Wendy Williams’ family continues to support the TV icon, who celebrated her 60th birthday on Thursday, despite being “denied contact” with her, according to a new report.
sauce told people Those close to Williams are “rooting for” her as she battles a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia and aphasia and remains under court-ordered guardianship.
“Wendy Williams’ family is unable to discuss her current status or whereabouts due to ongoing litigation and the fact they have been denied most contact,” the source said.
“However, they are all supporting and praying for Wendy and would like to offer their best wishes to her as she celebrates her 60th birthday.”
The source added, “She was, is and will always be an icon.”
Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The famous shock jock’s sister, Wanda Williams, revealed in February that the family had not been informed of Wendy’s illness since she was placed under conservatorship in April 2022.
“It all seemed to be cut off at that point,” Wanda told People magazine at the time.
But earlier this year, the former talk show host’s team announced in a statement that she had been diagnosed with the same neurodegenerative disease as Bruce Willis.
In February, Lifetime released the explosive documentary “Where’s Wendy Williams?” in which Wendy’s son, Kevin Hunter Jr., revealed that her years of battling addiction led to alcohol causing dementia.
“[Doctors] “She basically said that she’d been drinking so much that it was starting to affect her mind and her brain,” he said in the two-part show.
The documentary series showed the former radio host constantly drinking despite her well-known substance abuse issues, but her former agent, Sean Zanotti, denied the concerns, saying Wendy “knows her limits.”
Morrissey later argued in court documents that the documentary “shamelessly exploits” media personalities.
The guardianship accused Lifetime’s parent company, A+E Networks, of “humiliating Wendy” by filming her “in a state of obvious impairment” and “cruelly suggesting that her disoriented behavior was the result of drug abuse and intoxication.”
“Such blatant exploitation of a vulnerable woman with a serious medical condition, beloved by millions in the African-American community and beyond, is abhorrent and unacceptable,” the previously unpublished lawsuit said.
“We look forward to our documents being made public as well, as they tell a very different story,” an A+E Networks spokesperson told Page Six at the time.
