A new documentary claims Wendy Williams was placed in her assisted living facility's memory unit after sneaking off to get drunk in July 2024

Williams previously told PEOPLE that she felt ending the guardianship was "long overdue"

From falling in love to traveling more, the former talk show host opens up to PEOPLE about her hopes for life once she can put her guardianship in the past

Fans gathered outside her assisted living facility in New York City on Tuesday, April 1

"Ms. Williams has declined to participate in the testing to date," Williams' guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, tells PEOPLE, though the star denied this claim

"That will always be her son, unconditional love," says Ginalisa Monterroso, Williams' health care advocate

"This is something that she's been wanting to say, and she just can't wait to get her story out," Williams’ health care advocate, Ginalisa Monterroso, tells PEOPLE of the former talk show host

The former talk show host said she is "fabulous" and "very much alive" during an N.Y.C. outing on March 21

"I want to terminate [the] guardianship and move on with my life, if that's possible at all," she said on 'The View' on Friday, March 14

The former talk show host spoke on 'The View' after being transported to the hospital by NYPD on March 10

Williams made an appearance on 'The View' on Friday, March 14 after she was escorted to the hospital by NYPD days earlier

Williams, 60, was taken to the hospital by ambulance on March 11 for "evaluation" and later claimed she passed a mental competency test with "flying colors"

Williams claimed she received independent cognitive tests and passed amid her conservatorship battle

The New York Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE that Williams was transported to the hospital after they conducted a wellness check on Monday, March 10

"I'm ready to get out of here," she said of the facility. "I'm ready to get out and get out of the guardianship. It's suffocating, it's very lonely"

The former TV personality was spotted smiling at Miami International Airport on Saturday, Feb. 15

Williams, who was first put under a guardianship in 2022 and later diagnosed with dementia in 2023, has insisted she is "not incapacitated"

Williams said she feels "isolated" while currently living in an assisted living facility under her court-appointed guardianship

After Williams denied being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, her guardian Sabrina Morrissey claimed the former TV host’s condition will "only get worse and there is no cure" in a new court filing

The former talk show first split from her longtime love and manager in 2019