The former radio host, 60, called into the syndicated morning show with her niece, Alex Finnie, and revealed unsettling alleged details about her living situation since she was placed under guardianship in 2022.

Wendy Williams describes her living condition since her diagnosis last year

“I feel like I am in prison,” Williams said on the show. Charlamagne Tha God, who has been friends with Williams for over 20 years, said she was “trapped in a conservatorship” and unable to do what she wanted.

Williams explained that her current situation feels like “emotional abuse,” citing strict limitations on what she can and cannot do where she lives.

As Blavity reported, Williams’ team revealed in February 2024 that she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia. Both disorders target a person’s cognitive and behavioral abilities as well as their ability to understand and communicate.

‘I am not cognitively impaired’

“I am not cognitively impaired, you know what I’m saying? But I feel like I’m in prison,” the 60-year-old said of the New York City care facility where she has been living. “I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s … There’s something wrong with these people here on this floor.”

Williams was assigned a guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, to make decisions for her since she was labeled as someone who could not do those things for herself. The 60-year-old and her niece confirmed that Morrissey had taken her phone away, so Williams had limited contact with her friends and family.

“They won’t allow you to leave or have visitors,” Finnie said on the show. “So you can’t even leave and take a walk if you wanted to, or take a trip or visit family members.”

Morrissey was reportedly unhappy with the Lifetime documentary

The four-part Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? was released last year. Morrissey sued the network and A&E, preventing it from being aired, as she claimed it was exploitative and negatively portrayed the former daytime talk show queen. Both networks countersued, calling out Morrissey for overstepping her position as guardian, according to Variety.

“She was the one who wanted to do that, you understand what I’m saying?” Williams said, adding: “What do I think about being abused? Look, this system is broken, this system that I’m in. This system has falsified a lot.”

GoFundMe launched

Despite everything Williams has gone through, Finnie remains by her aunt’s side as they continue to fight for her freedom.

“My aunt sounds great,” Finnie said. “I’ve seen her, in a very limited capacity, but I’ve seen her and we’re talking to her. This does not match an incapacitated person. And that’s why we say she’s in a luxury prison, because she is being held and she is being punished for whatever reason that other people are coming up with as to why she has to be kept in this position.”

She also revealed that people can support Williams through a GoFundMe launched on her behalf.

Watch the full Breakfast Club interview below: