TV legend issues plea to escape 'suffocating' $18,000 a month hospital

The former TV personality, 60, declared how much she wants to ‘get out’ of the assisted living facility and intends to end her guardianship.‘I don’t have the freedom to do virtually anything,’she told NewsNation’s Banfield on February 27.

‘As far as where I am, I’m on the fifth floor. They call it the memory unit, so it’s for people who don’t remember anything.’

She continued: ‘I have no idea, but I can tell you that it’s $18,000 a month, which is extremely expensive. And what do I have? I have a bedroom, a bathroom and a window.’The TV presenter declared: ‘I’m ready to get out of here. I’m ready to get out and get out of the guardianship. It’s suffocating, it’s very lonely.’

In February 2023, it was revealed the US broadcaster was diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia and is currently under the legal guardianship of court-appointed guardian Sabrina Morrissey, taking care of her finances and health, since May 2022.

Last year, ahead of a Lifetime special focusing on the TV host’s health, titled Where Is Wendy Williams?, Wendy’s care team issued a lengthy statement to the public explaining her medical condition.

‘As Wendy’s fans are aware, in the past she has been open with the public about her medical struggles with Graves’ Disease and Lymphedema as well as other significant challenges related to her health,’ it read.

‘Over the past few years, questions have been raised at times about Wendy’s ability to process information and many have speculated about Wendy’s condition, particularly when she began to lose words, act erratically at times, and have difficulty understanding financial transactions.

‘In 2023, after undergoing a battery of medical tests, Wendy was officially diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).’

In 2022, Williams stepped out of the spotlight for several months following complications with Graves’ disease.

At the time the mother-of-one did an on-air phone interview sharing her hopes to be ‘back on the Wendy show bigger and brighter than ever.’