Wendy Williams’ guardianship is in the spotlight. Here’s what to know

Host Wendy Williams appears at the Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas on Nov. 7, 2014.

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The premiere of a controversial Lifetime docuseries about the ongoing health and financial battles of former talk show host and shock jock Wendy Williams has sharpened the focus on her court-appointed financial guardianship.

The two-part docuseries Where is Wendy Williams? — described as an “unfiltered look” at the 59-year-old’s life after the end of her iconic syndicated show — takes place in the months following the start of her guardianship in May 2022.

In the first part of the series, Williams tells viewers the shocking truth regarding her financial affairs.

“I have no money, and I’m going to tell you something,” Williams said. “… If it happens to me, it could happen to you.”

In 2022, the 59-year-old was placed under temporary financial guardianship after her bank, Wells Fargo, claimed in a New York court that she was an “incapacitated person” and the “victim of undue influence and financial exploitation,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

On Feb. 22, in the days ahead of the docuseries’ premiere on Lifetime, Williams’ care team announced that she had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

Aphasia affects a person’s ability to speak and understand speech, while frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, leads to a loss of function in the frontal and temporal lobes. (Williams also has Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid.)

While the former talk show host, her…