WENDY Williams scored a $400,000 payday for her involvement in the Lifetime docuseries that aired last month, while her guardian has slammed the contract as “exploitative.”

In Wendy’s contract with Lifetime, which was revealed in court records obtained by The U.S. Sun, the star was to be paid a stunning $100,000 per episode for her participation in the four-part docuseries, Where Is Wendy Williams?.

According to court records reviewed by The U.S. Sun, Wendy Williams was paid $400,000 for her participation in the four-episode docuseries by LifetimeCredit: Lifetime

Wendy’s guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, said in papers that Wendy was impaired when she signed onto the Lifetime docuseriesCredit: Lifetime
The former talk show’s Lifetime contract reads: “The following fees shall be payable to Artist.”

“In the aggregate sum of $100,000 per regular original episode of the initial cycle of the series for which artists recognizably appear,” Wendy appears in all four episodes of the series.

Her contract also said that if she is to travel more than 100 miles from her home, she would be provided round trip business class airfare, one suite, and two standard hotel rooms.

Wendy also received ground transportation to and from airports, and a $75 per Diem stipend.

There was an additional clause about her manager at the time, Will Selby’s travel, noting he would also be provided business class flights as needed for filming.

Wendy’s guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, sued to block the release of the docuseries just days before it was set to air in late February, but she was unsuccessful.

On Thursday, those documents were partly unsealed.

WENDY’S GUARDIAN’S CASE

In her filing, Sabrina claimed that while Wendy was impaired when she signed the contract to participate in the Lifetime docuseries, she had not yet been diagnosed with a neurological condition.

“She was not, and is not, capable for consenting to the terms of the documentary Contract,” Sabrina alleged in the papers.

“And no one acting in [Wendy’s] best interest would allow her to be portrayed in the demeaning manner in which she is portrayed in the Trailer for the documentary.”

In the court filing, Morrissey called the docuseries “humiliating” and “demeaning” and charged that it is “unconscionably exploiting [Wendy’s] condition, and perhaps even disclosing her personal and private medical diagnosis, for perceived ‘entertainment value’ and the prurient interest of television viewers.”

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“This blatant exploitation of a vulnerable woman with a serious medical condition who is beloved by millions within and outside the African American community is disgusting and it cannot be allowed,” the filing says.

In the filing, the star’s guardian took further issue with the star’s portrayal.

“The Trailer, which contains footage of [Wendy] in an obviously disabled state, shamelessly exploits [Wendy] and portrays her in an extremely demeaning and undignified manner, incorrectly states that she is ‘broke,’ and cruelly implies that her disoriented demeanor is due to substance abuse and intoxication.”

In the papers, the guardian claimed to have no knowledge of a diagnosis for her ward’s cognitive defects until May of 2023, despite having been appointed to her care in May of 2022.

However, as The U.S. Sun previously exclusively revealed, Wendy was diagnosed with alcohol-related brain damage in 2019.

TERRIFYING DIAGNOSIS

As The U.S. Sun reported on February 22, 2024, Wendy was diagnosed with alcohol-related brain damage in 2019 during a rehab stint in Florida, something her son finally confirmed to viewers of the Lifetime documentary.

An insider said that a brain scan was done as part of Wendy’s rehab stay in Delray Beach.

Afterward, a neurologist sat down with the star, her son, and now ex-husband, Kevin.

“The doctor explained to them that Wendy was suffering from alcohol-related brain damage. They told her that her alcohol abuse had done permanent damage to the layers in her brain,” the insider said.

“She was warned then and there that if she continued to drink, the damage would only get worse.

“They told her that if she kept drinking, she would continue to grow more forgetful, that she wouldn’t remember people’s names, and eventually, she could forget who people even were,” the source said.

After a comment call regarding The U.S. Sun’s story was sent to Wendy’s guardian, a statement was released saying the star had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in 2023.

“The decision to share this news was difficult and made after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy, but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia and support the thousands of others facing similar circumstances,” the statement read.

Wendy’s guardian took issue with how the star’s drinking was portrayed in the seriesCredit: Lifetime

Wendy was at the peak of her career when she went absent for the entirety of the final season of her eponymous daytime talk showCredit: The Wendy Williams Show / Fox