News | Entertainment
21 Mar 2025 1:29
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Wendy Williams has insisted that she "doesn't belong" in a mental health facility

    The 60-year-old star - who hosted her eponymous talk show from 2008 until 2022 before Sherri Shepherd took over her slot - has been placed under the guardianship of lawyer Sabrina Morrissey as she battles health conditions including primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia but insisted that she shouldn't be in the "prison" in which she has been placed


    She told ABC News in a recorded phone call: "I'm still in prison, so to speak. This is the memory unit, that's what it's called and it's true that the people who live here don't remember anything.

    "Some are in their sixties, some are in their eighties. I don't belong here at all! I leave my room to order lunch, everything g is on this floor and, by the way, I have everything right here in the bedroom.

    "These people who live here, they're nice people but, it's not my cup of tea at all and it's very expensive. $18,000 a month, out of my money."

    The former DJ claimed that she has simply been "accused of" having demential and she insisted that she is unlike anyone in the facility in which she currently lives.

    She said: "No, that's what I've been accused of, believe it or not. Frontotemporal dementia? How dare you? And how do you prove it by keeping me locked here?

    "I can't go out, you have to have keys to open the door. Take the elevator to go downstairs? Keys! This is like...this is like being in prison!"

    "You think I wanna be here with these people? I am telling you, I am not like any single person here!"

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     20 Mar: Tracy Morgan is recovering in hospital after being struck down with a severe bout of food poisoning
     20 Mar: Bruce Willis' daughter says her father is "doing great" as he celebrates his 70th birthday
     20 Mar: TV presenter Megan Waters on navigating the 'washing machine of work commitments'
     20 Mar: Ariana Grande has been "so deeply kind" to Rachel Zegler
     20 Mar: Brittany Cartwright has been surprised by her own resilience since leaving Jax Taylor
     20 Mar: Ryan Reynolds has rubbished Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit
     20 Mar: Gwyneth Paltrow thinks the #MeToo movement has "changed" Hollywood
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Ian Foster's keen on a bit of utu on the British and Irish Lions after being named to coach an Australia-New Zealand combined side against them in July More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Fonterra is dishing out dividends, as it reports strong interim results More...



     Today's News

    Living & Travel:
    Searches have been paused for a 65-year-old missing from Dunedin, for three weeks 21:57

    Entertainment:
    Tracy Morgan is recovering in hospital after being struck down with a severe bout of food poisoning 21:44

    Law and Order:
    A Police watchdog has been notified after allegations a 15-year-old was assaulted by a Napier officer 21:17

    Entertainment:
    Bruce Willis' daughter says her father is "doing great" as he celebrates his 70th birthday 21:14

    Entertainment:
    TV presenter Megan Waters on navigating the 'washing machine of work commitments' 21:07

    Entertainment:
    Ariana Grande has been "so deeply kind" to Rachel Zegler 20:44

    Entertainment:
    Brittany Cartwright has been surprised by her own resilience since leaving Jax Taylor 20:14

    Entertainment:
    Ryan Reynolds has rubbished Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit 19:44

    Entertainment:
    Gwyneth Paltrow thinks the #MeToo movement has "changed" Hollywood 19:14

    Golf:
    Ryan Fox is trying to flush the bad stuff hurting his PGA Tour rounds 18:57


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd