Wendy Williams says she has $15 to her name in emotional ‘Breakfast Club’ interview: ‘My money is in prison’
Wendy Williams said she has only $15 to her name as she battles to get out of her guardianship.
“I have $15. I have $15. What does that do?” the former “Wendy Williams Show” host asked during an interview with “The Breakfast Club” Thursday morning.
“My money is in prison,” she added.
Williams’ niece Alex Finnie was also on the phone during the Q&A and said due to their “legal situation” with the former radio host’s guardian, Sabrina Morrisey, there are things her aunt “just can’t talk about.”
“What does that do?” the former “Wendy Williams Show” host asked during a phone interview with “The Breakfast Club” Thursday.Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
“But I think that the thing we can talk about is the fact that my aunt sounds great. I’ve seen her — in a very limited capacity — but I’ve seen her; we’re talking to her. This does not match an incapacitated person,” Finnie added.
Elsewhere in the interview, Williams, who is currently being held in a facility in New York without access to a cellphone or laptop, insisted she is not “cognitively impaired” and said she feels “trapped” due to her guardianship.
“I am not cognitively impaired, but I feel like I am in prison,” she said. “I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s. There’s something wrong with these people here on this floor.”
The “Ask Wendy” author, 60, said she is mostly “isolated” in the wellness center.
“To talk to these people who live here, that is not my cup of tea,” she shared.
Williams said the “system is broken” and compared her treatment to “emotional abuse.”
Due to the “Breakfast Club” interview, Williams and Finnie acknowledged the legendary TV host may face consequences from her guardian, including being prevented from seeing her dad for his 94th birthday in Miami next month and getting her phone taken away.
Page Six has reached out to Morrissey for comment but did not immediately hear back.
In 2022, Williams was placed under a court-ordered guardianship after her bank, Wells Fargo, sent a letter to New York Supreme Court Judge Arlene Bluth requesting a hearing about her well-being.
Her team announced last year that she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia.
Williams’ family subsequently said they had been “denied contact” with her due to the guardianship.
