Wendy Williams' attorney defended the decision to have her in a guardianship after the former talk show host plead for her freedom. After Williams, 60, called into The Breakfast Club radio show and insisted she is not 'cognitively impaired,' her attorney Roberta Kaplan stated otherwise, per TMZ.
![[After Williams, 60, called into The Breakfast Club radio show and insisted she is not 'cognitively impaired,' her attorney Roberta Kaplan stated otherwise, per TMZ]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/03/94195967-14294757-After_Williams_60_called_into_The_Breakfast_Club_radio_show_and_-a-63_1737083306726.jpg)
She explained that Williams is dealing with frontal lobe dementia and emphasized that it is a neurological disease with no cure. Her attorney — who said she is only representing Williams in her lawsuit against A&E for producing the documentary, Where Is Wendy Williams? — also explained that a state court declared Williams is unable to make legal and financial decisions on her own.
![[Her attorney — who said she is only representing Williams in her lawsuit against A&E for producing the documentary, Where Is Wendy Williams? — explained that a state court declared Williams is unable to make legal and financial decisions on her own; pictured November 2019 in Atherton, California]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/03/94196031-14294757-Her_attorney_who_said_she_is_only_representing_Williams_in_her_l-a-64_1737083306834.jpg)
This comes after Williams was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in May 2023. Her attorney said she will require care for the rest of her life due to the degenerative nature of the disease. Wendy Williams' attorney defended the decision to have her in a guardianship after the former talk show host plead for her freedom; pictured December 2019 in New York City.
![[Kaplan also said that Williams has bad days and she also has good days when she has a lot of clarify, like when she called into The Breakfast Club on Thursday morning; pictured August 2018 in Atlanta]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/03/94169077-14294757-Kaplan_also_said_that_Williams_has_bad_days_and_she_also_has_goo-a-65_1737083306884.jpg)
Kaplan also said that Williams has bad days and she also has good days when she has a lot of clarify, like when she called into The Breakfast Club on Thursday morning. On the morning radio show, Williams told co-host Charlamagne tha God about how she felt like she was imprisoned due to her controversial guardianship and said her life is 'f***ed up.'.
![[On the morning radio show, Williams told co-host Charlamagne tha God about how she felt like she was imprisoned due to her controversial guardianship and said her life is 'f***ed up.' She also slammed her legal guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, during the call and claimed she has been isolated from her family; pictured June 2021 on Late Night with Seth Meyers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/03/94169079-14294757-On_the_morning_radio_show_Williams_told_co_host_Charlamagne_tha_-a-67_1737083306908.jpg)
