Wendy Williams, a former television host, is taking action to terminate her guardianship

There have been reports that Wendy Williams has taken a significant step to remove her guardianship.

The 60-year-old celebrity is in a care facility and under the guardianship of attorney Sabrina Morrissey. Her care team previously revealed that she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia. She hosted her own talk show from 2008 to 2022 before Sherri Shepherd took over.

She last week wrote an affidavit requesting that the guardianship judge terminate the arrangement, according to TMZ.

Previously asserting that she was “not cognitively impaired,” the presenter now asserts in the legal document that she has “regained capacity” to act freely and does not require a guardian.

Her claims that she does not have frontotemporal dementia have also been made.

It is anticipated that Williams’ lawyer would submit an Emergency Order to Show Cause the next day when a doctor, selected by her, reassesses her on Tuesday.

The report states that if the judge denies her plea to terminate the guardianship, she may have to go to trial in order to convince a jury that she is capable of managing her own life.

TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy, a new documentary on Tubi, features Williams criticizing the facility in New York City where she is residing.

In addition to claiming to feel “isolated,” she continued, “You know what I mean? Where I am, the folks are older.

In their 90s and 80s, they are. I eat in my bedroom for lunch and dinner. I don’t dine there with the locals since it’s so incredibly disappointing.

According to her, she has only gone outside twice “in the last 30 days,” and both times were for dentist appointments.

After she started “to lose words, act erratically at times, and have difficulty understanding financial transactions,” her care team said in a news release revealing her diagnosis last year that they were addressing expectations.

The choice to share this news was tough and well thought out, they added, not just to show sympathy and empathy for Wendy but also to increase knowledge about frontotemporal dementia and aphasia and to help the thousands of people who are in similar situations.

The stigma and ignorance that many people with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia experience is regrettable, especially when they start to show behavioral abnormalities but have not yet been recognized.

Nearly a year ago, Wendy’s sister Wanda Finnie said that the family had not heard anything from Wendy since she visited them in Florida in 2021 and that she was not informed of her sibling’s condition until she was admitted to a facility to undergo treatment for cognitive problems.

In contrast to frontotemporal dementia, which affects personality, conduct, and language, primary progressive aphasia is an uncommon neurological disorder that impairs communication.