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The striking similarities between Wendy Williams and Britney Spears’ guardianship struggles have recently come to light, with Williams’ latest emotional plea echoing Spears’ previous court testimony about her conservatorship experience.
Both entertainers have shared harrowing accounts of involuntary mental health facility confinement. Williams recently described her current situation in a New York wellness facility, saying, “I am definitely isolated. To talk to these people who live here, that is not my cup of tea. I keep the door closed. I watch TV. I listen to the radio. I watch the window. I sit here, and my life goes by.”
Wendy Williams does sound better than she did on that documentary and far from incapacitated, so free her to her family. If she has dementia they should be able to care for her. #FreeWendy pic.twitter.com/95EZotjehh
— Nicole (@Nprezzed) January 16, 2025
Similarly, Spears had previously detailed her restrictive experience, stating, “If I didn’t do any of my meetings and work from 8 [a.m.] to 6 at night, which is 10 hours a day, seven days a week, no days off, I wouldn’t be able to see my kids or my boyfriend. … Sitting in a chair 10 hours a day, seven days a week, it ain’t fun.”
Both women have reported being stripped of basic freedoms, including access to phones, computers, and financial resources. Williams revealed she has only $15 to her name, while Spears testified about requiring approval for routine purchases despite generating substantial income.
The “Toxic” singer expressed her frustration in court, saying, “My dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship — and my management, who played a huge role in punishing me when I said no — ma’am, they should be in jail.”
Wendy Williams said she isn't incapacitated or impaired, she said she's in JAIL pic.twitter.com/igMXDI3XpV
— Ichigo Niggasake (@SomaKazima) January 16, 2025
Williams’ recent breakdown during a radio interview revealed similar distress when she tearfully admitted, “My life is f–ked up.” Both women have described their arrangements as “abusive,” with Spears comparing her forced work situation to sex trafficking.
While Spears successfully ended her 13-year conservatorship in 2021, Williams remains under guardianship, where her guardian claims she has frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. However, Williams maintains she is “not cognitively impaired” and continues to fight for her independence.
“I shouldn’t be in a conservatorship if I can work and provide money and work for myself and pay other people. It makes no sense. The laws need to change,” Spears had argued before her release, a sentiment that now seems to parallel Williams’ ongoing struggle for autonomy.