Wendy Williams was hospitalized earlier this week after reportedly dropping a handwritten plea for help from her window. According to the New York Police Department, officers conducted a welfare check at her New York assisted living facility on Monday, March 10, following concerns for her safety.
The 60-year-old former talk show host was escorted from the building and transported by EMS to a local hospital for evaluation. The incident reportedly began when a note reading “Help! Wendy!!” was seen falling from her window, as first reported by The New York Post.
Williams has faced ongoing health and legal challenges in recent years. In 2022, she was placed under financial guardianship, and her care has since become the subject of public scrutiny, especially following the debut of Where Is Wendy Williams?, a Lifetime documentary that raised concerns about her well-being.
As of now, no further updates have been released about her current condition.
Just last week, Wendy Williams sought legal help from A$AP Rocky’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, in her ongoing effort to terminate her two-year guardianship. Tacopina, who gained recognition for securing a victory for the rapper in his Hollywood assault case, revealed that Williams reached out to him to represent her in the high-profile case.
The revelation went down while speaking on the 2 Angry Menpodcast, where Tacopina expressed his shock after watching the documentary Saving Wendy on Tubi, calling the treatment of the TV personality “a true injustice.”
Yes, Joe, truly an injustice.
Get this, the high powered lawyer made a strong statement, telling TMZ, “Murderers have more freedom than Wendy,” referring to what he believes is the unfair restriction of her personal liberties under the current guardianship arrangement.
Sell it.
ICYMI, Joe Tacopina was instrumental in securing A$AP Rocky’s acquittal in his case against former associate A$AP Relli, despite some jurors expressing doubts about Rocky’s “prop gun” story. However, the jury ultimately sided with Rocky. One juror explained, “Everybody was really focused on delivering justice. I think that we really took our time. We discussed all the issues and all the questions that we had, we clarified those, and we really kind of looked over some pieces of the evidence that people wanted to see a little bit more closely. And I think that we did the best we could with the instructions that we had, and with the evidence that we had.”
Now, Wendy Williams is hopeful that Tacopina’s expertise will lead to a favorable outcome in her battle for freedom. In a January interview on The Breakfast Club, Williams opened up about the ongoing guardianship, describing her experience as feeling like “jail.” She also took aim at her court-appointed guardian, Sabrina E. Morrissey, who previously labeled Williams as “cognitively impaired, permanently disabled, and legally incapacitated.”
“I am not cognitively impaired. But I feel like I am in prison,” Williams shared with DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, and guest host Loren LoRosa. “I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s. There’s something wrong with these people here on this floor.”