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The producers of Lifetime's Wendy Williams documentary Where is Wendy Williams? revealed their concerns about the TV host's 'dire conditions' under her guardianship during production. 

Executive producers Mark Ford and Erica Hanson said they were 'very worried' about Williams’ circumstances, which included the star living alone without any food in her refrigerator, during a panel discussion in Hollywood on Wednesday, per People. 

'Towards the end of the documentary, [we] were very, very worried and saying to her management, who was the only other person that was coming into her apartment on a daily basis, 'Something has to be done to help her, this is getting very dire and scary,' Ford explained, per the outlet.

At the time of filming, the producers were not made aware of William's frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis, Ford claimed. 

'The deeper we got into it, we didn't want to let go of Wendy until we got her back in touch with her family,' he added. 'Because we felt that at a certain point that's who's going to be there for her to care for her.'

Ford also claimed Williams' legal and financial guardian Sabrina Morrissey was 'not responding to any kind of calls for help.'

DailyMail has reached out to Morrissey for comment.  

In early 2022, Williams was placed under a conservatorship after Wells Fargo froze her accounts due to allegations from her financial adviser at the time, claiming she was of 'unsound mind', according to court filings. 

On February 20, Morrissey initiated a lawsuit aiming to prevent the airing of the 4.5-hour docuseries.

She criticized the network's documentary, alleging that it 'shamelessly exploits [Williams] and portrays her in an extremely demeaning and undignified manner.'

Morrissey filed the lawsuit under temporary seal (which keeps details in the case protected from the public) last month, but the docs were unsealed and reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter, revealing explosive accusations in the case.

'This blatant exploitation of a vulnerable woman with a serious medical condition who is beloved by millions within and outside of the African American community is disgusting, and it cannot be allowed,' the legal team for Williams' guardian told the court.

Williams' guardian Morrissey told the court that the talk show host 'did not have the capacity to consent,' according to THR, and producers did not get her consent, as her court-appointed guardian, to produce it.

Williams was misled by producers into thinking that the documentary would be a 'positive and beneficial' project for her public image and reputation, the suit stated.

According to the outlet, it 'remains unknown' who formed the company that collaborated on the network to produce the four-and-a-half hour doc, which garnered more than 500,000 viewers over its two-night premiere on February 24 and 25.

The televised special on the embattled celeb premiered to strong ratings, as Lifetime touted its best numbers in two years for a nonfiction project.

Among the people listed as its executive producers included Williams, her son Kevin Hunter Jr. and manager William Selby, according to THR.

Morrissey brought the lawsuit in February in New York County Supreme Court in an effort to get a temporary restraining order on airing the documentary, which was initially granted before an appeals court overturned the decision, allowing it to air, according to the outlet.

In information that was previously kept under seal, Appeals Court Justice Peter H. Moulton cited 'impermissible prior restraint on speech that violates the First Amendment of the Constitution' as his legal rationale to allow Lifetime and its partners to broadcast the documentary.

Footage on the controversial project was taped in

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