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Wendy Williams has settled a lawsuit against A+E Networks over the release of Where Is Wendy Williams?, a docuseries chronicling her deteriorating mental and physical state that was shot without obtaining consent from the former talk show host’s court-appointed guardian.
“The parties have agreed to privately resolve their dispute,” states a court document filed on Tuesday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Sabrina Morrissey, acting in her capacity as Williams’ temporary guardian, sought to block the documentary’s release. In a lawsuit against A&E Networks filed in 2024, she claimed that contract the company brokered to shoot the project wasn’t valid since Williams didn’t have the legal or mental capacity to authorize her participation in the title at the time.
A temporary restraining order was granted before the ruling was reversed by a higher court. The four-and-a-half-hour documentary, which features footage from roughly seven months of Williams’ tumultuous past few years until she entered a health facility to treat cognitive issues, later aired to blockbuster ratings. A+E Networks parent Lifetime said the title was its biggest nonfiction debut in two years.
