking to see. She needs to be reevaluated asap and that guardianship needs to change. If nothing else, she should go live with her family.’
Another wrote: ‘This is wrong. How many celebrities have had their lives stolen from them?’
‘Very sad situation!’ one fan stated, while another wrote: ‘This is a travesty and needs to be fixed ASAP!’
The documentary was filmed on a sidewalk below the facility she is at, with the camera angled upwards at her fifth story window since the former talk show host is not allowed to have visitors.
In a snippet shared by the outlet, Williams said her life within the past year has been ‘isolated’ and added, ‘Where I am is this place where the people are older, you know what I’m saying?
‘They are in their 90s and 80s. I eat lunch and dinner in my bedroom. I don’t eat out there with the people that live here just ’cause it’s so goddamn depressing.’
She continued to explain her living situation and added, ‘There is a bathroom, there’s a closet and the TV which was purchased by me through the guardian person.’
Levin questioned, ‘Are you allowed to go out?’
The TV host – who was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in May 2023 – appeared to be lucid during the phone call
‘No, no. I am not allowed to go out,’ the star explained. ‘I can call you, but you can’t call me.’
Williams expressed that she has ‘asked the guardian person for an iPad since years it seems like. But an iPad – can I please have my telephone back? Can I please be able to call, you know, my family?
‘What is the problem with me calling and talking to friends of mine? They’re not allowed to come in here – friends of mine. You know what I’m saying?’
The clip has been circulating just as the beloved talk show host launched her next big assault on the guardianship that has kept her confined and largely away from her family and friends over the past two years.
The former talk show host signed an affidavit on Wednesday afternoon in which she asked the judge overseeing her guardianship case to end the arrangement, TMZ reports.
In the legally binding document, Williams reportedly says she has ‘regained capacity’ to function independently, and she says she no longer requires a guardian to oversee her.
She had a guardianship overseen by Sabrina Morrissey instituted in 2022.
Williams still has several steps ahead of her before she can end the guardianship, however, and the judge will ultimately need to be swayed by her if she hopes to regain her freedom.
As she described her current living situation, she broke down in tears and pressed her hand against the window while she sobbed
Fans were quick to share their dismay on X, formerly Twitter, as they called for the star to be freed
In order to do that, the former radio host will next attempt to prove that she does not have frontotemporal dementia, contrary to how doctors had previously diagnosed her.
She averred in her affidavit that she was not suffering from the neurological condition, and sources told TMZ that she will be seeing a doctor on Tuesday for a new evaluation to hopefully confirm as much.
Notably, frontotemporal dementia is a permanent and progressive condition, so the former Wendy Williams Show host hopes that her apparent improvement in functioning will indicate that she couldn’t be suffering from the disease.
Williams recently hired a new attorney to help her end the guardianship, and they were responsible for selecting the new doctor she will be seeing.
According to the publications sources, her attorney plans to file an Emergency Order to Show Cause the day after the testing, which should force the judge to weigh in on ending the guardianship.
She’s hoping the judge will agree and end things then and there, but if they deny the request and keep the guardianship as its currently constituted, Williams will allegedly request that her case go before a jury who can determine if she’s able to care for herself and run her own finances without the need of a guardian figure.
The star kicked started the year with a call to The Breakfast Club to plea for freedom from her guardianship and shut down claims that her ongoing dementia battle has made her ‘permanently incapacitated.’
Wendy stated to the shows’ hosts: ‘I am not cognitively impaired, but I feel like I am in prison. I am definitely isolated.
The clip has been circulating just as the beloved talk show host launched her next big assault on the guardianship that has kept her confined over the past two years (seen in 2019)
Back in December, the star was pictured looking happy and smiling in an Instagram image shared by her niece, Alex Finnie
The Wendy Williams Show aired its final episode in June 2022 after 13 years – without the star herself making an appearance
‘To talk to these people who live here, that is not my cup of tea. I keep the door closed.’
The former Wendy Williams Show host described her stark difference of her daily life as she noted: ‘I watch TV. I listen to the radio. I watch the window. I sit here, and my life goes by.’
Wendy added that she no longer has the company of her pet cats and claimed that they are now ‘gone’ – claiming that they had been taken despite her ‘wanting them with her.’
The TV star revealed that she ultimately hopes to move to Florida so she can live there with her family.
For now the star is just focused on being able to travel out to Miami this month in order to celebrate her beloved dad’s birthday.
The Wendy Williams Show aired its final episode in June 2022 after 13 years – without the star herself making an appearance.
She previously withdrew from the show in 2021 and embarked on what was initially supposed to be a temporary leave of absence to cope with health issues.
