Speaking to the New York Post a month ago, the former talk show host offered one of her most detailed updates yet on her daily life inside the New York assisted living facility where she has lived since 2023, while continuing her legal fight to end her court-appointed guardianship.
Wendy Williams Says Her Life Remains Highly Restricted
Williams described an existence defined by strict limitations. “I’ve by now rested my case. It’s $25,000 a month here,” she said before detailing the environment around her. “There’s grass, trees, two floors, no cars around. Can’t even do the elevator to go down. It, too, is locked.” She also noted changes to her daily routine, adding, “I once was a connoisseur of food and now sometimes I’ll just have meals in my room. And I don’t drink.”
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The former television host also explained that her movements remain closely monitored. “And mine is a locked floor. And there’s also an in and out hospital,” Williams said. She added, “There’s always security with me,” before describing one of the few outings she regularly makes. “Look, I go to church every Sunday. It’s the Christian Cultural Center. 10 a.m. I go with a personal aide.”
Williams also reflected on how dramatically her life has changed since leaving daytime television. “Understand, I did a daily TV show 14 years,” she said. “This watching over me also deals with dresses. I was tall. Looking gorgeous. Now all my good stuff’s in storage.” She explained that retrieving those clothes is no simple task, adding, “I’m just not going to have some guy follow me into storage.” Instead, she said, “I’ve now turned skirts into shorts.”
She also spoke briefly about how she spends her time and the challenges she continues to face. “What I do is I keep things in my notebook. They say it’s dementia and aphasia,” Williams said. Her weekly routine, she explained, is relatively limited. “Best I can do is Monday and Friday I go to the gym.” Looking back on everything that has happened over the past few years, she concluded, “I don’t know exactly how, what, why but I have gone through a lot of s - - t.”
Williams remains under a court-appointed guardianship while continuing to challenge the arrangement in court. She has repeatedly maintained that she is mentally capable of making her own decisions, while her guardian has argued that the current level of care remains necessary following her diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
