“The View”'s Sunny Hostin on Wendy Williams' ongoing struggles: 'Hope I get to see my friend again'

"We’re seeing a confluence that I think would take anyone out, but she’s still standing, okay? She’s still standing.”

Sunny Hostin is wishing nothing but the best for her friend Wendy Williams amid ongoing guardianship and health struggles.

The legal correspondent weighed in on Williams’ recent Lifetime docuseries, Where Is Wendy Williams?, and expressed her desire to reunite with the former television host one day during Tuesday’s episode of The View.

“I had the pleasure of being Wendy’s legal eagle on her radio show, so we’ve known each other for a really long time,” Hostin explained. “And I had the pleasure of getting to know her professionally and also personally, so [the docuseries] was very painful for me to watch.”

Hostin noted that she chose to watch the doc alongside Williams’ niece because “I wanted to understand what happened to my friend.” 

“I think that, if anything good comes from it, what people should know is that she signed this deal to do these three documentaries before she was incapacitated,” Hostin said. “So this is something she wanted to do, she wanted her family to be involved in, it was supposed to be a show about her comeback, but she was in the throws of addiction.”

The View cohost also emphasized how recent events that have unfolded in Williams’ life have likely taken a toll, too. “I think we also need to remember that a pandemic happened, her husband had an affair and had a baby with another woman and they got divorced, and we also have to remember that she lost her mother, who was her best friend,” Hostin added. “We’re seeing a confluence that I think would take anyone out, but she’s still standing, okay? She’s still standing.”

However, Hostin felt more conflicted when it came to discussing Williams’ current guardianship — which she noted has meant that the Wendy Williams Show host's family "don't know" her current location — especially following Williams' aphasia and frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.

“I think when someone’s going through dementia, I have two people in my family — one who is presently in a facility, and another person who has passed away, so I’m very familiar with dementia — and being around family members actually can be quiet helpful. It brings back memories,” she said, noting that Williams' family “want to get closer to her.”

Hostin admitted that the conservatorship system in general "may be broken," before adding, "It’s a system that maybe we need to look at a little bit more, and I just wish all the best for her, and I just hope I get to see my friend again.”

View moderator Whoopi Goldberg later ended the segment by declaring, “Wendy’s where she needs to be right now. Would we like the family to have more access? Absolutely, because we want to make sure that they’re as comfortable with what’s happening as she is and they can’t get to her — and that’s concerning for any family member. So we’re gonna continue to keep our fingers crossed and hope that this resolves itself, because it’s not an easy thing.”

Hostin then chimed in, "And we send our love." 

“Yes, I was gonna get to that part, but yes," Goldberg agreed. "And our best wishes, and good wishes, because, as I said, she’s been a friend to the show and a friend to quite a few of us for quite some time.”

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