Wendy Williams made a high-profile appearance at LaQuan Smith’s fashion show at the Classic Car Club in New York on Tuesday night, arriving with her bodyguard, Max Tucci, along with her niece Alex Finne and Finne’s fiancé Eric Houston. The event drew a crowd from hip-hop circles, and the night’s highlight was a reunion with Lil Kim, with Williams and the rapper exchanging numbers outside the venue after the meeting.
Inside, Williams walked to her seat amid fanfare. A spy said she was the last to be seated and that the audience gave her a thunderous ovation. After the show, Ice Spice went to the greenroom and posed for photos with her photographer; insiders described a friendly moment between the two, with Ice introducing herself and Williams acknowledging the moment.
Williams’s appearance comes as she continues to navigate guardianship arrangements that have kept her living in a Hudson Yards facility and limited her access to personal belongings, including wigs stored off-site. Page Six and other outlets have reported on the living situation. People magazine noted that Williams is slated to be deposed in a Lifetime documentary lawsuit filed by her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, against the network in 2024; the deposition is scheduled for Nov. 4.
The guardianship has framed Williams’s public appearances lately, with supporters citing the fashion-week outing as a sign of her ongoing public presence while legal proceedings continue. The arrangement, described by some observers as restrictive, remains at the center of ongoing efforts to obtain Williams’s release from guardianship.
