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Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure and financial turmoil, according to a new report.

Since the start of Trump's presidency, ex-psychologist and famed TV doctor McGraw positioned himself as an active participant in the administration. He became a firsthand witness to ICE raids, a critic of protests, and an ever-present volunteer for the executive branch — attending events like RFK Jr.'s swearing-in and appearing with Trump after the Texas flooding.

Dozens of employees have been laid off as it averaged just 27,000 weekly viewers, broadcasting partnerships floundered and, in July, it filed for bankruptcy.

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[-] db2@lemmy.world 99 points 3 weeks ago

He's not a doctor, they took that away.

Also, I think I hear the world's smallest violin playing a mournful tune just for him.

[-] blave@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago
[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 weeks ago
[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

I think we have to call them regardigrades now.

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[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago

They took that away because he fucked a teenage patient. College kid came to him for depression, he gave her a job and had sex with her.

They were going to supervise his practice and let him keep his license, but he gave it up rather than submit to supervision.

There are a couple of stories of addicts on his show being offered drugs before they went on to make them relapse/seem worse. The show was basically an exploitation of people desperate enough to take public humiliation in exchange for mental health “help.”

I think he’s in part responsible for a lot of terrible attitudes about mental health - a popular understanding that “tough love” is a helpful approach, a refusal to acknowledge the impact of trauma… A general problem with America seems to be viewing TV show personalities as “experts.”

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 76 points 3 weeks ago

Has Oprah apologized for promoting this POS yet?

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 55 points 3 weeks ago
[-] db2@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

She's probably on the list.

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[-] etherphon@midwest.social 21 points 3 weeks ago

Where the hell is Oprah anyways?

[-] Netux@lemmy.world 58 points 3 weeks ago

Hiding in her plantation in Hawaii next to Zuckerberg. She didn't become a billionaire by being a good person.

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[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago

Oprah is responsible for doing so much damage.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

yep she spread so much misinformation even before she gave those two quacks airtime. She's basically the female version of Joe Rogan

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 weeks ago

she gave those two quacks airtime

Don't forget the other quack "psychic surgeon" she did a segment on who turned out to be a serial rapist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Teixeira_de_Faria

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

And antivax Jenny McCarthy

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[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 63 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Good news: Nazi cheerleader goes out of business

Bad news: It's because there's so many Nazi cheerleaders in 2025 that they saturated their market, and (per the article) he failed for not being Nazi enough

[-] 100@fedia.io 56 points 3 weeks ago

what kind of loser does this at age 75 and doesnt retire with all their money?

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago

Giuliani.

That fucking idiot could have lived the rest of his life as America's Mayor. Instead he decided to be a fucking joke.

[-] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago

Narcissism gives a person an insatiable appetite for attention. Giuliani couldn't gracefully fade into obscurity any more than he could sprout wings and fly away.

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago

The most dangerous place in New York is between Rudy and a microphone

[-] tortina_original@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

Narcissism.

That is the cause of most of world's troubles.

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[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 weeks ago

I'm telling you lead poison is a huge factor in these boomers going fully insane.

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[-] binarytobis@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

I really hate that all these horrible people refuse to retire with all of the money they’ve cheated out of people over the years. Social workers retire. Teachers retire. Firemen retire. But apparently making sure as many people die as possible is so much fun it gives these ghouls the energy they need to keep going.

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[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago

Undeterred, McGraw quickly launched Envoy Media Company with Steve Harvey

The clown show carries on.

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 52 points 3 weeks ago

Undeterred, McGraw quickly launched Envoy Media Company with Steve Harvey, proposing a "citizen journalism" platform.

Ugh, yet another Republican grifter ....

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[-] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck that fake ass grifter motherfucker, piece of shit.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 40 points 3 weeks ago

I hope this exploiting narcissist ends up homeless & destitute.

[-] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 3 weeks ago

hope he ends up on bum fights

[-] manxu@piefed.social 38 points 3 weeks ago

There is probably a pasture where Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, and all the other (literal) losers roam. Dr. Phil can join them there!

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm shocked a man who exploited people going through crises decided to align with trump

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago

Been hating that bastard for decades.

[-] KelvarCherry 50 points 3 weeks ago

Dr. Phil is a really good example of the wider societal problem in the USA that created Trump. The fact that this man was allowed to have a prime-time TV show on mainstream network, instead of being universally shunned, was clear proof there was something deeply wrong with this country pre-2015.

This man's initial wealth came from running a membership scheme at a Spa; he then surrendered his license because he refuses to follow "Continuing Education" courses and follow ethics guidelines, so he could focus on his show of humiliating and mocking traumatized and mentally disabled kids; then trafficking them to plantations, on which he was involved with a reality TV show. Dr. Phil is a sick monster of a man, and by all means deserves everything horrible that happens to him; if not for being an ICE Nazi, then for abusing more kids than states' loudest pro-Trump pastors.

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[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago

Remember when Britney Spears had her first breakdown and dr. Phil volunteered to help her and then he told the tabloids about it? Yeah. His current actions line up.

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[-] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

He looks like a roll-on deodorant.

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago

This fucking guy is still around?

[-] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Looking younger everyday somehow

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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

There is not enough money to support all the grifters. Indirect proof that MAGA and other right wing movements are bots astroturfed by bullies and idiots.

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[-] derry@midwest.social 20 points 3 weeks ago
[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

The bumfights guy trolled the piss out of Phil!

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[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago

Doc Phil was popular and well-liked once. He's gonna chase that feel forever, even if he has to burn the world down to find it again. What a maroon.

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 weeks ago

TIL he is still around. Hadn't heard anything about Dr. Phil in a decade or more

[-] Suffa@lemmy.wtf 15 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

He's been broadly opposed by the left for years now. His rampant ablism and radical pro torturing children positions being the primary reasons.

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[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

This guy doesn’t know that most of the activity online from MAGA are bots? He legit thought there were millions of people trying listen to his shenanigans. He needs to pay homage in order for Putin to boost his numbers.

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