Wendy Williams’ Family Claims Not To Be In Contact With Her

Family members of Popular TV host; Wendy Williams claim they don’t spend much time with Wendy, and that Sabrina Morrissey has taken guardianship of her while she battles illnesses like frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia.

As she turned 60 this week, a source told PEOPLE: “Wendy Williams’s family is unable to speak on her current condition and location due to ongoing litigation and the fact that they have largely been denied contact.

“But they are all rooting and praying for Wendy and want to express their well wishes as she celebrates her 60th birthday. She was, is, and always will be an icon.”

Williams was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia – a rare condition that affects the nervous system and inhibits the ability to communicate – and frontotemporal dementia – which affects personality, behaviour, and language – last year.

In February, Williams’ sister Wanda Finnie claimed that she wasn’t made aware of her sibling’s diagnosis after she was placed in a facility to be treated for cognitive issues and that the family had received no updates on Wendy since she spent time with them in Florida in 2021.

She told PEOPLE: “When she was in Florida, there were several people involved. Even beyond family, there were doctors involved, and people in Wendy’s professional world were involved. She had a health team in place, nurses in place and she had family in place. She was getting healthier.

“How did she go from this aunt or sister that we love and is healthy one minute to this person who’s in and out of the hospital? How is that system better than the system the family could put in place? I don’t know. I do know that this system is broken. I hope that at some point, Wendy becomes strong enough where she can speak on her behalf.”