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We Got An Exclusive: Wendy Williams updates and Pro Choice Reporter Responds
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Lauren LaRosa
Let's get to it.
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Time to do it.
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. You know, if you don't lie about that, right?
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Charlamagne Tha God
Lauren came in hot.
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Lauren LaRosa
All right, clap it up. Clap it up, y'all. This is episode seven now in the life of Lauren LaRosa. Right now, I am sitting here, full face beat, just got my hair recurled. I actually just left the BET offices. I did a fire, fire, fire interview with Ms. Carrie Hilson. Ms. Carrie, baby. She has a new project dropping called we need to talk for April 18, and I spoke to her for a show that I host called BET Talks. Go check out BET Talks on YouTube. It's on BET's YouTube channel and it will be headed over to BET Plus. But the carry host interview will be dropping soon. It probably won't be out by the time of this video slash audio, wherever you're listening or hearing me. But yeah, that. You know what I mean? Right now, life is. It's moving, but I think I'm finding the balance like we are in the second week, week two of the podcast. I feel like the first week of the pod was a lot of like, just do it. Get the kinks out. See what we like, see what we don't like. You know what I mean? Hear back from you guys. The audience on the audio, the visual to this, that. That we have our build out of the set design. That'll be. You guys will see that soon. So this is our makeshift set. We'll be here. This is our second home until. But I can't wait for you guys to See that as well. So things are happening. You know, I'm going to get home before 10 o'clock tonight, so I'm excited because I'm gonna get to sleep. Okay. But let's not waste any time because, you know, I'm Lauren LaRosa. This is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. And I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. And today I am bringing you guys an exclusive. And this is our first exclusive on the podcast. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Because, like, it's real. We are bringing the first exclusive here. So there has been a lot of conversation around Wendy Williams. There was a ton of conversation around Wendy and if she would be within the last couple weeks, if she would be taking a new capacity test or a cognitive test. Now, I broke the exclusive that Wendy, after being transported to a hospital here in New York from where she stays at, which is the coterie, it's like a. She calls it a luxury. Wendy calls it a luxury prison, but it's like a. It's like a elder living space where she is on lockdown. The Florida she is in is on lockdown. So when she was taken to the hospital, she did a cognitive test where they asked her things like, who's the president today? What day of the week is it? What's your name? Those type of things, and make sure that, like, things are just tracking for you. And an exclusive that I broke. Then I told you guys that Wendy actually had passed that 10 out of 10. So 10 questions asked, 10 questions answered. 10 questions asked, 10 questions answered and passed. Right. And we, and we released that story. Now, from what I'm being told, you know, there's a. Not even what I'm being told. From what I've been reporting, the conservator, Sabrina Morrissey, and the judge who is over top of Wendy Williams conservatorship, have, you know, sat down and had a conversation and said, look, if Wendy is as miserable as she's saying, if she is as capable of making these decisions on her own as she is claiming, we want to make sure that we honor that. According to the judge and according to the conservator. Now, Wendy doesn't feel like that Wendy feels like she's being taken advantage of right now. You know, she's had some pretty, like, stark, harsh claims. And that's why judge is like, come back, come sit at this table. Let's have this conversation. Let's figure it out. And having that conversation, the judge determined that it was necessary For Wendy to take another cognitive testing or a capacity test or a test for, you know, how well is she able to make decisions? But also testing to determine whether there's frontal temple dementia or not. This was also suggested by before a judge said, yeah, we should do this. Sabrina Morrissey, who is currently Wendy Williams conservator, had actually wrote a letter to the judge saying, look, I'm being dragged through the mud. She's claiming things that, you know, it's not happening how she's claiming it. I propose that we pause the A and E lawsuit in relationship to the doc that Wendy Williams had on Lifetime and we get another test. Like, let's just, you know, I mean, let's, let's take this test, let's get it out of here. Take the test. Does she have the frontal temporal dementia or not? Can she make her own decisions or not? If she doesn't have it, if she's deemed that she can make her own decisions, we'll step out of her way. Of course, Wendy will have assistance from the court, but she can appoint new attorneys, a new conservator, all of that stuff. Right. So then Sabrina came out and she gave quotes to various outlets and she said that Wendy Williams denied taking that test. Now there was a quote in People from Wendy that said she knew nothing about what Sabrina was talking about. And more recent headlines. Joe Taina, who was the most recent attorney for asap, Rocky and his trial, his gun trial. He's also worked with Michael Jackson. Like he's, he's done some pretty notable well known cases like, and won them. So Joe Takapina has. We've also had him on Breakfast Club too. It was a great interview. Go watch it. He's decided to come on to serve as Wendy Williams personal attorney. Now the goal in him coming on and serving as his personal attorney, of course it's to get in on the guardianship. Like he wants to be the attorney that is helping to make sure that this guardianship is not taking advantage of Wendy. But from the way that he breaks it down, it's levels to this. You can't just come in and, you know what I mean? Like there are certain things that have to be approved by judges and things of that nature. So while all that is working out, he's agreed to be her personal attorney. Now in him being her personal attorney, I think that this will definitely set a, you know, because she's had, she's let go of, you know, attorneys appointed by the court. Bought in a new. It was like a black woman attorney that she was super excited about. We broke that story as well. And then we also broke the story that Wendy decided to step away from that attorney, even though that attorney has still been acting in Wendy's favor. But with Joe Taina coming in, it's like, it's about to up it. Like, you're not about to be able to play with Wendy at all. He did an interview with, I believe it was Newsweek. It wasn't in his TMZ interview. I believe it was in his Newsweek interview was. It was an outlet where he said basically, like, I'm not even trying to, like, shake the room. We just want Wendy to be treated fairly. We want her to have, you know, better, easier stipulations and her for her to have more say. So. But in the midst of this, if that does not happen, you know, I'm saying, like, I'm willing to do, you know, kind of whatever I need to do, but it's big business over here. Y'all don't want to see me in that courtroom. He literally has said that in interviews. So I spoke to a source close, because with all of this mounting up the way that it is, I want to know, did Wendy say no to that test? And if so, why? Like, why say no? And if she said no, what's the plan? What is going to happen next? Because she needs that test for multiple reasons. She needs that test because she needs to be able to prove that she can make her own decisions. As I mentioned. She needs to be, you know, able to prove that she's cognitively aware and able to live somewhere that, you know, doesn't have certain stipulations and that, you know what I mean, like, all that stuff, but also to just to kind of, at this point now figure out even how she's going to control this A and E lawsuit for that Lifetime documentary that she's saying that she did not want. Because that is on stay. And on stay basically means it's on hold for three months until this test is taken. And then once the test is taken, a judge will determine who can make the decision of what happens next, whether it's Wendy or a conservator. So I spoke to a source who would know, source very close to the situation that told me that Wendy is not against taking any testing. The thing here is, is that Wendy Williams wants to make sure that if she is going to be taking a test that is going to be determining whether she is, you know, cognitively impaired, or not, whether she has the dementia, dementia that they are Claiming that she has or not. She wants it to be fair. So she wants to get a third party independent evaluation done. Something that I honestly think is really, really smart. And I'll tell y'all why. She also wants to make sure that whoever is doing the testing when I say independent is. Is not appointed by the judge, because they just want to make sure there's no bias whatsoever. So the reports that Wendy is not open to taking the test are not true. From everything I'm being told is that she's open to taking it. She actually has a court date coming up on May 10th, and on May 10th, they'll be having a conversation about, you know, the. The attorneys and who will be where, but also that testing and wanting an independent, you know, situation or independent testing that is not chosen or appointed by the conservator or the judge. Now, I am also told that if Joe Tekapina is denied the ability to work within Wendy's case, there will be legal lawsuits that will happen against the setup, against the judge. Just because, you know, rightfully, the way that, you know, this whole thing is set up is like, it should be in the best interest of the person who needs the guidance and the structure of the conservatorship. And Wendy does not feel like this is that. So from what I am told, lawsuits will fly if this does not happen. So, look, we're gonna stay locked and figure out what and how that will end up once the 10th comes. Now, in all of this, I started thinking like, okay, so if this cognitive test, this test was supposed to happen, like, what? Like, I would say, like two weeks ago, and it hasn't happened, right? A judge has decided we gonna hold off on this whole civil lawsuit over here against Lifetime because. And for this test, what happens if this test just doesn't happen? Like, what happens if in three months? Because even though these conversations are being had about whether Wendy's gonna take this test or not, you still have three months to figure out and to submit testing and just different things in relation to that A and E lawsuit for Wendy, because that's how long the judge ordered for everything to hold as far as that. And that's not cut short because, you know, they're trying to figure out attorneys and blah, blah, blah, blah, like that three months. Even if Wende had took the test today and the test results hadn't come back for another four months, that three months is still there. And they would have waited for that fourth month to get those results to figure out what happens next. Not saying that that, you know, it's possible. That's a long time to wait. Sure. It's going to move faster than that. But I'm just saying though, like, that three months is there. It's up in a stuff. So I, I started reaching out and I actually spoke to Roberta Kaplan's office, who is the attorney working the a lawsuit on behalf of Wendy Williams and her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey. Now, she told me a few things, but I'm actually not going to discuss that here. I want to have a conversation about that in the room on the Breakfast Club. So make sure you guys tune in to the Breakfast Club, where we'll be discussing how everything I just exclusively told you guys first, you heard it here first, how that will affect this Grand Annie Lifetime lawsuit that right now is censored as Wendy Williams and her conservative versus Lifetime. And Wendy is saying, yo, I don't want this. So make sure y'all tune in to the Breakfast Club to hear that. And in final and in closing, our last story of the day, I told you guys, and I talked to you guys about the viral video of the woman in New York punching the, the, the reporter who, she's not for abortion whatsoever. Now, this woman, her name is Brianna, who punched the reporter is very, you know, for abortion and the right to do so and women's bodies and all of that in a class, from everything that I'm being told right now. Savannah Crane, who was the woman who was doing the interview, the woman who was super, you know, pro life abortions are bad, abortions are wrong. I did speak with her, and what she told me was that currently she is exploring every option under the law that is available to her. So she is planning to file a civil lawsuit against Brianna for punching her on camera in that interview because of the conversation that they were having. I asked her if she had already obtained an attorney where she was in that process. If they're just having conversations, if the attorney is officially retained or on retainer, you know, money is paid. So things are moving. And she did not want to disclose that at this time. However, she did tell me that they will be planning to file a civil suit. But right now, what they're waiting for is they're trying to see if there will be, if there will even be at all, you know, depending on how the police's investigation goes and arrest me. And then from there they're going to figure out everything else. The lawsuit. And I knew when I saw the video, my first thought was, regardless of whose side anybody sits on, whether you think Brianna was right for getting with Savannah because she said she was antagonized the whole time and that the full video allegedly wasn't released. And maybe that's something I'm gonna call Savannah back to and ask her about is what's her response to Breonna saying, hey, girl, drop the whole video. Like, drop the whole video. What's up? I watched a full video of sorts on Savannah's YouTube channel. Not just that 15 second clip of or 15 minute clip of. Of Brianna, the woman who was being interviewed, punching Savannah, the pro life activist who was doing the interviews. And I knew. I'm like, okay, a lawsuit is going to come. There's no way. No way. But I also, I thought that I watched the full video. But according to Brianna, who was the woman who was being interviewed and said that she was antagonized, she said, there's more to it. There's more video. She's. She's challenging Savannah to put out that full video. So tomorrow I'll be, you know, taking this to. I'm not for sure if I'll take this to the Breakfast Club or not. I think I will, though. We'll do that. We'll take this to the Breakfast Club as well, too, just to kind of ping pong it between the two shows. And I'll be able to, you know, give you guys another update in the realm of this, but also answer the question of, like, is there a full video and where is it at? If so. So this has been the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. As I tell you guys, always at the end of the day, there's always a lot to talk about, and you could be anywhere with anybody talking about it. So y'all know I appreciate y'all whenever you right here with me. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. I'm signing out. I'm going to sleep. I'm gonna get in my bed before 9:00 tonight. I haven't done that in a week. God is good. Thank y'all for tuning in. Make sure you tweet me at Lauren LaRosa. Tag me on Instagram at Lauren LaRosa. Let me know y'all listening. Let me know how I feel about the topics. I heard y'all. Y'all said make it different than the Breakfast Club. Okay, it's different. It's exclusive. How y'all feeling now? Talk to me. I really want to know your name. I really. Oh, y'all heard that? I swear I can sing now because I had one little song on the radio. I'll see y'all in my next episode. Bye.