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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

He's a racist piece of shit

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago
[–] goodjason@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

What is it with guys Oprah made famous having fake or no credentials in their supposed “area of expertise” and also being close to Trump?

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 2 points 39 minutes ago

Seriously... the fact that Rachel Ray is the only one to made it out of Oprah's influence with any kind of wide-spread appeal is crazy.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

Remember that Million Little Pieces debacle? I think she's just easy to fool.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

"youre ugly, youre disgusting, im gonna kill you, give me two hundred dollars"

[–] Brutticus@midwest.social 4 points 6 hours ago

ACAB includes doctor phil

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

I hope he will forever be remembered as one of the first non-politician celebrity that jumped on the fascism bandwagon IRL.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Why is there a picture of Gallagher? Or is that a tortoise dick? The thumbnail is small.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

It's a tortoise dick.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 16 points 18 hours ago

What, was Steven Seagal busy?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 120 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

1-Why did ICE allow Dr. Phil to be in their group?

Well, he's a well-known media figure of claims to be centrist and unbiased, so his presence/footage could have provided a veneer of doubt to most other media coverage. They eventually need SOMEONE to play that role if they don't want to be the literal bad guys

2-Why did Dr. Phil agree to do this?

Well, as much as he claims to be unbiased and trustworthy, more often than not, his show is pretty much just "guilt trip the nonconformist in front of an audience until they break down and hug their relatives who brought them here" with some commercials sprinkled in for ~~fun~~ profit. He's basically a big bully with the 'street cred' (moustasche) to get away with it

3-Why did anyone think this would work at all?

Well, I don't have the numbers to confirm this, but as an American, I'm confident in saying that most Americans would trust Dr. Phil, more than some random/local reporters (even if that should NOT be the case). Even if you've never watched a second of his show, you've probably heard his voice, seen others imitate him, or are at least AWARE of his existence, and we're more likely to trust a source we've already encountered before.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I’m confident in saying that most Americans would trust Dr. Phil

I wouldn't trust that yapping head on a stick any farther than I could dropkick him, and I'm not a good kicker.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I thought the same thing about Trump.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Maybe "smart" was too simple. Instead let's go with "politically aware enough to care, rich/connected enough to make a change, and smart enough to know when to act". Kind of a big ask, I know, but it I know plenty of people who are missing at least one of those three

Definitely agree on wanting to kick his head though

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not so sure about number 3. He gets made fun of a lot. Well, he got made fun of a lot then everyone seemed to forget him. Even people with ridiculous accents made fun of his accent (of which I am one).

The people who believe him are obviously out there. But I'd like to think that most people realize that his show was (is? I don't know) just Jerry Springer with fewer chairs being thrown and less honesty about what they're there for.

On the other hand, I have no good explanation about why they think it would work at all without what you said. So maybe?

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

As a fellow southwestern drunk, cheers to that dudeski

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Yet another reality show loser. Birds of a feather.

The burning question of our times

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What the fuck is going on, man

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

America is beyond any possible satire.

Not to mention they say "embedded" as if these goons are dodging sniper fire and mortars in Fallujah. Dude probably got his photo op and then walked over to Erewon for a $19 smoothie.

[–] cute_noker@feddit.dk 3 points 5 hours ago

Wake me up when Hulk Hogan raids with ICE

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 day ago (2 children)

POS, listen to Behind the Bastards about him if you want to know why.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A fun piece of trivia is that he lost is license to practice as a counselor after having a relationship with one of his teenaged clients.

For starters.

[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I took a psychology intro class like 20 years ago and that professor hated Dr. Phil with an absolute passion because of how objectively bad he was as a representative for their field.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago)

I honestly believe that part of the crisis in mental health care that’s universal across southern states is that therapists seem to think that therapy is supposed to look like his show.

I went through the hell of a troubled teen program - like the kid diddling Turnabout Ranch he sent kids to - and so much of my experiences with psychological care have been an attempt to force me into being something more “socially acceptable.” Not recognizing that my brain works differently than others, not helping me find coping strategies, but just telling me “you need more grit and to force yourself to make eye contact!”

His show presents bullying as “mental health care” - and this has seriously hampered the practice.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fuck Dr Phil, Oz, and especially Oprah.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dr Phil is the kind of guy who in the 19th century I would have expected to roll into town with a wagon selling a miracle cure.

I would also expect them to roll out of town on a rail car, tied up to a post, and covered in tar and feathers.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I wouldn't say that. I can picture him doing that in basically any century since the invention of the wagon

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not saying no to any of these, but why ESPECIALLY Oprah? I try not to know too much about any of them, but Phil seems especially bad considering how he lost his license, I don't think Oprah did anything like that. Did she?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Oprah is who made Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz public figures. She made them famous on her show.

Edit:

[Dr. Phil] McGraw rose to fame with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s. Oprah Winfrey then helped McGraw launch his own advice show, Dr. Phil, in September 2002.

In 2003, Oprah Winfrey was the first guest on the Discovery Channel series Second Opinion with Dr. Oz, and he was a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, making more than sixty appearances. In 2009, The Dr. Oz Show, a daily television program about medical matters and health, was launched by Winfrey's Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television, running for 13 seasons.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Oprah also gave Jenny McCarthy a platform for her anti-vaccine bullshit.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve come to the conclusion that everybody in Hollywood is out for money and fame, and that some are just very smart about keeping their opinions to themselves so as not to shatter the illusion of being good people.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

There's the odd actor who's outspokenly not a shitbag; Pedro Pascal comes to mind as a recent example

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol holy fuck every time he does something incredibly dumb and pointless, I think “this is it; surely he won’t top this”.

And yet here we are.

[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dr. Phil and my pillow guy have to be related, right?

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

the mustache binds them

As ICE was arresting people he was there to tell them to get a job ignoring if they already had one.

[–] Onyxonblack@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

In that picture it looks like his human-mask is slipping.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

He's there to kiss any boo-boos.

He's the only one they could find that was certifiable.

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[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A once great a beautiful city, Los Angeles [Citation Needed]

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

While I stand in solidarity with my fellow Californians, LA is objectively the worst part of California.

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think you're wrong. Reason - I've been to Bakersfield. And Barstow. And Inyokern. And Blythe. And Stockton.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

At least Barstow is close enough to Victorville that it makes dumping corpses easy. I was born in Redlands, I have little good to say about the rest of SoCal. Better than Idaho though.

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