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Wendy aced the test.
Wendy Williams scored “10 out of 10” on a mental capacity test at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City after being removed from a memory care unit of an assisted living facility by police officers, Williams revealed during a Tuesday interview on “The Breakfast Club.”
The former talk-show host, who called in to the radio program with Ginalisa Monterroso of the Connect Care Advisory Group, also said she did not drop a “help me” note out the window of the facility. She and Monterroso called police to plead her case.
“I told them I am not incapacitated as I’ve been accused, and the floor that I live on is the memory unit,” Williams said. “The people who live there don’t remember anything, unlike me. Why am I here? What is going on? It’s a cry for help.”
Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, but she’s disputed the diagnoses in recent interviews.
Williams and Monterroso will call into the ABC show “The View” on Friday.
Wendy Williams’ cognitive test results to be used in guardianship case
Once at the hospital, where Williams remained overnight, she reportedly scored a perfect score on a cognitive test, which included questions that asked her to identify her date of birth and the current president of the United States.
“A friend of mine who was on the show and beyond,” said Williams about President Donald Trump, who appeared multiple times on “The Wendy Williams Show,” which aired from 2008 to 2022.
Monterroso said the results of the exam will be forwarded to a judge in Williams’ ongoing guardianship case. All aspects of Williams’ life, including financial and living arrangements, are currently decided by court-appointed guardian Sabrina Morrissey.
In 2022, Williams’ bank Wells Fargo claimed she was “the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation,” which triggered events that’s led to her current situation. Part of the legal equation was the alleged expenditure of more than $100,000 on Uber Eats by her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., as stated in the 2024 Lifetime documentary “Where’s Wendy Williams.”
Another $100,000 expenditure by Hunter Jr., related to a boat rental for a birthday party, was discussed in the recent Tubi TMZ documentary “Saving Wendy.”
Williams traveled to Miami last month to attend a birthday party for her 94-year-old father, Thomas Williams.
“Here at the hospital, believe it or not, I’ve met so many beautiful people,” Williams said on Tuesday. “We talk about this, and we talk about that, and yes they know who I am. It’s really kind of amazing.”
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