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Wendy Williams tells 'The View' that she wants out of her guardianship as she insists she's not mentally incapacitated
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Wendy Williams' team has said she was diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023
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Published March 14, 2025 1:09pm EDT

     

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### "I needed a breath of fresh air. I needed to see the doctor, so that’s why I went to the hospital," she told the hosts of  about the independent evaluation.



### "At this point in my life, I want to terminate the guardianship and move on with my life, if that's possible at all," she said.



#### Wendy Williams told the hosts of "The View" that she believes it's time to terminate her guardianship. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, Williams was taken to a hospital after a 911 call was made to her assisted care facility in New York.



On Monday, Wendy Williams was taken to a hospital after a 911 call was made to her assisted care facility in New York. (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

One day after being rushed to a New York hospital, she spoke with Rosanna Scotto on a  to discuss the outcome of her competency tests, which she says she'd requested herself.

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#### Wendy Williams says she passed her recent competency tests with "flying colors." (Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Earlier this year, Williams denied that she was cognitively impaired and admitted during an interview with "The Breakfast Club" that her guardianship felt like a "prison."

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#### In 2022, a legal guardian was appointed over Williams' finances and health. (Lloyd Bishop)

Where I am . . . you have to get keys to unlock the door to press the elevator to go downstairs, first of all. Second of all, these people here, everybody here is like nursemaids, so to speak," she said. Williams admitted that she isn't privy to what medication she's given. "Excuse me, doctor, can you tell me what this pill is for?"



#### Wendy Williams says she passed her recent competency tests with "flying colors." (Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

"Where I am . . . you have to get keys to unlock the door to press the elevator to go downstairs, first of all. Second of all, these people here, everybody here is like nursemaids, so to speak," she said. Williams admitted that she isn't privy to what medication she's given. "Excuse me, doctor, can you tell me what this pill is for?"



#### Wendy Williams' team shared in 2024 that she'd been diagnosed with both progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

"This floor that I live on is the memory unit," Williams explained. "The people who live there don't remember anything, unlike me. Why am I here? What is going on? It's a cry for help."



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#### Wendy Williams' team shared in 2024 that she'd been diagnosed with both progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

"I am not cognitively impaired, but I feel like I am in prison," Williams said in January. "I’m in this place with people who are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s. . . . These people, there's something wrong with these people here on this floor. I am clearly not."



#### In 2022, a legal guardian was appointed over Williams' finances and health. (Lloyd Bishop)

"Where I am . . . you have to get keys to unlock the door to press the elevator to go downstairs, first of all. Second of all, these people here, everybody here is like nursemaids, so to speak," she said. Williams admitted that she isn't privy to what medication she's given. "Excuse me, doctor, can you tell me what this pill is for?"



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