https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/wendy-williams-insists-not-cognitively-impaired-guardianship-trapped-l-rcna187925

Former talk show host Wendy Williams told “The Breakfast Club” radio show Thursday morning that she’s not cognitively impaired as her guardian has alleged, saying through tears that she’s being kept in a “luxury prison” with only limited contact with her family.

Williams, who retired from the public eye in 2022, called in to the show to dispute reports about her mental capacity.

“I am not cognitively impaired,” Williams said on the morning show, “but I feel like I am in prison.”

At one point breaking down during the interview, Williams painted a bleak picture of her everyday life.

“I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s. ... I have breakfast, lunch and dinner right here on the bed. I watch TV, I listen to radio, I look out the window, I talk on the phone,” she said.

One of Williams’ nieces, Florida news anchor and reporter Alex Finnie, joined her on the show, agreeing with Williams that the New York site where her aunt is staying is a “luxury prison.”

“She’s there every day, all hours of the day, every week, every month. ... I went to New York in October to visit her. And the level of security and the level of questions that there were in terms of, ‘Who am I? Why am I here? What’s the purpose?’ I mean, it was absolutely just horrible,” she said.