Wendy Williams, the former daytime television host who was given a diagnosis of dementia and placed under a guardianship, insisted in an interview Thursday that she was not cognitively impaired and complained about the restrictions she faces living in a care facility.

Williams last filmed her popular talk show in the summer of 2021, and a year later a court appointed a legal guardian to oversee her personal and financial affairs, according to court papers. Her guardian’s lawyers claimed in court papers that Williams “suffers from dementia and, as a result, has become cognitively impaired, permanently disabled, and legally incapacitated.”

But Williams, whose family has questioned the guardianship before, pushed back on that characterization of her health Thursday during a telephone interview on “The Breakfast Club.”

“I am not cognitively impaired,” she said on the program. “But I feel like I am in prison.”

Williams was at times upbeat, and emotional at others, complaining about life in the care facility and breaking down when discussing the possibility that she might not be able to travel to see her father for his 94th birthday.

She complained about the care facility, which she did not name, saying that it housed patients up to 90 years old. “There’s something wrong with these people here on this floor,” she said. “And I’m not saying something bad. I’m just saying that I am with these people.”

“Look, I have breakfast, lunch and dinner right here on the bed,” she said. “I watch TV, I listen to radio, I look at the window, I talk on the phone.” She said that she did not have access to a laptop or an iPad, and suggested that her phone capabilities were limited.

Williams’ niece, Alex Finnie, who also phoned into the show, described the facility as a “luxury prison.”

“I’m not asking for a whole lot,” Finnie said. “All I’m saying is just treat the woman with dignity and give her the freedoms that she deserves.”

Questions about Williams’ health had spread in recent years amid reports of erratic behavior and videos that circulated on social media. A court appointed an independent guardian to oversee her affairs after Wells Fargo initiated guardianship proceedings in 2022.