Wendy Williams sounds like the same person she was 10 years ago and is not showing a hint of disability ... so says TMZ Executive Producer Harvey Levin, who just spent 90 minutes with her on the phone.
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00:00Hey everybody, it's Harvey Levin from TMZ.
00:05I just spent an hour and a half on the phone with Wendy Williams and I can tell you that
00:14the Wendy Williams I spoke to today is the same Wendy Williams that I knew 10 years ago.
00:24There was no difference.
00:26She was lucid.
00:28She was articulate.
00:30She was with it.
00:32And she was opinionated.
00:34I'm not going to get into the specifics because it was an off-the-record conversation.
00:39But she wants me to give my evaluation of what I heard.
00:46Charlemagne Tha God was on the phone call as well.
00:50And my impressions were precisely what Charlemagne has already said.
00:56That Wendy Williams seemed like she could have done her radio show today.
01:02There was no lapse in her judgment.
01:05There was no hesitation in what she was saying.
01:09And I'm not a doctor, but I am alarmed that Wendy Williams has had her freedom taken away
01:17from her.
01:18And I don't understand exactly why.
01:23Wendy doesn't have access to a cell phone in the sense that people cannot call her.
01:32If a call is made, it has to be from her out.
01:35She doesn't have a laptop.
01:37She can't come and go according to her.
01:41And that makes sense because we really haven't seen her out with the exception of her son's
01:44graduation.
01:46And I have a strong opinion about what may have happened here.
01:52Because Wendy has struggled over the years with some substance abuse, and especially
01:59after her divorce.
02:01And it's pretty clear from the recent documentary where you see a vodka bottle next to her,
02:07that Wendy was off the wagon.
02:11And Wendy is a substance abuser, but she was clearly clean when I spoke with her.
02:18I know Charlemagne has talked to her numerous times, or at least several times in the past,
02:24and he had the same impression.
02:27And aside from the various pills that they are giving her there, whatever it is, she
02:34seems fine.
02:36And when the people in this guardianship she's under say that she is permanently disabled
02:45and essentially non-functional, I heard the opposite.
02:49I heard somebody who seemed with it, competent.
02:54It wasn't even close to the line.
02:56It wasn't even close to the line.
03:00There is something that needs to be addressed here.
03:04The file for this guardianship is sealed in New York.
03:08We can't see it.
03:09I know they say she has frontal temporal dementia, and she may or may not.
03:17But whatever it is, it doesn't seem it's advanced enough, at least from my ear.
03:23And I admit, I am not a doctor, but I can listen to people, and especially in an hour
03:30and a half phone call, I didn't hear an iota of that, of any permanent disability, or somebody
03:39who was unable to function.
03:42So it seems to me that this needs to be addressed.
03:47Why is it that Wendy is under such tight wraps in this guardianship?
03:53Why is it, even if she were disabled, that people can't call her?
03:59Why is it that she doesn't have the ability to communicate the way most people do with
04:05emails and texts and cell phones and all?
04:08Why is it that she is in this home where there are a lot of people who are 90 years
04:16old and others, and she was describing the house itself, and she wasn't saying it was
04:22in deplorable condition.
04:24She was saying that it is a really depressing environment, and she doesn't quite understand
04:30why she's there.
04:31So I think that somebody needs to come forward and explain, why is Wendy Williams in this
04:41kind of guardianship, where her freedom has been taken away, when she seems fine?
04:47And maybe let her out with a sober coach 24-7.
04:54And if that would solve any issue she has, at least for now, give her her freedom back.
05:01And if she does indeed have this form of dementia, and it does become a permanent condition where
05:10she is profoundly disabled, then reestablish a guardianship.
05:16But I have to tell you, it wasn't even close when I heard her talk to me for an hour and
05:23a half.