Wendy Williams’ best friend has slammed the ailing TV host’s legal guardian, claiming that the woman tasked with taking care of her left her without ‘access to food’ – as she voiced her suspicions over Wendy’s recent dementia diagnosis.
Who is Wendy’s Guardian?
The former TV personality, 59, was placed under a legal guardianship in May 2022, after her bank account said it had ‘strong reason to believe’ that she was of ‘unsound mind’ and was ‘the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation.’
At the time, the court assigned someone to manage Wendy’s finances and health, and while their identity was not made public at first, first, it is recently revealed that Wendy’s guardian was a New York-based lawyer named Sabrina Morrissey.
But now, one of the star’s closest pals – Regina Shell, who has known Wendy since she was only 13 years old – has spoken out against her guardian.
What Her Friend Said About Wendy’s Guardian?
During a recent appearance on Chris Cuomo’s NewsNation series, Cuomo, Regina claimed that the broadcaster had ‘no access to her money’ and had to ask permission from Sabrina for any purchase she wanted to make – including meals.
She alleged that this sometimes meant Wendy would go hours on end without eating, which left Regina so worried that she started ordering food for her from across the country.
‘When I was in New York and staying with Wendy in the summer, I noticed … she had no access to her money,’ Regina shared on Monday evening.
‘Every time she had to do anything that she had to pay for, she had to go through the guardian.
‘And she would call to order her breakfast at 7:30 in the morning with the guardian, and she would take the order, but the order wouldn’t show up until sometimes noon. So Wendy wouldn’t have any food.’
Wendy Wasn’t Getting Enough to Eat
Regina said that when she returned home to Los Angeles, she began sending her ‘delivery service’ because she was nervous that Wendy ‘wasn’t getting’ enough to eat.
‘When I went back to LA, I would have to send her food from Los Angeles to New York for delivery service, because she wasn’t getting…’ she trailed off.
‘The communication wasn’t there, and she had no other access to money than this guardian.’
‘That’s what was concerning to me, because [Wendy] was telling me she didn’t have food.
‘[Me] and her publicist, who also lives out in LA, both of us were going back and forth sending food to Wendy because she wasn’t having access to food.’
Wendy’s care team revealed that she was suffering from frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia last week – the same condition as Bruce Willis – days before Lifetime released a shocking new documentary about her, entitled Where Is Wendy Williams?
