{"id":1964602,"date":"2025-08-16T23:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T23:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1964602"},"modified":"2025-08-16T23:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T23:32:58","slug":"wendy-williams-spotted-out-to-dinner-with-friends-after-heartbreaking-update-on-dementia-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wendy-williams-spotted-out-to-dinner-with-friends-after-heartbreaking-update-on-dementia-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Williams spotted out to dinner with friends after heartbreaking update on dementia battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Wendy Williams is out on the town after she was once again diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. <\/p>\n<p>The former talk show stepped out for dinner with friends at popular New York hot spot Tucci\u2019s Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p>Despite her recent cognitive test results, Williams still appeared in high spirits. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"\/>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"\/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Williams went in for another round of cognitive testing earlier this week as she continues to fight her conservatorship battle. <\/p>\n<p>The official results have not yet been released, but doctors have confirmed her original diagnosis, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wendy-williams-medical-exam-complete-dementia-diagnosis-upholds-her-guardianship-exclusive-11695906\">according to People<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>However, an insider tells Page Six that Williams has no confirmation on her end that the test results are accurate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"\/>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"\/>\n<p>Williams\u2019 cognitive capacity has become a focus of her fight to be free of her legal guardianship since the media personality started <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/27\/celebrity-news\/wendy-williams-hiring-new-lawyers-to-free-her-from-luxury-prison\/\">seeking a way out of her guardianship<\/a> earlier this year.  <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMasked Singer\u201d alum, 61, was placed in a guardianship in 2022 by a New York judge at a court proceeding sparked by Williams\u2019 bank, Wells Fargo, who had\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/10\/wendy-williams-needs-a-guardianship-bank-claims\/\">put a freeze on her accounts<\/a>\u00a0due to suspicious activity and sent a letter to court recommending a guardianship to prevent her from \u201cundue influence and financial exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though, Williams has claimed she doesn\u2019t need to be placed under the conservatorship and has said she doesn\u2019t like her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"\/>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"\/>\n<p>Williams has gained the support of many fans who\u2019ve also started to push for her freedom online and by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.com\/article\/eamj1w\/wendy-williams-tearfully-speaks-to-protestors-supporting-end-to-her-guardianship\">hitting the streets holding protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the fans, she\u2019s also received support from her family \u2014 which surprisingly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/18\/celebrity-news\/wendy-williams-ex-files-250m-lawsuit-demanding-release-from-guardianship\/\">includes her ex-husband, Kevin Hunter<\/a>, whom she divorced in 2020 after he cheated on her. <\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Hunter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/19\/celebrity-news\/why-wendy-williams-ex-husband-filed-lawsuit-to-end-guardianship\/\">filed a whopping $250 million lawsuit<\/a> against Morrissey in June in an attempt to end Williams\u2019 conservatorship. <\/p>\n<p>A source previously told us that Kevin stepped in to file the suit in place of their son who felt \u201cthreatened\u201d by a New York state judge in his mother\u2019s conservatorship case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Williams is out on the town after she was once again diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. The former talk show stepped out for dinner with friends at popular New York hot spot Tucci\u2019s Saturday night. Despite her recent cognitive test results, Williams still appeared in high spirits. 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