Speaker 1: I'm a homegirl that knows a little bit about everything
Speaker 1: and everybody.
Speaker 2: You know, if you don't lie about that, right, Lauren
Speaker 2: can't even.
Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's Laura Rosa and this is the Latest
Speaker 1: with Laura la Rosa. I'm your homegird that knows a
Speaker 1: bit about everything and everybody. And as y'all know, the
Speaker 1: Latest with Laura Rosa is where you get your daily
Speaker 1: dig on all things pop culture and the conversations that
Speaker 1: shake the room. Now for the lowriders, that's the you know,
Speaker 1: y'all who have been here know what's going on. Y'all
Speaker 1: already know how we start this the check in, because
Speaker 1: I like to tell people like, listen, when you grinding,
Speaker 1: you're sticking and moving, people don't stop and check in
Speaker 1: on you, but you need it. And to be fair,
Speaker 1: most of the time we don't even give off the
Speaker 1: vibes that we need that check in though, Like I'm
Speaker 1: not even gonna hold y'all. I know for me, I'm
Speaker 1: always looking like it's cool, I'll figure it out, and
Speaker 1: I'm never stopping to be.
Speaker 2: Like, well, how do I feel? Am I okay? So
Speaker 2: I do it here. I make a point to do
Speaker 2: it here.
Speaker 1: So checking in today, I am feel feeling rested and
Speaker 1: I'm feeling full. I had an amazing Mother's Day weekend
Speaker 1: with my family. It's been a while since I've actually
Speaker 1: gotten to go back to my hometown, Delaware and just
Speaker 1: like sit still with my family. We did a lot
Speaker 1: of nothing good nothing though. We watched a bunch of
Speaker 1: TV together. We went and sat in the park, we ate.
Speaker 1: I let my grandma cust me out because she said
Speaker 1: I don't come home enough, like all of the things.
Speaker 2: But it made me feel so good.
Speaker 1: And I remember at one point this weekend, I literally
Speaker 1: was just sitting and looking at my mom and my
Speaker 1: grandmother and I'm like, man, I love them so much,
Speaker 1: but they are not getting any younger, yo, like just
Speaker 1: in the time that I've seen them last, because I've
Speaker 1: been bringing them, you know, to me here in New York.
Speaker 1: But it's different being home and their home and they're comfortable.
Speaker 1: So much has changed, and you know, we're having conversations
Speaker 1: about different things. And you know, Mother's Day is you know,
Speaker 1: one day to really like love on your people and
Speaker 1: appreciate people. But this weekend, I was like, I'm so
Speaker 1: grateful that I get to do that every day because
Speaker 1: everybody doesn't get that everybody's mom is not still here.
Speaker 1: And this actually, this feeling actually brings me to the
Speaker 1: latest and you know what our subject matter is today.
Speaker 2: So over the weekend, I've been.
Speaker 1: Seeing so many people posting about Mother's Day weekend and
Speaker 1: what they're doing for Mother's Day weekend and you know,
Speaker 1: just sending like all the love and energy.
Speaker 2: To their moms, their grandmothers.
Speaker 1: I saw so many people posting for the first time
Speaker 1: because it was their first Mother's Day, and I love
Speaker 1: to see stuff like that.
Speaker 2: I'm really big on family, if y'all can't tell.
Speaker 1: But one post that really really kind of like mean,
Speaker 1: I couldn't get over it. I was like, man, this
Speaker 1: is so messed up. Was Wendy Williams. So the real
Speaker 1: Wendy Williams online. This is the Instagram that Wendy Williams
Speaker 1: has been using, or you know, teen family people in
Speaker 1: connection with her have been using since she left the
Speaker 1: Wendy Williams Show. Now for background, when Wendy Williams left
Speaker 1: the Wendy Williams Show, there was that Wendy Instagram handle
Speaker 1: that they took and they turned into the Sherry Shepherd Show.
Speaker 1: Instagram handle, and then Wendy created the real Wendy Williams online. Now,
Speaker 1: the first thing I did was I reached out to
Speaker 1: her attorney, Joe Tucapina, because I wanted to verify that
Speaker 1: this Instagram is still one that is used by her,
Speaker 1: because as we know, when I say by her, I
Speaker 1: don't really mean Wendy Williams, because Wendy ain't got no phone.
Speaker 1: Wendy can't get on the internet. Wendy only has the
Speaker 1: phone that she can call you. You can't call her
Speaker 1: in a TV in a small room. She's in what
Speaker 1: she alleges and calls a luxury prison here in New
Speaker 1: York because of this conservativeship. But her team members are
Speaker 1: able to get on this account, and I just wanted
Speaker 1: to make sure that these are the right team members.
Speaker 1: These are not some randoms that still have access. And
Speaker 1: from what I am told, this post, yes, was made
Speaker 1: by team members that are actually in recent content with Wendy,
Speaker 1: content contact with Wendy and helping Wendy to figure out
Speaker 1: how she regains a lot of her freedoms from this conservativeship. Now,
Speaker 1: the post was a video, It's not anything of Wendy,
Speaker 1: not a photo of Wendy or any of her family.
Speaker 1: It was just like a random kind of like a
Speaker 1: Hallmark card and it said Happy Mother's Day from Wendy.
Speaker 1: The caption says, Happy Mother's Day to all moms. We'd
Speaker 1: also like to take this time to say thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you, as in all caps, to each and every
Speaker 1: one of you who have gotten behind exposing this horrific situation.
Speaker 1: Every prayer, every like, every comment, every video, every signature
Speaker 1: on our petitions. Wendy thinks you that was in all caps.
Speaker 1: We asked for your continued alliance as we continue to
Speaker 1: push forward with actions.
Speaker 2: Updates coming soon.
Speaker 1: Hashtag happy Mother's Day, hashtag Wendy Williams, hashtag free Wendy.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: The reason why this messed me up is because I
Speaker 1: just began thinking about the fact that if Wendy's not
Speaker 1: posting her family, you know, she didn't post anything or
Speaker 1: even mention her son. And I know she's had some
Speaker 1: up and downs with her son, but she made it
Speaker 1: very clear the last time she talked to us here
Speaker 1: on Breakfast Club that her son is still her son,
Speaker 1: no matter what has happened or what will happen. The
Speaker 1: fact that she didn't mention spending Mother's Day with her
Speaker 1: son or any of her family. It broke my heart
Speaker 1: because I knew that that probably meant she was sitting
Speaker 1: in her room doing nothing. And I'm sitting here looking
Speaker 1: at my grandmother and my mother, and I'm thinking about
Speaker 1: how I don't get this time back with and you know,
Speaker 1: almost feeling a little guilty, like, man, I got to
Speaker 1: take more time at you know, things have gotten busier,
Speaker 1: and you know, but I'm grateful to even be able
Speaker 1: to just drive two hours and I have to fly
Speaker 1: in from LA anymore. But it broke my heart because
Speaker 1: I started thinking about what Wendy is not experiencing right now,
Speaker 1: and her family do not get the experience.
Speaker 2: And it made me reach out to her attorney.
Speaker 1: So I reached out to Joe Takapina, and I said, Hey,
Speaker 1: happy Sunday. I saw that Wendy Williams online Instagram posts
Speaker 1: and it made me wonder what was Wendy actually able
Speaker 1: to do today or not? Did she get to even
Speaker 1: enjoy her Mother's Day? Question mark and how she's doing?
Speaker 1: How was she doing? I just wanted to check in.
Speaker 1: He responded and said she was in her room all day.
Speaker 1: She didn't see anyone on Mother's Day at all. But
Speaker 1: she is still in good spirits. It's ridiculous though, so
Speaker 1: I you know, just responded, you know, and say, hey,
Speaker 1: like this is sad. Why didn't she get to see
Speaker 1: anybody though? Did she not request to go see any
Speaker 1: of her family? Did her family not request to come
Speaker 1: see her? Was it denied?
Speaker 2: Did she you know?
Speaker 1: Did she just rather be by herself because the circumstances
Speaker 1: right now? He responded and said, her family is all
Speaker 1: in Florida and she couldn't go. And I said instantly,
Speaker 1: why couldn't she go?
Speaker 2: Though? They?
Speaker 1: And when I say they, I'm talking about the conservatorship.
Speaker 1: The Conservatives ship said and for background that if Wendy
Speaker 1: Williams wants to see her family, she can see her family.
Speaker 1: They can request to come and see her in New York.
Speaker 1: She can request to go and see them in Florida.
Speaker 1: For example, y'all remember she went to go see her
Speaker 1: dad in Florida for his birthday. And she was very
Speaker 1: emotional because she didn't know if she would be able
Speaker 1: to go see her dad, but she went to go
Speaker 1: see him. She requested it, they approved it.
Speaker 2: She went.
Speaker 1: There were procedures that she had to take you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, Like she had to go with security
Speaker 1: and her attorney was there with her. But I mean,
Speaker 1: she's Wendy Williams. She's not going to just up and
Speaker 1: travel by herself anyway. So those, you know, having to
Speaker 1: take those extra precautions and procedures is what she's used to.
Speaker 1: She's been famous my whole life at this point, so
Speaker 1: that that couldn't have been an issue. And then I asked,
Speaker 1: and separately, why didn anyone travel up to see her
Speaker 1: if she couldn't travel, I say to the attorney in
Speaker 1: my text, I'm asking these questions because the conservatorship made
Speaker 1: it to be such a point that the family could
Speaker 1: be accommodated at any time by you know, all these
Speaker 1: ways that we just talked about, whether they're coming to
Speaker 1: see her or she's going to see them. I asked,
Speaker 1: plain and simple, is that no longer an available option
Speaker 1: for her? His only response was, and this is Wendy's attorney.
Speaker 1: After I asked, why couldn't she go see them? Why
Speaker 1: couldn't they come see her? And is that not a
Speaker 1: priority for the conservatives ship anymore? I was told they
Speaker 1: say one thing and they do another. Now I did
Speaker 1: follow back up, asking more questions because I wanted to
Speaker 1: specifically know what that meant and why this came about,
Speaker 1: because you guys know, it's been really quiet on the
Speaker 1: Wendy forefront because the last time Wendy was in court,
Speaker 1: the judge made it very clear that she needed to
Speaker 1: stop talking to media, her niece and everybody need to
Speaker 1: stop talking to the media. The judge had been very
Speaker 1: upset about some of the things that Wendy get claimed
Speaker 1: when she you know, did different interviews like with us
Speaker 1: here at the Breakfast Club, in the TMC documentary and
Speaker 1: all these places. So it was very clear what was
Speaker 1: going to happen from that point, you know, that things
Speaker 1: were going to be gagged to the point where no
Speaker 1: one could talk to the media. Joe Takapina is different though,
Speaker 1: because he is not involved at this time in her conservatorship.
Speaker 1: He is her personal attorney, so he is able to
Speaker 1: speak and he has done so, you know, when needed.
Speaker 1: But yeah, he didn't respond. That was where he left
Speaker 1: it at. I will follow back up, though, because I
Speaker 1: do want to understand, you know why, Like it's just
Speaker 1: messed up to me and I think about this too.
Speaker 1: I never in a million years thought that this is
Speaker 1: how I would be speaking.
Speaker 2: Of Wendy Williams. I don't care if you love.
Speaker 1: Her, if you don't love her, if you agree with
Speaker 1: how she lived her life and did her career, or
Speaker 1: if you don't agree with that. I never in a
Speaker 1: million years thought that this is how we would be
Speaker 1: having a conversation about her. The fact that you know, she's,
Speaker 1: you know, in this conservatorship, in this room, not able
Speaker 1: to go do this and go do that, and we're
Speaker 1: literally checking in on her as if you know, she's
Speaker 1: not competent or not able to make decisions, or as
Speaker 1: she alleges in a luxury prison, you know, not able
Speaker 1: to make her own decisions at all. It's just sad
Speaker 1: to see men, especially when I'm sitting there in real time,
Speaker 1: like as a person, not even as a journalist, but
Speaker 1: as a person. It hit me because I'm like, man,
Speaker 1: I don't know if I what I would do if
Speaker 1: my mother, you know, in her older age, who has
Speaker 1: had some health things go down.
Speaker 2: I can't spend Mother's Day with her. What if this
Speaker 2: is there?
Speaker 1: What if this is the last chance that she gets
Speaker 1: to spend Mother's Day with someone.
Speaker 2: It messed me up, y'all.
Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna lie, but you know, on a
Speaker 1: brighter front, he did say that she was in good spirits,
Speaker 1: which I think is really important in a situation like
Speaker 1: this because you know, mentally, I think when we've heard
Speaker 1: her speak and break down and cry, you could tell
Speaker 1: that she hasn't always been mentally in the best space.
Speaker 1: So I'm glad to hear that she's at least, you know,
Speaker 1: keeping up the hopes that they're going to fight the
Speaker 1: good fight. I'll be bringing you guys all of those
Speaker 1: updates here as they are prevalent and you know, available
Speaker 1: to me. Thank you guys for tuning in so much.
Speaker 1: I tell y'all every single episode, and I really mean it.
Speaker 1: At the end of the day, there's so much to
Speaker 1: talk about, and you guys could be anywhere with anybody
Speaker 1: talking about it. I appreciate y'all for being right here
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