Former TV presenter is “permanently unable to work”

Former TV presenter is “permanently unable to work”

Wendy Williams’ health has deteriorated due to her battle with dementia and aphasia.

The former “Wendy Williams Show” host, 60, is “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated,” lawyers for Williams’ guardian Sabrina Morrissey revealed in a memo filed in court earlier this month, according to court documents TODAY received on Tuesday.

Morrissey has taken legal action against A&E Television Networks, Lifetime Entertainment Services and others involved in the release of “Where is Wendy Williams?”, a documentary about Williams’ abrupt exit from public life that was released in February.

Williams is a “celebrated entertainer who tragically suffers from early-onset dementia,” the Nov. 12 letter said. In an amended statement of claim in September, Morrissey accused the defendants of “exploiting Williams in the most cruel and obscene manner for their own financial gain.”

Wendy Williams' guardian (not pictured) recently wrote a letter to the court about the former talk show host's current health battle.

USA TODAY has reached out to a representative for Williams for more details on her condition.

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Elsewhere in the memo, Morrissey’s lawyers also requested that Williams’ personal information be removed from the defense portion of a joint status letter. The details relate to a conservatorship case initiated by Williams’ bank Wells Fargo in January 2022 to protect the TV personality’s finances. The file on this case was later sealed.

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