Wendy Williams will remain under guardianship for the foreseeable future due to updated medical exams. According to People, sources relayed information that Williams, 61, has been rediagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (a group of brain diseases that affect areas associated with language, behavior, and personality) and aphasia (a disorder affecting one’s communication), after her initial diagnosis with the two neurological disorders in 2023. The results come after People obtained legal documentation elucidating the “significant number of tests and scans (including brain imaging)” completed to arrive at that conclusion. However, People notes that the conditions themselves were not explicitly listed in the paperwork. Sabrina Morrissey, Williams’s controversial guardian, reportedly requested a three-month extension of the court-ordered arrangement, through November 5, 2025, via counsel. Initially, the former talk show host was placed under a financial guardianship after claims she was an “incapacitated person” from Wells Fargo in 2022. Williams and her family have since spoken out against the guardianship to rally public support, appearing on programs including The View, The Breakfast Club, and TMZ, which produced a film about her circumstances, TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy. Snowballing from this, the #FreeWendy movement continues to gain momentum online, with fans organizing petitions and social campaigns urging her release.
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