“Wendy is at a facility doing her best to be her best. She’s taking it day by day,” her manager said of Williams.

This comes more than seven months since the broadcast personality returned home from a wellness facility after a two-month stay. 

Williams has been in and out of health facilities for years amid her battle with alcohol abuse, struggles with lymphedema and Graves’ disease and other undisclosed health problems. The impact of these health issues resulted in the end of her long-running television show last year.

Selby pleaded with both critics and fans to lend her some compassion.

“Just understand that she’s a human being that’s going through a lot,” he said. “She’s dealing with a lot, and support her, please.”

He also criticized people around her — without directly mentioning her son at first — for putting out “negative information” about the 58-year-old without ever asking about how she is doing.

“Why don’t we just stop for a moment and say, ‘Hey, how is she? Is she doing OK today?'” he asked. “Why is that not the focus? Why isn’t that what we’re talking about on a daily basis?”

ET spoke with manager Will Selby who is hitting back at Wendy Williams' son's allegations that she is being financially taken advantage of by her team. Read the full interview below.https://t.co/6wMUjIn0yJ

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) June 7, 2023

According to ET Canada, Selby then directly criticized Williams’ son, Kevin Hunter Jr., for going to the press rather than speaking to his mother about his concerns.

“If your mother was near death, would the first thing you do is call an online publication?” he asked. “He’s entitled to his opinion. I’m just trying to say that us, as adults, let’s be responsible and let’s actually utilize some common sense. Someone was near death, someone like your mother. Why would you go to an online publication to discuss it with them?”

The jeweler-turned-manager suggested the former Wendy Williams Show host’s son was speaking out of turn, having “gone through a lot” himself.

“You know he’s a young man…He’s probably dealing with a lot. I have a son that’s the same age as him, and sometimes you just make poor decisions, in my opinion, and I’m just speaking to my son.”

Selby’s comments come on the heels of a rare interview her 22-year-old son had with The U.S. Sun, where he shared concerns for his mother’s mental and physical health and further accused her inner circle of “taking advantage of someone who needs to get better.”

Wendy Williams' manager is sharing an update on her well-being, but her son remains skeptical. Get the details. pic.twitter.com/Syc8Maa5q6

— E! News (@enews) June 7, 2023

“What’s been made more important by the people around her is that while her health may not be great, she needs to keep on earning income, and in my opinion that should not be a priority at all,” Hunter Jr. told the outlet.

Kevin Hunter Jr. implies her jeweler-turned-manager and court-appointed guardian are looking out for each other rather than the well-being of his mother, Wendy Williams. https://t.co/LZffVrK4KA

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“Taking advantage of her for what? To get what? To do what?” Selby asked in his talk with ET. “I’m not here to brag, but I was doing just OK before Wendy came along, and I insisted on helping her because she requested my assistance.”

Per her court-appointed guardianship, the manager asserted there was no possibility for the “Ask Wendy” author to be taken advantage of by her team, or anyone else for that matter.

“Wendy is under guardianship. Everything that she does gets approved by the guardianship. A court-appointed guardianship. So, no one, even if they wanted to take advantage of her — everything has to get approved by that court,” he said.

“So, any type of business dealings that we do, Wendy, myself and anyone — we have to get the guardianship to sign off on it. So how can anyone take advantage of her?” he continued.

Williams’ rep, Shawn Zanotti, echoed Selby’s sentiments about Hunter Jr.’s explosive interview, vehemently refuting the claims made.

“This publication has released false narratives with the intent to release stories without fully vetting information, which is a disadvantage to the public, and is unprofessional and unethical,” she added. “We ask that the world continues to pray for the well-being of Wendy as she continues to recover from a very traumatic two years.”

Despite conflicting reports on the actual status of her health between Hunter Jr. and the trio of employees caring for her — her publicist/representative, her court-appointed guardian and her manager — Selby insists Williams is still looking ahead toward the future.

A multimillion-dollar empire was built around Wendy Williams. I wish that at the center of it, at least, her home life could have been what she wanted. But I know as long as she is doing all she can to get on track, she knows that matters to those who matter to her.

— Eartha Watts Hicks publisher of Earthatone Books (@Earthatone) June 8, 2023

“She’s only thinking about things that she wants to do in her life,” he said. “She’s only thinking about Wendy 2.0 and her new chapter of her life and the things that she wants to accomplish, and that’s our focus.”