The guardian for television host Wendy Williams is requesting new medical testing.

Williams, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in 2023, recently appeared on the “Breakfast Club,” to insist her current level of care was stifling and unnecessary.

Lawyers for Sydney Morrissey, Williams’ court-appointed guardian, seemingly responded to those comments in a letter sent to a New York judge and obtained by USA TODAY Wednesday, calling for a new round of testing to ensure the correct diagnosis.

Given that Williams “has now repeatedly stated publicly that she disagrees” with her diagnosis, which Morrissey said is “not uncommon for patients with FTD who have impaired awareness even regarding their own impairments,” Morrissey “believes that it would be prudent for (Williams) to undergo a new medical evaluation that will involve comprehensive neurological and psychological testing by a specialist in the field,” the filing reads.

Frontotemporal dementia is the overarching term used to describe a collection of brain diseases associated with the frontal and temporal lobes which affect language, personality and behavior, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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“The issue of whether (Williams) has the capacity to assess what is in her own best interests deserves renewed careful consideration by qualified experts, and should not be left to careless speculation in tabloids, radio, or on the internet,” the filing said.

The letter is the latest in a legal battle between Morrissey and A+E Networks over the Lifetime documentary “Where if Wendy Williams?,” in which Morrissey has alleged Williams was incapable of consenting to be filmed.

In her “Breakfast Club” interview, Williams and her niece Alex Finnie insisted she was “not cognitively impaired” and that her conservatorship amounted to “emotional abuse.”

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“I feel like I am in prison,” she told the hosts of the radio show. “I’m in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s. There’s something wrong with these people here on this floor.”

Finnie, who also pushed doubt around Williams’ level of incapacitation, said the conservatorship system was broken and easily abused by people hoping to take advantage of the wealthy and vulnerable.

“(Williams) hasn’t had, from what I understand, a medical evaluation to see if her rights can be restored,” Finnie said. “And it seems as though that instead of this guardian, Sabrina, working with her, it seems like she’s made it difficult every which way for my aunt to be able to live any sort of healthy, independent life.”

Now, Morrissey is calling for just that. She is also offering to pause the legal action against A&E until the results are in, arguing against Williams’ claims on “The Breakfast Club” that the lawsuit is draining her funds.

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“To be clear, the whole point of the A&E matter is to benefit (Williams) and her estate,” the letter said, noting Morrissey “brought the A&E matter for one reason: to recover substantial monetary damages for the benefit of (Williams) which could be used to help pay for (Williams) significant healthcare needs going forward.”

On the radio, Williams seemed to assign the lawsuit more to Morrissey than herself, even saying she might work again with Lifetime, which co-produced the project.

“I’ve worked with Lifetime several times,” she said. “Enough that I would love to do something with Lifetime again. They are good people to me and I am good people to them.”

Both A&E Television Networks and Lifetime Entertainment Services have denied any wrongdoing. In a counterclaim, the companies alleged that Morrissey’s lawsuit against them was prompted by the desire to protect her own image.

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“It was only when Morrissey realized that the documentary would question the quality of her own guardianship of (Williams) that Morrissey suddenly decided to try to ensure the documentary would never be released,” the document stated.

The companies also said in their counterclaim that their docuseries showed how Williams’ guardianship “isolated her from her family, left her largely alone and unattended in her apartment, exacerbated her self-destructive behavior and mental decline, and failed to prevent (Williams’) use and/or abuse of alcohol.”

Those claims were echoed by Finnie on the “Breakfast Club.” “They won’t allow you to leave or have visitors,” she said. “So you can’t even leave and take a walk if you wanted to, or take a trip or visit family members.”

In Wednesday’s letter, Morrissey’s legal team affirmed that she had “no interest” in further pursuing the legal matter against A&E in the “extremely unlikely event” that a new medical exam reveals Williams is capable to directing the case herself.

Contributing: Taijuan Moorman, Charles Trepany, Edward Segarra