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lost65 ( member #45325) posted at 1:22 PM on Thursday, February 19th, 2015
My statement has nothing to do with the article posted. That is the same list you see on many websites regarding infidelity. I have watched his shows and just find him condescending and sometimes I feel he does more harm than good. I feel he may have been great before the fame but now it seems like it is all for the ratings. I feel the same way about Dr. Oz.
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shakentocore ( member #46124) posted at 1:40 PM on Thursday, February 19th, 2015
I don't like Dr Phil either (although I like this particular advice).
I used to watch his show regularly, then there was an episode on childhood (sexual) abuse. It turned into a 2-part show, and I just felt he was exploiting the abuse to boost ratings. I haven't watched him since. He was great when he was a once a week guest on Oprah. But every day is too much!
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PlanNine ( member #46311) posted at 2:31 PM on Thursday, February 19th, 2015
I just felt he was exploiting the abuse to boost ratings.
Yeah, that's why I don't watch it. The few times I did, it was just segment after segement of "OK, let's have the sordid details," and after the guest dutifully obliges, it's "Yup, you need help. Next!"
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nekonamida ( member #42956) posted at 7:00 PM on Thursday, February 19th, 2015
I have mixed feelings about Dr. Phil despite watching his show all the time. There's some things he handles well such as dealing with children in toxic families and a lot of things he doesn't handle well. His listed advice is good but he's hit and miss when it comes to infidelity and his guests on the show.
Beer Party, I haven't seen that episode but I can envision it. I think that Dr. Phil handles things in a very gendered manner. He would definitely tell a woman to leave her WH under similar circumstances and I've seen him do it.
Shaken, I agree that there is a lot of exploitation for ratings going on. Focusing on the crazy guest is something they do a lot like in Beer Party's example while giving little attention to the people who really need it.
The one good thing that has come of the show lately is Dr. Phil's wife, Robin McGraw, has been working with victims of domestic abuse and has a website/program with different sections for children, adolescents, and adults on how to identify abusive relationships and how to stop the abuse. It's a little ironic because if you look in to their history, Dr. Phil shows red flags of emotionally abusive behavior (questionable fidelity, extremely controlling, etc.) and this was the driving reason behind why she never appeared on the show much until recently. Still, I'd watch her talk show over his any day if she had one.
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