Wendy Williams admits to alcohol relapse in candid interview on ‘The View’

Wendy Williams admits to alcohol relapse in candid interview on ‘The View’

Wendy Williams appeared on “The View” Friday after acing a psych evaluation test earlier this week amid her ongoing guardianship battle.

The former talk show host admitted on the ABC show via a pre-taped phone interview that she relapsed last summer after years of alcohol abuse and drug addiction issues.

Host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Williams how her “relationship” with substances is these days, and she replied, “Moving forward, the relationship is fine and it’s wonderful because I’ve had my devices, and I have to tell you something, I am easily going on with my life alcohol-free for the rest of my life.”

Wendy Williams admitted on “The View” that she recently relapsed with alcohol. ABC
Alyssa Farah Griffin asked the talk show host how her “relationship” with drugs and alcohol is these days. ABC

The “Wendy Williams Show” alum, who has been to rehab several times, then confessed, “But I must admit to you, that when I got from Connecticut to New York, it was my birthday, July 18, and yes, I celebrated, you know what I’m saying?”

She then added the caveat, however, “But no more, no more alcohol, thank you.”

Despite the admission, Williams — who was joined by Ginalisa Monterroso, the founder and president of Connect Care Advisory Group, which helps patients and caregivers navigate benefits — insisted that she did not feel she needed to be in a guardianship anymore and pushed back on “incapacitation” claims.

Williams told “The View” co-hosts, “I must admit to you, that when I got from Connecticut to New York, it was my birthday … and I celebrated.” ABC
Joy Behar also asked Williams about her recent hospital visit. ABC

“How dare they say I have incapacitation. I do not!” she shot back, referencing her legal guardian Sabrina E. Morrissey’s allegations.

She added of her guardian and the judge in her case, “I’ve been doing important things all of my life and these two people don’t look like me. They don’t talk like me. They don’t act like me. They will never be me. I need them to get off my neck!” 

Williams shared that she was in favor of her guardianship at first because she believed it was meant to “protect” her and her finances — but now feels she was misled.

Williams said that she was in favor of the guardianship before she knew how restricted she would be. ABC

“I didn’t mind it at that time at all because it’s about my money and keeping my money safe, but at this point in my life, I want to terminate [it],” she said.

The former daytime diva ended the interview by promising the “View” co-hosts that as soon as she could “put on nice clothing” and “see [them] in person” she will.

This was Williams’ first “View” appearance in years. She was last on the ABC show in 2019 to discuss her divorce from Kevin Hunter, her addiction issues and why she temporarily checked into a sober facility.

Williams, seen here on “The View” In 2019, pre-recorded her new interview.
She spoke to the live TV co-hosts over the phone. ABC

Friday’s interview was conducted over the telephone, however, as Williams resides in an assisted living facility and is unable to leave the premises without permission from her legal guardian, Morrissey.

It’s unclear whether the ex-radio DJ asked her guardian if she could visit the ABC studios in person for the interview. Reps did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

Williams, 60, was scheduled to appear on the daytime talk show — co-hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Griffin — since at least last week.

Williams last appeared on “The View” in person in 2019.
She appeared healthy and in good spirits at the time. GC Images
During that taping, she discussed her divorce and addiction issues. GC Images

However, there was speculation about whether the former talk show host would make it on Friday given that she was whisked away in an ambulance after pleading for help from a glass window Monday morning.

Williams held up a handwritten sign for paparazzi that read, “Help! Wendy!!”

Police then arrived at the assisted living facility to perform a wellness check, according to The Post.

She was escorted out of the building by police officers and taken to a nearby hospital, where she was given a mental health evaluation.

Williams sparked concern earlier this week when she pleaded for help. Matthew McDermott
On Monday, she was escorted out of her assisted living facility by police. Matthew McDermott
Williams underwent a mental health evaluation and reportedly aced the test. NY Post/Reuven Fenton

In February 2024, Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia, and her guardian claimed a few months later that she had become “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”

However, the former “Wendy Williams Show” host pushed back on those claims in a bombshell phone interview with “The Breakfast Club” in January.

Williams broke down several times during that conversation and said she felt like a prisoner due to the legal restrictions of the guardianship. She said she also felt like a victim of “emotional abuse.”

Williams has been under a guardianship since 2022. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
She has repeatedly refuted claims that she is mentally incapacitated. WireImage

Since the public outcry, Morrisey requested a new medical exam to determine the host’s most current mental health status and signed an affidavit in February that would terminate the guardianship.

A judge has not made a decision on that yet and the case is ongoing.

Williams was put in a legal guardianship in 2022 after Wells Fargo froze her accounts due to suspicious activity and said the former host was subject to “undue influence and financial exploitation.”

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