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.

  • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    What pre-2015?
    I’m talking 90’s.
    I was young but already shocked to see his trash show where he spouts backwards conservative morals on European TV channels.
    That has nothing to do with Trump, more with what the US is.
    AndI blame your fascist-lite D party just the same for the situation you are now in.
    Al they did was go back half a step after 5 further to the right by R.
    And this intentionally since their leaders work for the same masters.
    And I blame the dumb population for letting it happen.
    They get what they deserve.
    All good since it hastens the already rapid decline of US imperialism and scumbaggery

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      Totally agree about the USA and Democrats. Dr. Phil is that inhuman “Third Line”, hating people in what Democrats and Republicans alike saw as the “right” ways. He’s the worst type of monster, because he preys on the most vulnerable under the guise of “morality”; using his technically-valid title and the fame and money he has to exploit more kids for more fame and money.

      It didn’t start in the “90s”. This is the way the USA - hell, Western Catholic civilization - has always been. Dr. Phil embodies the head of a “crisis pregnancy” center that guilt-trips a young woman seeking abortion; the leader of the gay-erasure teen retreat; the priest that tells a young boy to keep quiet; the hospital doctor that holds an unwilling patient under a “protection” law; the Karen who requests a “wellness check” on their neighbors of color; the prison medic who sterilizes an unconscious indigenous woman; the suburban moms shrieking “For The Children”; the dentist signing their patients up for a “Care Credit” card while they’re under anesthesia. Cruelty under the guise of kindness; wiping its hands clean on the letter of the law.