{"id":5258018,"date":"2025-08-17T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5258018"},"modified":"2025-08-17T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:49:04","slug":"where-is-wendy-williams-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/where-is-wendy-williams-now-5258018\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is Wendy Williams Now? Update on Her Life Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The former talk show host opened up about her feelings being under a conservatorship. Here\u2019s everything to know about Wendy\u2019s life today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/wendy-williams\/\"  ><strong>Wendy Williams<\/strong><\/a> has lived her life in the public eye, even through her most vulnerable moments. In February 2024, the former daytime host of <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/the-wendy-williams-show\/\"  >The Wendy Williams Show<\/a><\/em> shared her story in the two-part documentary <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OjJDhf5ll70\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Where Is Wendy Williams?<\/a><\/em>, where she revealed the painful realities of her health and finances. \u201cI have no money,\u201d the 61-year-old admitted in the <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/02\/02\/wendy-williams-says-she-has-no-money-in-trailer-for-lifetime-documentary\/\"  >trailer<\/a>, adding, \u201cIf it happens to me, it could happen to you.\u201d The film also featured her family, including son <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/wendy-williams-son-4434390\/\"  ><strong>Kevin Hunter Jr.<\/strong><\/a>, voicing concern over her well-being. \u201cMy mom has done a great job making it seem like everything is okay always, but in reality, there\u2019s something wrong going on,\u201d Wendy&#8217;s only child said in the film.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">A year later, in March 2025, Wendy was placed in an assisted living facility following a welfare check, though she soon passed a mental capacity test, according to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/10\/wendy-williams-passes-psychiatrists-capacity-test-to-end-guardianship\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>TMZ<\/em><\/a>, and began making public appearances again. Most recently, in August 2025, she was spotted dining in New York City with friends, smiling and telling those around her that she\u2019s \u201cbetter than good,\u201d a defiant reminder of her resilience as she continues to push for independence despite her dementia diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Here&#8217;s everything to know about Wendy&#8217;s life today below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjJDhf5ll70?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Wendy Williams&#8217; Time on &#8216;The Wendy Williams Show&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">After many delays to resume with Wendy in the fall of 2021,\u00a0<em>The Wendy Williams Show\u00a0<\/em>eventually had others fill in for her. By mid 2022, the longstanding talk show was <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/02\/22\/wendy-williams-show-ending-replace-sherri-shepherd\/\"  >officially cancelled<\/a>.\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/sherri-shepherd\/\"  ><strong>Sherri Shepherd<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s new show,\u00a0<em>Sherri<\/em>, then took Wendy&#8217;s timeslot and the loss of her show reportedly &#8220;broke&#8221; her, per\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wendy-williams-family-break-their-silence-shocking-and-heartbreaking-struggles-over-past-3-years-exclusive-8585052\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>PEOPLE<\/em><\/a>. The talk show premiered in 2008 and quickly became a fan-favorite for celebrity gossip lovers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Wendy later opened up about making a <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/03\/17\/wendy-williams-reaction-show-cancellation-gma-interview\/\"  >possible comeback<\/a> to TV during a March 2022 interview with\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/video\/wendy-williams-speaks-health-legal-battles-83499669\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  ><em>Good Morning America<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m 57 years old now but I have the mind and body of a 25 year old,&#8221; she quipped during the interview. \u201cGive me about three months. There are private things that I have to deal with and then I\u2019ll be ready to come back and be free and ready to do my thing. Keep watching because I\u2019m going to be back on <em>The Wendy Show<\/em>, bigger and brighter than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Wendy Williams&#8217; Health Struggles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qrluEgiy45s?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">There were continuous delays in Wendy&#8217;s return to her talk show due to her ongoing <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/wendy-williams-health-5096392\/\"  >health issues<\/a>. Years prior, in 2018, Wendy revealed that she had been diagnosed with Graves\u2019 disease. In February of that year, she spoke to her live audience<em>\u00a0<\/em>and opened up about her ongoing health struggles, per <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wendy-williams-graves-disease-diagnosis-show-hiatus-three-weeks\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  >CBS News<\/a><\/em>. &#8220;My thyroid has been totally cattywampus and that is the eye thing that you all have been seeing. You caught it before I did,&#8221; the\u00a0<em>Love Triangle\u00a0<\/em>alum said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Wendy addressed the public&#8217;s speculation regarding the appearance of her eyes and noted it was due to her diagnosis. \u201cMy thyroid, my hyperthyroid is attached also to Graves\u2019 disease,\u201d she added. \u201cGraves\u2019 disease squeezes the muscles behind your eyeballs and so that\u2019s the reason for \u2014 \u201d she then widened her eyes to get her point across. At the time, she was encouraged by her medical team to take three weeks off from work.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">By 2022, Wendy&#8217;s health continued to decline. The former radio host&#8217;s publicist sent <strong>Hollywood Life <\/strong>a press release in September 2022 and revealed that Wendy had begun treatment at a <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/09\/14\/wendy-williams-enters-rehab-overall-health-issues\/\"  >wellness facility<\/a>. \u201cWendy has entered a wellness facility seeking help to manage her <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/12\/01\/wendy-williams-health-update-miami-wellness-center\/\"  >overall health issues<\/a>. She is taking some time to focus on her health and wellness as she prepares for a major comeback for the next level in her career with \u2018The Wendy Experience Podcast,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;Ms. Williams is being treated by a team of some of the best doctors in the world. We ask for your prayers and well wishes during this time.&#8221; Wendy then <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/10\/18\/wendy-williams-leaves-rehab-two-months-treatment\/\"  >exited the rehab facility<\/a> by October 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DE4zVJvBwWl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DE4zVJvBwWl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DE4zVJvBwWl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by The Breakfast Club (@breakfastclubam)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\"><span class=\"s1\">On January 16, 2025, during an <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DE4zVJvBwWl\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"  target=\"_blank\"  >interview<\/a> on <\/span><em><span class=\"s2\">The Breakfast Club<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> with <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/charlamagne-tha-god\/\"  >Charlamagne Tha God<\/a><\/strong>, she shared, &#8220;I am not cognitively impaired but I feel like I am in prison,&#8221; referring to being in a conservatorship. &#8220;I\u2019m in this place with people who are in their\u00a090s and their 80s and their 70s. &#8230;. These people, there&#8217;s something wrong with these people here on this floor. I am clearly not.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What Wendy Williams&#8217; Family Has Said<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5258063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5258063\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5258063 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/where-is-wendy-williams-now-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C414\" alt=\"Wendy Williams\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5258063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy Williams received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019. (David Livingston\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">Ahead of the doc&#8217;s premiere, Wendy&#8217;s family has come forward with growing concerns for her health. Not only has she been battling Graves\u2019 disease, but Wendy has also suffered from alcohol addiction, per\u00a0<em>People<\/em>. In June 2023, Kevin opened up about his mother&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2023\/06\/06\/wendy-williams-son-kevin-hunter-jr-interview\/\"  >drinking habits<\/a>. \u201cThere are a lot of people who are very aware that there is an issue with her drinking and how that issue may be helped, but I think these people are taking advantage of it while allowing it to play out to make it look like they aren\u2019t causing the issue,&#8221; he told\u00a0<em>The Sun\u00a0<\/em>at the time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">Later, Wendy&#8217;s manager <strong>Will Selby\u00a0<\/strong>disputed Kevin&#8217;s claims. \u201cTaking advantage of her for what? To get what? To do what? I\u2019m not here to brag, but I was doing just okay before Wendy came along and I insisted on helping her because she requested my assistance,\u201d he said during a conversation with\u00a0<em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/interview-inside-wendy-williams-guardianship-and-recovery-amid-son-kevins-concerns-exclusive-205963\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"  >Entertainment Tonight<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\" data-skm-boomerang-el-3=\"processed\">\u201cWendy is under a guardianship. Everything that she does gets approved by the guardianship. A court-appointed guardianship,\u201d Will continued. \u201cSo, no one, even if they wanted to take advantage of her \u2014 everything has to get approved by that court. \u00a0So, any type of business dealings that we do, Wendy, myself, and anyone \u2014 we have to get the guardianship to sign off on it. So how can anyone take advantage of her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-skm-boomerang-el-3=\"processed\">Wendy was seeking care at the wellness facility, per <em>People<\/em>, and the only one who has constant access to her is her appointed legal guardian. &#8220;The people who love her cannot see her,\u201d Wendy&#8217;s sister <strong>Wanda <\/strong>said during the doc&#8217;s trailer. \u201cI think the big  is: How the hell did we get here?\u201d Fans can catch the two-part documentary about Wendy on Lifetime beginning on February 24, 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-skm-boomerang-el-3=\"processed\">By the summer of 2025, Wendy was spotted out and about in New York City spending time with friends. That August, she told <a  href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/16\/celebrity-news\/wendy-williams-spotted-out-to-dinner-with-friends-after-heartbreaking-update-on-dementia-battle\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  ><em>Page Six<\/em><\/a> that her lawyers were \u201chighly upset\u201d with the reports about her health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former talk show host opened up about her feelings being under a conservatorship. Here\u2019s everything to know about Wendy\u2019s life today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609922,"featured_media":5258061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Where Is Wendy Williams Now? Update on Her Life Today","mt_seo_description":"Wendy Williams' famous talk show ended in 2022 after 14 seasons. 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