May 12, 2025 • 10 mins
Today on the show, Loren recapped her mothers day weekend with her "Lo Ridas" emphasizing the importance of spending time with your loved ones. However, it also made her do a quick check in on Wendy Williams, and unfortunately she was unable to spend time with her family due to her conservatorship, so Loren got to the bottom of it! check it out
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
I'm a homegirl that knows a little bit about everything
and everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
You know, if you don't lie about that, right, Lauren
can't even.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Hey guys, it's Laura Rosa and this is the Latest
with Laura la Rosa. I'm your homegird that knows a
bit about everything and everybody. And as y'all know, the
Latest with Laura Rosa is where you get your daily
dig on all things pop culture and the conversations that
shake the room. Now for the lowriders, that's the you know,
y'all who have been here know what's going on. Y'all
(00:30):
already know how we start this the check in, because
I like to tell people like, listen, when you grinding,
you're sticking and moving, people don't stop and check in
on you, but you need it. And to be fair,
most of the time we don't even give off the
vibes that we need that check in though, Like I'm
not even gonna hold y'all. I know for me, I'm
always looking like it's cool, I'll figure it out, and
(00:51):
I'm never stopping to be.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Like, well, how do I feel? Am I okay? So
I do it here. I make a point to do
it here.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
So checking in today, I am feel feeling rested and
I'm feeling full. I had an amazing Mother's Day weekend
with my family. It's been a while since I've actually
gotten to go back to my hometown, Delaware and just
like sit still with my family. We did a lot
of nothing good nothing though. We watched a bunch of
TV together. We went and sat in the park, we ate.
(01:19):
I let my grandma cust me out because she said
I don't come home enough, like all of the things.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
But it made me feel so good.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
And I remember at one point this weekend, I literally
was just sitting and looking at my mom and my
grandmother and I'm like, man, I love them so much,
but they are not getting any younger, yo, like just
in the time that I've seen them last, because I've
been bringing them, you know, to me here in New York.
But it's different being home and their home and they're comfortable.
So much has changed, and you know, we're having conversations
(01:45):
about different things. And you know, Mother's Day is you know,
one day to really like love on your people and
appreciate people. But this weekend, I was like, I'm so
grateful that I get to do that every day because
everybody doesn't get that everybody's mom is not still here.
And this actually, this feeling actually brings me to the
latest and you know what our subject matter is today.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
So over the weekend, I've been.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Seeing so many people posting about Mother's Day weekend and
what they're doing for Mother's Day weekend and you know,
just sending like all the love and energy.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
To their moms, their grandmothers.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I saw so many people posting for the first time
because it was their first Mother's Day, and I love
to see stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I'm really big on family, if y'all can't tell.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
But one post that really really kind of like mean,
I couldn't get over it. I was like, man, this
is so messed up. Was Wendy Williams. So the real
Wendy Williams online. This is the Instagram that Wendy Williams
has been using, or you know, teen family people in
connection with her have been using since she left the
Wendy Williams Show. Now for background, when Wendy Williams left
(02:52):
the Wendy Williams Show, there was that Wendy Instagram handle
that they took and they turned into the Sherry Shepherd Show.
Instagram handle, and then Wendy created the real Wendy Williams online. Now,
the first thing I did was I reached out to
her attorney, Joe Tucapina, because I wanted to verify that
this Instagram is still one that is used by her,
because as we know, when I say by her, I
don't really mean Wendy Williams, because Wendy ain't got no phone.
(03:14):
Wendy can't get on the internet. Wendy only has the
phone that she can call you. You can't call her
in a TV in a small room. She's in what
she alleges and calls a luxury prison here in New
York because of this conservativeship. But her team members are
able to get on this account, and I just wanted
to make sure that these are the right team members.
These are not some randoms that still have access. And
from what I am told, this post, yes, was made
(03:36):
by team members that are actually in recent content with Wendy,
content contact with Wendy and helping Wendy to figure out
how she regains a lot of her freedoms from this conservativeship. Now,
the post was a video, It's not anything of Wendy,
not a photo of Wendy or any of her family.
It was just like a random kind of like a
Hallmark card and it said Happy Mother's Day from Wendy.
(03:58):
The caption says, Happy Mother's Day to all moms. We'd
also like to take this time to say thank you,
thank you, as in all caps, to each and every
one of you who have gotten behind exposing this horrific situation.
Every prayer, every like, every comment, every video, every signature
on our petitions. Wendy thinks you that was in all caps.
We asked for your continued alliance as we continue to
(04:19):
push forward with actions.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Updates coming soon.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Hashtag happy Mother's Day, hashtag Wendy Williams, hashtag free Wendy.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
The reason why this messed me up is because I
just began thinking about the fact that if Wendy's not
posting her family, you know, she didn't post anything or
even mention her son. And I know she's had some
up and downs with her son, but she made it
very clear the last time she talked to us here
on Breakfast Club that her son is still her son,
no matter what has happened or what will happen. The
fact that she didn't mention spending Mother's Day with her
(04:47):
son or any of her family. It broke my heart
because I knew that that probably meant she was sitting
in her room doing nothing. And I'm sitting here looking
at my grandmother and my mother, and I'm thinking about
how I don't get this time back with and you know,
almost feeling a little guilty, like, man, I got to
take more time at you know, things have gotten busier,
and you know, but I'm grateful to even be able
to just drive two hours and I have to fly
(05:08):
in from LA anymore. But it broke my heart because
I started thinking about what Wendy is not experiencing right now,
and her family do not get the experience.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And it made me reach out to her attorney.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
So I reached out to Joe Takapina, and I said, Hey,
happy Sunday. I saw that Wendy Williams online Instagram posts
and it made me wonder what was Wendy actually able
to do today or not? Did she get to even
enjoy her Mother's Day? Question mark and how she's doing?
How was she doing? I just wanted to check in.
He responded and said she was in her room all day.
She didn't see anyone on Mother's Day at all. But
(05:40):
she is still in good spirits. It's ridiculous though, so
I you know, just responded, you know, and say, hey,
like this is sad. Why didn't she get to see
anybody though? Did she not request to go see any
of her family? Did her family not request to come
see her? Was it denied?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Did she you know?
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Did she just rather be by herself because the circumstances
right now? He responded and said, her family is all
in Florida and she couldn't go. And I said instantly,
why couldn't she go?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Though? They?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
And when I say they, I'm talking about the conservatorship.
The Conservatives ship said and for background that if Wendy
Williams wants to see her family, she can see her family.
They can request to come and see her in New York.
She can request to go and see them in Florida.
For example, y'all remember she went to go see her
dad in Florida for his birthday. And she was very
(06:27):
emotional because she didn't know if she would be able
to go see her dad, but she went to go
see him. She requested it, they approved it.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
She went.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
There were procedures that she had to take you know
what I mean, Like she had to go with security
and her attorney was there with her. But I mean,
she's Wendy Williams. She's not going to just up and
travel by herself anyway. So those, you know, having to
take those extra precautions and procedures is what she's used to.
She's been famous my whole life at this point, so
that that couldn't have been an issue. And then I asked,
and separately, why didn anyone travel up to see her
(06:55):
if she couldn't travel, I say to the attorney in
my text, I'm asking these questions because the conservatorship made
it to be such a point that the family could
be accommodated at any time by you know, all these
ways that we just talked about, whether they're coming to
see her or she's going to see them. I asked,
plain and simple, is that no longer an available option
for her? His only response was, and this is Wendy's attorney.
(07:21):
After I asked, why couldn't she go see them? Why
couldn't they come see her? And is that not a
priority for the conservatives ship anymore? I was told they
say one thing and they do another. Now I did
follow back up, asking more questions because I wanted to
specifically know what that meant and why this came about,
because you guys know, it's been really quiet on the
Wendy forefront because the last time Wendy was in court,
(07:44):
the judge made it very clear that she needed to
stop talking to media, her niece and everybody need to
stop talking to the media. The judge had been very
upset about some of the things that Wendy get claimed
when she you know, did different interviews like with us
here at the Breakfast Club, in the TMC documentary and
all these places. So it was very clear what was
going to happen from that point, you know, that things
were going to be gagged to the point where no
(08:05):
one could talk to the media. Joe Takapina is different though,
because he is not involved at this time in her conservatorship.
He is her personal attorney, so he is able to
speak and he has done so, you know, when needed.
But yeah, he didn't respond. That was where he left
it at. I will follow back up, though, because I
do want to understand, you know why, Like it's just
(08:28):
messed up to me and I think about this too.
I never in a million years thought that this is
how I would be speaking.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Of Wendy Williams. I don't care if you love.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Her, if you don't love her, if you agree with
how she lived her life and did her career, or
if you don't agree with that. I never in a
million years thought that this is how we would be
having a conversation about her. The fact that you know, she's,
you know, in this conservatorship, in this room, not able
to go do this and go do that, and we're
literally checking in on her as if you know, she's
(08:59):
not competent or not able to make decisions, or as
she alleges in a luxury prison, you know, not able
to make her own decisions at all. It's just sad
to see men, especially when I'm sitting there in real time,
like as a person, not even as a journalist, but
as a person. It hit me because I'm like, man,
I don't know if I what I would do if
my mother, you know, in her older age, who has
(09:21):
had some health things go down.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
I can't spend Mother's Day with her. What if this
is there?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
What if this is the last chance that she gets
to spend Mother's Day with someone.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
It messed me up, y'all.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
I'm not even gonna lie, but you know, on a
brighter front, he did say that she was in good spirits,
which I think is really important in a situation like
this because you know, mentally, I think when we've heard
her speak and break down and cry, you could tell
that she hasn't always been mentally in the best space.
So I'm glad to hear that she's at least, you know,
keeping up the hopes that they're going to fight the
good fight. I'll be bringing you guys all of those
updates here as they are prevalent and you know, available
(09:55):
to me. Thank you guys for tuning in so much.
I tell y'all every single episode, and I really mean it.
At the end of the day, there's so much to
talk about, and you guys could be anywhere with anybody
talking about it. I appreciate y'all for being right here
with me. Lowriders, tell a friend to tell a friend,
come on over and join a ganggang. I'm Laura Rosa.
This is the latest with Laura Rosa, and I will
see you guys in my next episode.
I'm a homegirl that knows a little bit about everything
and everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
You know, if you don't lie about that, right, Lauren
can't even.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Hey guys, it's Laura Rosa and this is the Latest
with Laura la Rosa. I'm your homegird that knows a
bit about everything and everybody. And as y'all know, the
Latest with Laura Rosa is where you get your daily
dig on all things pop culture and the conversations that
shake the room. Now for the lowriders, that's the you know,
y'all who have been here know what's going on. Y'all
(00:30):
already know how we start this the check in, because
I like to tell people like, listen, when you grinding,
you're sticking and moving, people don't stop and check in
on you, but you need it. And to be fair,
most of the time we don't even give off the
vibes that we need that check in though, Like I'm
not even gonna hold y'all. I know for me, I'm
always looking like it's cool, I'll figure it out, and
(00:51):
I'm never stopping to be.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Like, well, how do I feel? Am I okay? So
I do it here. I make a point to do
it here.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
So checking in today, I am feel feeling rested and
I'm feeling full. I had an amazing Mother's Day weekend
with my family. It's been a while since I've actually
gotten to go back to my hometown, Delaware and just
like sit still with my family. We did a lot
of nothing good nothing though. We watched a bunch of
TV together. We went and sat in the park, we ate.
(01:19):
I let my grandma cust me out because she said
I don't come home enough, like all of the things.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
But it made me feel so good.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
And I remember at one point this weekend, I literally
was just sitting and looking at my mom and my
grandmother and I'm like, man, I love them so much,
but they are not getting any younger, yo, like just
in the time that I've seen them last, because I've
been bringing them, you know, to me here in New York.
But it's different being home and their home and they're comfortable.
So much has changed, and you know, we're having conversations
(01:45):
about different things. And you know, Mother's Day is you know,
one day to really like love on your people and
appreciate people. But this weekend, I was like, I'm so
grateful that I get to do that every day because
everybody doesn't get that everybody's mom is not still here.
And this actually, this feeling actually brings me to the
latest and you know what our subject matter is today.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
So over the weekend, I've been.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Seeing so many people posting about Mother's Day weekend and
what they're doing for Mother's Day weekend and you know,
just sending like all the love and energy.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
To their moms, their grandmothers.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I saw so many people posting for the first time
because it was their first Mother's Day, and I love
to see stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I'm really big on family, if y'all can't tell.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
But one post that really really kind of like mean,
I couldn't get over it. I was like, man, this
is so messed up. Was Wendy Williams. So the real
Wendy Williams online. This is the Instagram that Wendy Williams
has been using, or you know, teen family people in
connection with her have been using since she left the
Wendy Williams Show. Now for background, when Wendy Williams left
(02:52):
the Wendy Williams Show, there was that Wendy Instagram handle
that they took and they turned into the Sherry Shepherd Show.
Instagram handle, and then Wendy created the real Wendy Williams online. Now,
the first thing I did was I reached out to
her attorney, Joe Tucapina, because I wanted to verify that
this Instagram is still one that is used by her,
because as we know, when I say by her, I
don't really mean Wendy Williams, because Wendy ain't got no phone.
(03:14):
Wendy can't get on the internet. Wendy only has the
phone that she can call you. You can't call her
in a TV in a small room. She's in what
she alleges and calls a luxury prison here in New
York because of this conservativeship. But her team members are
able to get on this account, and I just wanted
to make sure that these are the right team members.
These are not some randoms that still have access. And
from what I am told, this post, yes, was made
(03:36):
by team members that are actually in recent content with Wendy,
content contact with Wendy and helping Wendy to figure out
how she regains a lot of her freedoms from this conservativeship. Now,
the post was a video, It's not anything of Wendy,
not a photo of Wendy or any of her family.
It was just like a random kind of like a
Hallmark card and it said Happy Mother's Day from Wendy.
(03:58):
The caption says, Happy Mother's Day to all moms. We'd
also like to take this time to say thank you,
thank you, as in all caps, to each and every
one of you who have gotten behind exposing this horrific situation.
Every prayer, every like, every comment, every video, every signature
on our petitions. Wendy thinks you that was in all caps.
We asked for your continued alliance as we continue to
(04:19):
push forward with actions.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Updates coming soon.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Hashtag happy Mother's Day, hashtag Wendy Williams, hashtag free Wendy.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
The reason why this messed me up is because I
just began thinking about the fact that if Wendy's not
posting her family, you know, she didn't post anything or
even mention her son. And I know she's had some
up and downs with her son, but she made it
very clear the last time she talked to us here
on Breakfast Club that her son is still her son,
no matter what has happened or what will happen. The
fact that she didn't mention spending Mother's Day with her
(04:47):
son or any of her family. It broke my heart
because I knew that that probably meant she was sitting
in her room doing nothing. And I'm sitting here looking
at my grandmother and my mother, and I'm thinking about
how I don't get this time back with and you know,
almost feeling a little guilty, like, man, I got to
take more time at you know, things have gotten busier,
and you know, but I'm grateful to even be able
to just drive two hours and I have to fly
(05:08):
in from LA anymore. But it broke my heart because
I started thinking about what Wendy is not experiencing right now,
and her family do not get the experience.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And it made me reach out to her attorney.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
So I reached out to Joe Takapina, and I said, Hey,
happy Sunday. I saw that Wendy Williams online Instagram posts
and it made me wonder what was Wendy actually able
to do today or not? Did she get to even
enjoy her Mother's Day? Question mark and how she's doing?
How was she doing? I just wanted to check in.
He responded and said she was in her room all day.
She didn't see anyone on Mother's Day at all. But
(05:40):
she is still in good spirits. It's ridiculous though, so
I you know, just responded, you know, and say, hey,
like this is sad. Why didn't she get to see
anybody though? Did she not request to go see any
of her family? Did her family not request to come
see her? Was it denied?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Did she you know?
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Did she just rather be by herself because the circumstances
right now? He responded and said, her family is all
in Florida and she couldn't go. And I said instantly,
why couldn't she go?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Though? They?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
And when I say they, I'm talking about the conservatorship.
The Conservatives ship said and for background that if Wendy
Williams wants to see her family, she can see her family.
They can request to come and see her in New York.
She can request to go and see them in Florida.
For example, y'all remember she went to go see her
dad in Florida for his birthday. And she was very
(06:27):
emotional because she didn't know if she would be able
to go see her dad, but she went to go
see him. She requested it, they approved it.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
She went.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
There were procedures that she had to take you know
what I mean, Like she had to go with security
and her attorney was there with her. But I mean,
she's Wendy Williams. She's not going to just up and
travel by herself anyway. So those, you know, having to
take those extra precautions and procedures is what she's used to.
She's been famous my whole life at this point, so
that that couldn't have been an issue. And then I asked,
and separately, why didn anyone travel up to see her
(06:55):
if she couldn't travel, I say to the attorney in
my text, I'm asking these questions because the conservatorship made
it to be such a point that the family could
be accommodated at any time by you know, all these
ways that we just talked about, whether they're coming to
see her or she's going to see them. I asked,
plain and simple, is that no longer an available option
for her? His only response was, and this is Wendy's attorney.
(07:21):
After I asked, why couldn't she go see them? Why
couldn't they come see her? And is that not a
priority for the conservatives ship anymore? I was told they
say one thing and they do another. Now I did
follow back up, asking more questions because I wanted to
specifically know what that meant and why this came about,
because you guys know, it's been really quiet on the
Wendy forefront because the last time Wendy was in court,
(07:44):
the judge made it very clear that she needed to
stop talking to media, her niece and everybody need to
stop talking to the media. The judge had been very
upset about some of the things that Wendy get claimed
when she you know, did different interviews like with us
here at the Breakfast Club, in the TMC documentary and
all these places. So it was very clear what was
going to happen from that point, you know, that things
were going to be gagged to the point where no
(08:05):
one could talk to the media. Joe Takapina is different though,
because he is not involved at this time in her conservatorship.
He is her personal attorney, so he is able to
speak and he has done so, you know, when needed.
But yeah, he didn't respond. That was where he left
it at. I will follow back up, though, because I
do want to understand, you know why, Like it's just
(08:28):
messed up to me and I think about this too.
I never in a million years thought that this is
how I would be speaking.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Of Wendy Williams. I don't care if you love.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Her, if you don't love her, if you agree with
how she lived her life and did her career, or
if you don't agree with that. I never in a
million years thought that this is how we would be
having a conversation about her. The fact that you know, she's,
you know, in this conservatorship, in this room, not able
to go do this and go do that, and we're
literally checking in on her as if you know, she's
(08:59):
not competent or not able to make decisions, or as
she alleges in a luxury prison, you know, not able
to make her own decisions at all. It's just sad
to see men, especially when I'm sitting there in real time,
like as a person, not even as a journalist, but
as a person. It hit me because I'm like, man,
I don't know if I what I would do if
my mother, you know, in her older age, who has
(09:21):
had some health things go down.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
I can't spend Mother's Day with her. What if this
is there?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
What if this is the last chance that she gets
to spend Mother's Day with someone.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
It messed me up, y'all.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
I'm not even gonna lie, but you know, on a
brighter front, he did say that she was in good spirits,
which I think is really important in a situation like
this because you know, mentally, I think when we've heard
her speak and break down and cry, you could tell
that she hasn't always been mentally in the best space.
So I'm glad to hear that she's at least, you know,
keeping up the hopes that they're going to fight the
good fight. I'll be bringing you guys all of those
updates here as they are prevalent and you know, available
(09:55):
to me. Thank you guys for tuning in so much.
I tell y'all every single episode, and I really mean it.
At the end of the day, there's so much to
talk about, and you guys could be anywhere with anybody
talking about it. I appreciate y'all for being right here
with me. Lowriders, tell a friend to tell a friend,
come on over and join a ganggang. I'm Laura Rosa.
This is the latest with Laura Rosa, and I will
see you guys in my next episode.
Host
Loren LoRosa
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