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Why The Age of TV Therapy Needs To Come To An End
Harmful viewing is getting costly
Television personality and self-described psychologist, Dr. Phil McGraw is currently embroiled in a real-life controversy that will hopefully serve as a prime example of why the age of TV therapy needs to be shut down for good.
Former guest Todd Herzog is accusing staff of the Dr. Phil Show of appallingly taking advantage of his alcoholism by ensuring he was fed vodka and Xanax right before his scheduled appearance back in 2013.
According to Herzog, he accepted the invitation to fly out to Los Angles for the taping and he was allegedly sober when he arrived at the studios. But things took a sobering (pun intended) turn when he not only discovered a bottle of vodka in his dressing room, but was also offered pills that were supposed to “calm down his nerves.”
While speaking to The Boston Globe, Herzog aptly summed up the terrifying session with Oprah’s former protégé:
“You know, I get that it’s a television show and that they want to show the pain that I’m in.” “However, what would have happened if I died there? You know, that’s horrifying.”
Of course — the show denies the incident ever occurred and issued a statement that basically makes Herzog seem like an unreliable source due…
