Family members of Wendy Williams are speaking out after she claimed she had never met her guardianship attorney.
The 60-year-old talk show host, who has been living under guardianship and was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in May 2023, recently criticized attorney Roberta Kaplan for saying she would need care for the rest of her life despite that he had supposedly never been careful. I met her.
In an exclusive statement to DailyMail.com, Williams’ family says they are looking for a new attorney to represent her as she fights to end her conservatorship.
“The family of Wendy Williams wishes to address the current circumstances surrounding her conservatorship and her continued journey toward regaining her self-determination,” the statement begins. ‘As we navigate this difficult time, we believe it is crucial to defend the rights and autonomy of Wendy’s.
“We are currently seeking an esteemed and honest attorney to evaluate the guardianship agreement currently in place for Wendy in New York City,” members of the Williams family announced, adding that they are currently leaning toward famed civil rights attorney, Benjamin Crump.
‘Our primary goal is to ensure that Wendy’s best interests are served and that she has the opportunity to regain control over her life and decisions.
“Wendy is an extraordinary person who has inspired countless people through her work and personal journey,” they continued. ‘We firmly believe that she deserves the opportunity to live with dignity and make her own decisions, free from undue influence.
The family of Wendy Williams, 60, said in an exclusive statement to DailyMail.com on Saturday that they are looking for a lawyer to help her “regain control over her life and her decisions.”
“We hope that, through the legal system, we can shed light on this situation and work toward a resolution that honors Wendy’s voice and wishes,” her family said. ‘We ask for privacy and understanding as we navigate this complex process, and we thank Wendy’s fans and followers for their unwavering love and encouragement during this time to “#FREEWENDY.”
‘Wendy has always been a fighter and we are committed to ensuring she has the resources and representation she deserves. “Together, we will work diligently to help Wendy regain her self-determination,” the statement concludes.
In a recent conversation with TMZ, Williams, whose family started a GoFundMe to help free her from her conservatorship, was particularly offended by her conservatorship attorney Kaplan’s recent claims that she has “good days and bad days.”
Wendy stated that the lawyer has no reason to comment on his mental state since she has never even met him.
She told the publication: ‘How would I know that? I have never met Roberta Kaplan and have never spoken to her. I am isolated and locked in a luxury prison. So much for the Me Too movement.
Meanwhile, TMZ executive producer Harvey Levin revealed on the site that he had a 90-minute conversation with Williams on Friday and made the shocking claim that she showed no signs of disability despite her diagnoses of aphasia and dementia. frontotemporal.
The 74-year-old television personality said: “I can tell you that the Wendy Williams I spoke to today is the same Wendy Williams I met 10 years ago.” There is no difference.
“She was lucid, she was eloquent, she was present and she was opinionated.”

Williams’ family said she “deserves the opportunity to live with dignity and make her own decisions, free from undue influence”; seen in 2019 in New York

Wendy Williams responded to a guardianship attorney’s claims and insisted she had never met the attorney after guardianship attorney Roberta Kaplan’s recent claims that she has “good days and bad days”; Wendy is pictured in June 2021 on Late Night with Seth Meyers
She went on to explain that she wasn’t going to go into the details of their long conversation since it was off the record, but she wanted him to give his personal assessment of what he heard.
This comes just a day after Kaplan defended the decision to place her under conservatorship after the former talk show host argued for her freedom.
After Williams called into The Breakfast Club radio show and insisted that she is not “cognitively disabled,” her guardianship attorney stated otherwise, according to TMZ.
He explained that Williams suffers from frontal lobe dementia and emphasized that it is a neurological disease that has no cure.
Her lawyer, who said he is only representing Williams in her lawsuit against A&E for producing the documentary Where’s Wendy Williams? – also explained that a state court declared that Williams cannot make legal and financial decisions on her own.
His attorney said he will need care for the rest of his life due to the degenerative nature of the disease.
Kaplan also said Williams has bad days and also good days where he gets a lot of clarification, like when he called The Breakfast Club on Thursday morning.
On the morning radio show, Williams told co-host Charlamagne tha God how she felt like she was imprisoned because of her controversial conservatorship and said her life is “fucked up.”

Kaplan had defended the decision to place her under conservatorship after the former talk show host advocated for her freedom; Pictured in December 2019 in New York City.

After Williams, 60, called into The Breakfast Club radio show and insisted she is not “cognitively disabled,” her attorney Roberta Kaplan stated otherwise, according to TMZ on Thursday.

Her attorney, who said he is only representing Williams in her lawsuit against A&E for producing the documentary Where’s Wendy Williams? — explained that a state court declared that Williams cannot make legal and financial decisions for herself; Pictured in November 2019 in Atherton, California.
She also slammed her legal guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, during the call and claimed that she has been isolated from her family.
Williams fans were outraged after Wendy claimed that Morrissey had taken her old phone and replaced it with a new one that can only make calls but not receive them, making it impossible for her friends or family to call her directly.
Due to the court order, Morrissey is prohibited from commenting on the story.
Williams also alleged that the constant interactions he has now are when his ‘babysitters’ give him his medications.
Previously, Williams’ niece Alex also claimed that she is not disabled and asked fans to help amplify the #FreeWendy movement.
During the show, the former shock jock sobbed as she described her current situation as “emotional abuse.”
“I don’t have any cognitive impairment, but I feel like I’m in prison,” he told the radio show’s hosts. “I’m definitely isolated.”
And he added: “Talking to these people who live here is not my thing.” I keep the door closed.

Kaplan also said that Williams has bad days and also good days when he gets a lot of clarification, like when he called The Breakfast Club on Thursday morning; Pictured in August 2018 in Atlanta.

On the morning radio show, Williams told co-host Charlamagne tha God how she felt like she was imprisoned because of her controversial conservatorship and said her life is “fucked up.” She also harshly criticized her legal guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, during the call and claimed that she has been isolated from her family; photographed in 2018

During the show, the former shock jock sobbed as she described her current situation as “emotional abuse.” “I don’t have any cognitive impairment, but I feel like I’m in prison,” he told the radio show’s hosts. ‘I am definitely isolated’; Pictured in October 2019 in New York City.
The television personality described the harsh reality of her daily life after being placed under guardianship.
‘I watch television. I listen to the radio. I look at the window. I sit here and my life happens.’
She said she no longer has the company of her cats, claiming they are “gone” and taken even though she “wanted them with her.”
The TV star revealed that she eventually hopes to move to Florida so she can live there with her family.
For now, the star is only focused on being able to travel to Miami next month to celebrate her beloved father’s birthday.
In an Instagram post before the interview took place, Charlamagne wrote a caption about conservatorships and guardianships, which she insisted are “designed to preserve dignity” and “not control.”
“Guardians and guardianships should exist to empower, protect and support people, not confine them to invisible prisons,” the talk show host wrote.
‘Tomorrow morning on @breakfastclubam #WendyWilliams will remind us that these systems must be transparent, compassionate and designed to preserve dignity, not control. Let’s discuss.’