Wendy Williams was one of the greatest television personalities of our generation. She was known for her unfiltered voice of reason. She was funny. She was witty. And she was unstoppable. That was until her world came crashing down in 2022. After going through severe health battles that were chronicled publicly through her hosting her daytime syndicated show since at least 2017, and her asking for a legal guardian, Williams was placed under a conservatorship, which she’s been fighting ever since alongside her family. Luckily, Williams has a good family by her side. They, particularly her niece, have been very vocal on insisting that Williams is mentally capable, contradicting claims made by her current conservator, Sabrina Morrissey. The question was never whether or not she needed a guardian or not, but rather WHO was appointed to be her guardian. In January, Williams tearfully proclaimed, ‘I am not cognitively impaired but I feel like I am in prison. I’m in this place with people who are in their nineties and their eighties and their seventies… These people, there’s something wrong with these people here on this floor. I am clearly not.’ Here, we take a deep dive into how Williams got into this messy situation. We explore the differences between a conservatorship and a legal guardianship of an adult. And finally, we explore how people with disabilities, like Williams, are failed by the government and society that claims to help them when placed under these circumstances. Let’s discuss…
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Britney Spears: The Exploration Of How Her Postpartum Depression And Her Kids Were Used As A Weapon In Her Conservatorship – And How Paris Hilton Was Her Only Friend And Confidant During That Time
Britney Spears is an icon in the music industry, who’s personal turmoil overshadowed that talent. First, she was married to Jason Alexander (No, not the actor), a marriage that lasted only 55 hours. But before you joke and make fun, that’s not the shortest ever marriage in history. The shortest ever marriage in history lasted only 3 minutes. And yes, you read that correctly; only 3 minutes. Following her Vegas marriage and divorce, Spears was married twice more. First to Kevin Federline between 2004 and 2007, and then to Sam Asghari between 2022 and 2024. She had two children with Federline, Sean Preston and Jayden James. Asghari supported Spears through her fans’ ‘Free Britney’ movement, which led to her being freed from her conservatorship. The conservatorship began in 2008, and finally ended in 2021. In 2017, Spears dedicated her first ever Icon Award to her kids. She said in her acceptance speech, ‘My two loves of my life, my sons Jaden and Preston, you’re the reason my heart beats. I love you so much.’ During that time, she was still under a conservatorship, which began in 2008 and ended in 2021, gave her father, Jamie Spears, control over her finances and personal life, but it was terminated in November 2021 after a court hearing. Here, we break down Britney’s path to the conservatorship and what led her to it, we explore her friendship with Paris Hilton and how their unlikely bond makes perfect sense, and explain how Britney’s postpartum depression and her kids were used as a woman in her conservatorship. Let’s discuss…