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Meek Mill Says Wendy Williams Was 'in a Daze' When They Were Neighbors

Williams has been in a financial guardianship since 2022, which she recently called a 'prison.'

Meek Mill and Wendy Williams
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Meek Mill is sharing details about his time living in the same apartment building as Wendy Williams.

The “Dreams and Nightmares” rapper hopped on X to respond to a clip of TMZ interviewing Williams about her guardianship, which prompted Meek to share a photo he took of the talk show host sitting in the lobby of their building.

“This been going on for a minute, I lived in the same building as her 2023,” Meek tweeted. “I used to think to myself like, why is Wendy Williams sitting in the lobby iced out alone in a daze? and it don’t look right when she getting picked up on god!”

TMZ’s founder Harvey Levin recently interviewed Williams over the phone about the terms of her guardianship and her previously being restricted from traveling to Florida for her father’s 94th birthday.

Levin pointed out that going to Miami to celebrate her father must have been “important” for Williams.

“It’s extremely important to see my dad for his birthday," she said.

TMZ also captured footage of Williams during the call, which showed her standing at the window in a New York City care facility with her hand pressed against the glass.

“That is a family thing—it’s not just a me thing," she said tearfully. "I wish that, along with celebrating my dad’s 94th birthday, that we as a family, we come together in peace and harmony. That’s what I wish for my dad."

According to TMZ, a judge has since permitted Williams to go to Miami to see her father.

In a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, the 60-year-old called her guardianship a “prison.”

“I am not cognitively impaired but I feel like I am in prison,” she said in January. “I’m in New York City. … I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s.”

Williams described spending her time watching TV, listening to the radio, staring out the window, and talking on the phone. She said she doesn’t have access to an iPad or laptop.

Williams went on to say that she’s been “caught” in this system since 2022. That was when Wells Fargo froze her bank accounts and petitioned for financial guardianship as her health began to deteriorate.

Williams was diagnosed with Graves' disease in 2018 and diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023.

A court assigned New York lawyer Sabrina Morrissey to become Williams’ guardian. Morrissey later sued Lifetime and A&E over claims regarding their docuseries Where is Wendy Williams?

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