Audience Member Sheds Light On Wendy Williams' Condition After Taping Of 'View' Interview

One person who attended the taping on Thursday told Entertainment Weekly it was "really heartbreaking."

Wendy Williams will speak on “The View” Friday in a highly anticipated interview after the former talk show host was spotted begging for help from her room at an assisted-living facility.

The incident sparked new scrutiny of the guardianship that Williams was put under by a judge. Guardianships, also called conservatorships in some states, grant control of a person’s financial affairs or healthcare to a third-party if a court finds they cannot care for themselves. In 2022, Williams was diagnosed with dementia and aphasia — but she’s disputed that she’s cognitively impaired.

Williams’ new interview with “The View” taped on Thursday, and drag entertainer Kiki Ball-Change attended with a friend, telling Entertainment Weekly that the show’s hosts spoke by phone with Williams for about 15-20 minutes over two segments.

Ball-Change said that Williams seemed relatively lucid during “The View” interview.

“I’d say, for the most part, she sounded pretty normal. She doesn’t sound anywhere near needing any sort of guardianship,” Ball-Change told EW, before noting that “View” panelist Sunny Hostin — a longtime friend of Williams — also said during the segments that the former talk show host sounded “normal.”