Wendy Williams Originally Consented to Guardianship After Son Withdrew Large Sum

Two months ago it was confirmed that former talk show host Wendy Williams's court ordered guardianship was triggered by her son's lavish spending [click here if you missed that]. 

Apparently Wendy consented to a financial guardianship to protect her money from her son but didn't realize her personal rights would also be taken away...

From EW

Wendy Williams is currently waging a public fight against a guardianship she was ordered into by a court in 2022, but a close associate of the legendary host says that Williams originally advocated for the arrangement.

Ginalisa Monterroso, Williams' health care advocate, tells PEOPLE that while Williams initially consented to being overseen by the court-appointed legal guardian Sabrina Morrissey, she would never have agreed had she known how many legal rights and protections would be stripped from her.

Williams has "no rights," within her current arrangement, Monterroso says, adding, "Somebody in prison has more rights than a person put under a guardianship."

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a rep for Williams for comment.

The move for a guardianship was first initiated in 2022, when the Wendy Williams Show host revealed that her former financial advisor, Lori Schiller, had advocated for the bank to deny Williams access to all of her financial accounts, assets, and statements because she "was of unsound mind."

It was after Williams' son, Kevin Hunter Jr., used his power of attorney to withdraw a large sum from Williams' account that Wells Fargo escalated from blocking Williams' access to her accounts to requesting she be placed under a temporary financial guardianship. Under New York state law, however, that temporary guardianship quickly evolved into a full legal guardianship, which means Williams can no longer manage her own bank account, decide how her money is spent, choose where to live, vote, marry, or select her own doctors. She checked into a wellness facility, and currently resides in a luxury high-rise assisted-living facility in New York.

"She wanted to make sure nobody's in her money and she would be fine," Monterroso said. "She kind of felt like, 'Hey, I have the court. They're going to sign me a money person. I'm going to be good.' In no way did she think that our whole life was going to be taken away from her."