Wendy Williams Was Moved in Care Facility After Allegedly Sneaking to Roof, Getting Drunk

A brand new documentary is delving into Wendy Williams’ alcoholism.

An hour-long particular, known asTRAPPED: What Is Taking place to Wendy Williams?, premiered on Monday, Might 19, on the ID Channel, taking a deeper look into her life beneath a guardianship. The previous discuss present host, 60, presently resides in a secured ground of a New York Metropolis assisted dwelling facility, however investigative journalist Diane Dimond claimed that wasn’t at all times the case.

“Wendy was on the third ground on this care unit, the place she has entry to the hallways, to the elevators,” Dimond alleged. “And on her birthday, she determined to get within the elevator and see the place she might go. Properly, it went all the way in which as much as the rooftop bar, and it being her birthday, she ordered a drink, after which one other one, and one other. Who is aware of what number of, however she is going to admit to you that she obtained drunk, she had a relapse.”

“Her remedy is to be despatched to a way more restrictive ward,” she claimed. “And that was the fifth ground, the reminiscence care unit, the place she has a room with a rest room and a tv, and he or she is locked into that ground 24/7 until the guardian offers her permission to exit occasionally.”

Representatives for Williams didn’t instantly return PEOPLE’s request for remark.

Williams, who was placed in a guardianship in 2022 and identified with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) the next yr, has addressed these claims earlier than. Throughout a March interview on The View, she admitted that she “celebrated” in July 2024 when she turned 60, however insisted that she is now sober.

“[My] relationship [with substances] is okay and is great,” she stated. “I’ve had my units and I’ve to let you know one thing: I’m simply happening with my life, alcohol-free.”

A number of docs have weighed in on the potential of Williams having alcohol-induced dementia, slightly than FTD.

“Alcohol is without doubt one of the foremost causes of cognitive decline and dementia,” mind dysfunction specialist Daniel Amen stated in TRAPPED. “In actual fact, I imagine that alcoholic dementia is the second commonest trigger.”

Since Williams began speaking out about her conservatorship and well being points at the start of 2025, her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, has requested that she obtain “a brand new medical analysis that may contain complete neurological and psychological testing by a specialist within the subject.”

“The problem of whether or not [Williams] has the capability to evaluate what’s in her personal greatest pursuits deserves renewed cautious consideration by certified specialists, and shouldn’t be left to careless hypothesis in tabloids, radio, or on the Web,” the Feb. 5 submitting acknowledged.

Then, in March, Williams was taken to the hospital following a welfare check requested by her well being care advocate, Ginalisa Monterroso. When the pair later known as into Good Day New York, Williams introduced that she “passed” the exams at the hospital “with flying colors.” 

Morrissey, nonetheless, told PEOPLE that Williams never scheduled her new medical analysis.

“Medical testing, together with an MRI mind scan and neuropsychological evaluation, had been scheduled for Ms. Williams,” Morrissey informed PEOPLE. “The Courtroom directed that the testing be accomplished in March. Ms. Williams has declined to take part within the testing thus far and subsequently, the testing was not accomplished.”

In response, Williams told PEOPLE that she was not aware of the guardian’s declare that she had opted out of current testing. 

“I don’t know something about that,” she stated with amusing, including: “Bulls—. I’m open to what I’m open to and I can’t discuss it proper now.”

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Trapped: What Is Taking place to Wendy Williams? is out there to stream on Max.