Overview

• Williams, 61, spoke by phone to The Cut from her New York memory-care facility, calling it a "dump" and saying she feels confined.
• The residence does not allow visitors, and she can place only outgoing calls from her room’s landline, according to the interview and reporting.
• A judge recently permitted her to use an iPad, which she says she uses to read news about herself and listen to her past radio shows.
• She reports occasional outings, with recent appearances at New York Fashion Week and services at a Brooklyn megachurch.
• Her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, cites 2023 diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, while friends and former colleagues say she looks and sounds well and question the diagnosis.