Wendy Williams denies she’s ‘cognitively impaired’ and says she’s ‘trapped in a conservatorship’
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Wendy Williams is fighting back against reports that she is impaired after having been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
Wendy Williams is fighting back against reports that she is impaired after having been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The former talk-show host spoke with the “The Breakfast Club” on Thursday, where she denied that she needs the level of care she’s currently receiving. One of the show’s co-hosts, Charlamagne tha God, whom Williams said she has known for 20 years, introduced her as a guest and said Williams is “being taken advantage of.” “I am not cognitively impaired,” Williams said. “But I do feel like I am in prison.” Williams explained that she is “in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s” and pointed out that at the age of 60, she is still “sexy and gorgeous.” Regardless of the age of the residents where she is staying, “There’s something wrong with these people here on this floor,” Williams said. Representatives for Williams announced last year that she was diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023. The conditions can impair cognitive function, communication and speech in impacted individuals, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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