{"id":181901,"date":"2025-07-20T23:12:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/wendy-williams-doing-better-than-ever-after-61st-birthday-celebration\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T23:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:12:39","slug":"wendy-williams-doing-better-than-ever-after-61st-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/wendy-williams-doing-better-than-ever-after-61st-birthday-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Williams &apos;doing better than ever&apos; after 61st birthday celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-07-21\" datetime=\"1753053159\" pubdate=\"\">21 July 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/wendy-williams\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,wendy-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Williams<\/a> is said to be doing \u201cbetter than ever\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Wendy Williams is said to be doing \u2018better than ever\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The troubled former chat show host celebrated her 61st birthday on Friday (18.07.25) and sources say she is now feeling optimistic about what lies ahead amid her battler to end her court-ordered guardianship.<\/p>\n<p>An insider told Page Six: &#8220;(She\u2019s) better than ever. She was talking (at her birthday party) about how she\u2019s ready to travel once she gets out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wendy marked her 61st with a dinner on Thursday (17.07.25) evening at the historic Delmonico\u2019s in Lower Manhattan, a day before her birthday. <\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/wendy-williams\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,wendy-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Williams<\/a> Show presenter, who has faced a series of public health struggles in recent years, arrived without her motorised scooter \u2014 a notable change from previous outings.<\/p>\n<p>\nWendy, who has been under a legal guardianship since 2022, is currently residing at the Coterie in Hudson Yards, a luxury assisted living facility. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe has referred to the residence as a \u201cluxury prison\u201d, according to Page Six, and is understood to be seeking legal release from the guardianship arrangement. <\/p>\n<p>\nTwo of Wendy\u2019s attorneys joined her for her birthday meal, along with her former producers from The Wendy Williams Show, Suzanne Bass and Brendan Higgins.<\/p>\n<p>\nA source added to Page Six: \u201cShe got emotional when she blew out her candles. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cEveryone seemed happy to see her and she looked amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nWendy was said to have appeared in high spirits throughout the night, dining on a lavish spread that included seafood towers, caviar, Caesar salad and filet mignon. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe was also presented with a birthday baked Alaska, and designer Zang Toi, who was also dining at Delmonico\u2019s, took a moment to wish Wendy a happy birthday before leaving the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>\nThough Wendy has faced considerable personal and medical difficulties in recent years, the birthday outing seemed to reflect a sense of renewed energy and determination, according to insiders,<\/p>\n<p>\nOne added to Page Six: \u201cShe was beaming and sans scooter. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cShe\u2019s confident her lawyers are going to get her out of (her guardianship.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nWendy, once a dominant force in daytime television, stepped away from the spotlight in 2021 amid ongoing health concerns. <\/p>\n<p>\nSince then, the New Jersey native has largely kept a low profile, occasionally surfacing in New York for public appearances.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/wendy-williams-better-ever-after-61st-birthday-celebration-1422312.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 July 2025 Wendy Williams is said to be doing \u201cbetter than ever\u201d. Wendy Williams is said to be doing \u2018better than ever\u2019 The troubled former chat show host celebrated her 61st birthday on Friday (18.07.25) and sources say she is now feeling optimistic about what lies ahead amid her battler to end her court-ordered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11942,11941,6605,11943],"class_list":{"0":"post-181901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-brendan-higgins","9":"tag-suzanne-bass","10":"tag-wendy-williams","11":"tag-zang-toi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}