Wendy Williams Signs Document To End Her Guardianship While Continuing To Deny She Has Dementia

Former talk show host Wendy Williams has signed an affidavit to end her guardianship as she continued to reject her frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis.

In early 2024, Williams’ care team revealed she was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and FTD. Her family asserted that they had been unaware of these conditions until the year prior.

Williams signed the document on Wednesday, requesting that the judge set her free. 

In the affidavit, she stated that she has “regained the capacity” to function without her court-appointed guardian, Sabrina E. Morrissey. The media personality also mentioned that, despite what doctors had asserted, she does not have FTD.

Williams will be re-evaluated by a doctor on Feb. 18, and the attorney she hired to end the guardianship chose this doctor. 

Williams’ lawyer will file an Emergency Order to Show Cause next Wednesday, which is a petition to force the issue with the judge who has the power to cease the guardianship.

If the judge rejects the request to end the guardianship, the talk show host can demand a jury trial where jurors will choose if she has regained her capacity to take charge of her own life without guardian control.

In November 2024, Morrissey alleged that she became “cognitively impaired, permanently disabled and legally incapacitated.”

On Jan. 16, Williams called into the radio show The Breakfast Club to declare that she is “not cognitively impaired” and feels as if she is “in prison.”