Wendy Williams visits SiriusXM Studios on September 6, 2018 in New York City.Photo:Santiago Felipe/Getty
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Wendy Williamsand her guardian Sabrina Morrissey continue to be at odds over the status of her health.
Morrissey requested a “new medical evaluation" in a court filing hours after the former talk show host, 60, denied that she was “incapacitated” during an appearance onThe Breakfast Club.
“I don’t have frontotemporal dementia…it’s disgusting,” Williams said on the radio program on Feb. 5. “That’s a very rare thing for anybody to have.”
Wendy Williams attends the 2019 40th Annual NYWIFT Muse Awards at New York Hilton Midtown on December 10, 2019 in New York City.Manny Carabel/Getty
Manny Carabel/Getty
The television personality also spoke out againstMorrissey’s lawsuitagainst A&E Television Networks, Lifetime Entertainment and other affiliates following the airing of the docuseries,Where Is Wendy Williams?. In the papers filed on Feb. 20, 2024, Morrissey slammed the network’s documentary, claiming that it “shamelessly exploits [Williams] and portrays her in an extremely demeaning and undignified manner.”
“This case arises from the brutally calculated, deliberate actions of powerful and cravenly opportunistic media companies working together with a producer to knowingly exploit [Williams],” the filing alleged in part, referencing Williams’ frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.
A&E later filed a counterclaim, denying the allegations.
“I only watched [the docuseries] once and I will never watch again in life,” William said on the radio program.
Wendy Williams attends Spotify x Cash Money Host Premiere of mini-documentary New Cash Order at Lightbox on February 20, 2020 in New York, New York.Ilya S. Savenok/Getty
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty
Despite the lawsuit, Williams insisted she was still interested in working with Lifetime in the future.
“I’ve worked with Lifetime several times,” she explained. “Enough that I would love to do something with Lifetime again. They are good people to me and I am good people to them."
“In these statements, [Williams] has indicated that, in her opinion, she is not suffering from dementia and is not incapacitated,” the filing stated. “We are writing this letter today because, during a radio interview this morning, [Williams] discussed the A&E matter at some length and appeared to indicate that she does not want to proceed with the action.”
Morrissey claimed she brought the lawsuit against A&E to “recover substantial monetary damages for the benefit of [Williams], which could be used to help pay for [her] significant healthcare needs going forward.”
FTD is “an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain,” while PPA is “is a rare nervous system syndrome that affects the ability to communicate,” according to theMayo Clinic.
The filing noted that these conditions will “only get worse and there is no cure.”
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She explained that she has “no interest” in pursuing further litigation if “in the extremely unlikely event that the new medical examination finds that [Williams] somehow now has the mental capacity to direct” the lawsuit against A&E.
source: people.com
