Wendy Williams' Doc Producers File Countersuit

This week it was revealed that the court appointed guardian for former daytime talks show host Wendy Williams claimed she was permanently incapacitated in her lawsuit against the producers of the "Where is Wendy Williams," documentary [click here if you missed that]. 

Now the producers are accusing the guardian of isolating Wendy and exacerbating her condition...

From The Sun

WENDY Williams' guardian has "isolated" the troubled star and "failed to protect her," Lifetime docuseries Where is Wendy Williams? producers claim in a new lawsuit.

Lifetime and A&E sued Wendy's guardian, as did Creature Films production company along with its president, Mark Ford, and the production company Entertainment One, in their own counterclaims, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.

In the counterclaim for Lifetime, attorneys hit out at Wendy's guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, for trying to stop the documentary from being released in a restraining order filed in the days before its February premiere.

They claimed she was "inhibiting and interfering with the exercise of free speech rights regarding an issue of public concern by [Lifetime]."

They claim Wendy's guardian wanted to stop the documentary from airing, which they said captured "a raw, honest, and unfiltered window into the life of [Wendy], a well-known public figure, after she was placed under guardianship."

According to the claim, the documentary showed how the guardianship put in place to guard Wendy's interests instead "isolated her from her family, left her largely alone and unattended in her apartment, exacerbated her self-destructive behavior and mental decline, and failed to prevent her use and/or abuse of alcohol."

They further argued that Wendy's guardian wanted to stop the documentary's release because it made her look bad.

"Thus, it appears that Morrisey is misusing her position as a guardian of [Wendy] to silence criticism of her controversial and failed administration of [Wendy's] guardianship.

Lifetime also alleged that Wendy's own family members "also saw the Documentary before it aired, in early February 2024.

And that they "approved its content and supported its release," and they noted that several members of Wendy's family gave press interviews to promote the documentary.

Entertainment One's counterclaim asserts that Wendy's guardian's case against them arises from Morrissey's attempt to "exceed the scope of her judicial authority over" Wendy, "attempt to excuse her own failure to protect" Wendy, and "supplant [Wendy's] wishes with her own.

The claim also accuses Morrissey of denying Wendy "perhaps one of her last chances to exercise her autonomy and honestly reach her fans in exactly the frank and unfiltered manner that was the hallmark of her career."

This is allegedly "all in an effort to prioritize [Morrissey's] own reputation, and deflect scrutiny of her own inaction and indifference" to Wendy's situation.