I’m about to date myself terribly, but I remember when MTV used to air Loveline, with Dr. Drew. I remember the amazing episode where Tori Amos was the guest and Amos and Dr. Drew ended up having an incredible, ahead-of-its-time conversation about rape and consent. That was one of the reasons why I used to like Dr. Drew: he used to use his platform for good. But in the past eight years or so, he went from has-been quack to the worst kind of tragedy-predator. He used misinformed tabloid stories to draw “medical conclusions” about celebrities in interviews. He used his platform to act as a hokey television doctor to D-list celebrities with genuine problems, problems that were not helped by Dr. Drew’s televised faux-interventions.
A few weeks ago, Dr. Drew sank to even lower depths when he stepped in to “diagnose” Hillary Clinton as “brain damaged” and worse. He patronizingly suggested that she has received sub-standard health care and basically put a “celebrity doctor face” on all of those conspiracies from Donald Trump and his campaign. Well, funny story. Dr. Drew got fired.
Dr. Drew Pinsky’s HLN show Dr. Drew on Call was canceled this week, making him the second personality to depart the network this year after Nancy Grace. According to the network, the move comes as HLN embarks on a rebranding that will focus more on straight news programming.
However, the timing of the cancellation is interesting: The Washington Post points out that the cancellation was announced only a week after after Drew echoed comments made by Donald Trump and other Republicans that Hillary Clinton is physically unfit to be president. While appearing on the radio show KABC in the Morning, the former Loveline host said he was “gravely concerned not just about [Clinton’s] health, but her health care” and accused her doctors of providing her “a 1950s level of care,” remarks that were widely covered in the right-wing blogosphere. Pinsky also argued that the glasses Clinton wore after her 2012 concussion indicate that she is suffering from brain damage. (Clinton’s doctor, by contrast, says her concussion symptoms ended within months.)
This wasn’t the first time Pinsky has repeated claims from conservative media; the host previously apologized after reporting on air that Clinton’s late entrance in a debate was because of a brain injury. (She was in the bathroom.)
HLN sources insist that the decision to sh-tcan Dr. Drew came weeks before he decided to diagnose Hillary Clinton. Sure, that might be true. My conspiracy theory is that Dr. Drew knew he was about to be fired and he was trying to line up a new job as Fox News’ resident Hillary Health Truther. Ten bucks says Fox News hires him in the next month. Just watch.
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Like any of the other folks who appreciated Loveline, I find Dr Drew incredibly disappointing and gross.
Loveline was awesome and I actually thought he was a decent dude when he was on that show. At some point he stopped being anything like an actual doctor and became a television personality on par with “Dr.” Oz, which is why the photo of those two scam artists amuses me to no end.
He came and spoke at my college back in 2000, and gave a really interesting and insightful talk. I’d ask what happened to him, but we already know: he sold his soul to be on TV.
yeah, I liked him on LoveLine (wasn’t it Adam Corolla, not Kimmel?…they did the Man Show together…).
but now he’s just…well, just what you said.
I guess he’s a Drumpf supporter? another one I can write off my list. though, he was written off previously with his sketchy “treatments” on that celebrity rehab thing.
Yes, Loveline wasn’t with Kimmel, it was with Adam Corolla.
It was Corolla. Who I actually liked on Loveline, but I find to be ridiculously unfunny everywhere else. One of my local radio stations carried his morning show for a while and he was just the worst.
And Dr Drew just went all in for fame. Celebrity Rehab? Now this – diagnosing a person like that is so far against medical ethics its almost absurd. BLECH. It isn’t just that he’s icky, it’s that he’s exploitative.
@Bridget I have to point out that just because somebody dislikes Hillary doesn’t mean that they like Trump. Are you aware that 2/3 of the American people dislike both of them?
Another guy got canned from Huffington Post this weekend for doing a story questioning Hillary’s health. It starts to make people wonder, if there is nothing to it, why are reporters being censored.
@Tessy–I agree 100% Can’t stand either one, and really wonder if there is some Hillary censoring. Sure the “brain damage” thing was stupid, but I took it more as he’s got a big mouth and soundbites get attention. It almost seems…uhhh…shall we say, pre planned?
I remember and loved him and Corolla on Loveline. Now, Dr drew does celeb rehab and Teen moms and has sold his soul. He isn’t a “doctor” I’d want to have and I imagine I am not the only one.
they’re not being censored. they were able to say what they wanted to but got fired for it.
if they were being censored, the producers of “Dr.” Drew’s show and the editors of HuffPost wouldn’t have run it.
they were fired for cause. meaning, they made irresponsible claims about the health of someone they were not treating. that is not censorship, that is responsible journalism.
“it starts to make people wonder…” yeah, that use of phrase is right up there with Drumpf’s use of “a lot of people are saying…” and “I heard this from someone who knows”…etc.
no, it doesn’t start to “make people wonder”, except those who are already “wondering” because it supports their narrative.
@Tessa: that’s not censorship, it’s a serious violation of medical ethics. Doctors (like Drew) KNOW that you cannot diagnose someone via television and magazines. It’s irresponsible and unethical and could get a doctor into SERIOUS trouble. Not to mention, HuffPo was probably worried about being slapped with a slander suit. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s called being a goddamn responsible doctor.
“no, it doesn’t start to “make people wonder”, except those who are already “wondering” because it supports their narrative.”
Amen, doofus. Preach!
Why is he a Trump supporter just because he said a brain injury is dangerous and the public have a right to know Hillary’s health status…..don’t you agree? I think every person running for president over the age of 60 should have a health disclosure of some kind….just like when the left went after Mccain for age and SNL mocked him? amnesia?
Tina, Tessie, I’m a neurologist and I’m not worrying or wondering. Neither should you. We have ample information from credible sources.
I NEVER post about politics or medicine over here, but this year it’s beyond dire and I have to stick my oar in.
PS speaking of credible, could you pick better names for your repetitive astroturfing? It would be slightly less insulting. Thanks!
“Why is he a Trump supporter just because he said a brain injury is dangerous and the public have a right to know Hillary’s health status…..don’t you agree?”
tina, he did more than just say that a brain injury is dangerous and that the public has a right to know about her health status (which, by the way, we do since her doctor, the one who is ACTUALLY TREATING HER, gave us a status update).
he said he was gravely concerned about her health (which he has no personal knowledge of as he hasn’t treated her) and her treatment (again, something he has no direct knowledge of). he also commented on her glasses, saying that they indicate “brain damage” (again, he wouldn’t know as he’s not treating her) and further claimed her late entry to an event was because of “brain damage”.
this is irresponsible for anyone to do, but esp so for a doctor.
You guys, it’s Carolla. Corolla is a car
I loathe Dr. Drew. Not long ago he told a man calling in about his wife who was suffering with Endometriosis and IC that they were “garbage bag diagnoses” given when doctors don’t know what is wrong.
“These are all, these are all sort of what we call functional disorders. Everything you mentioned, everything you mentioned, are things that actually aren’t discernibly pathological. They’re, they’re just sort of what we call “garbage bag” diagnoses. When you can’t think of anything else, you just go, “Eh it’s that.” So it then makes me question why is she so somatically preoccupied that she’s visiting doctors all the time with pain and urinary symptoms and health symptoms and all this stuff. And that makes me wonder was she sexually abused growing up?”
When the man answered in the affirmative, Dr. Drew and the cohost began laughing, with Dr. Drew stating how he had “magically” seared through her history to the truth of sexual assault.
Dr. Drew never heard a question from the caller. He stopped him 30 seconds into the call and obliterated the trust this woman relied on from her husband to help her weather the storm of disease insinuating she was in need of attention and shopped doctors unnecessarily. “Trust me, she saw lots of doctors before you were together to get those diagnoses.”
Worse, he LAUGHED at how fast he was able to “diagnose” her sexual assault history. He even drove home his belief I diagnosing the woman, whom he had never spoken with, with somatoform disassociation then ended the call by saying, “And she really needs to see a trauma specialist not a urologist… So really work on that. It’s a real thing”.
Being that I have both of these diagnoses, and many more because they are auto immune diseases and tend to build on one another, I was furious and heartbroken for this woman and her husband. He did so much damage with that one call to all of the women suffering with endometriosis and IC. The man called in because presumably he believe Dr. Drew was a good source of information. I shudder to think how his words may have affected that poor woman’s life and their marriage. Dr. Drew is a piece of work. I’m tickled he was fired.
That is disgusting. I think he’s not incorrect in part – when pelvic pain cannot be traced, endometriosis is, in fact, sometimes used as a last resort diagnosis – but what he means – that it’s a catchall and basically psychosomatic – is most certainly not.
What a tool. (Drew, not you, in case that is unclear).
2 things:
1) what a dick. What he’s talking about – physical pain that manifests as a part of emotional trauma – is a big deal. She’s not doctor shopping to get pain meds, she’s trying desperately to put a name to her pain in a system that blows off women’s reproductive health woes. How about instead of laughing, be disgusted that her healthcare has failed her so badly? That’s a woman’s life and pain he’s laughing at. Gross.
2) Endroetriosis is a “well maybe it’s this” diagnosis. Unless a doc actually goes in and sees the lesions, it’s just a guess (though maybe an educated one). Because it’s easy to treat with over the counter meds, and in a way that wouldn’t hurt the patient. I’ve actually had a doc do just that with me.
Bluebear: I hadn’t heard that call, but that sounds typical for him. He’s obsessed with women having been sexually assaulted as children as being the magic cause of sexual dysfunction, relationship problems, and even high pitched voices.
And, yes, there are women who have sexual problems as a result of assault. There are also sexual assault survivors whose sex lives aren’t affected, and there are lots and lots of women whose problems stem from physical conditions or from other issues that have nothing to do with their assaults.
Given that he has no formal training in counseling sexual assault survivors and that he’s also not an obgyn, I find his attempts to shoehorn in this diagnosis constantly to be really suspicious.
I’m going to have to disagree with you on one point. Endometriosis is not easy to treat with over-the-counter meds. Not at all.
This disease has completely stolen my life. It took my energy, my vitality, 20 years of my life, and left me crumpled in a ball. I struggle through pain daily. I’ve fought with doctors consistently for the last 20 years. Watched men in white coats lean against counters, arms crossed and smirking as they accuse me of drug addiction. Every step of the way has been a battle just to be treated as though I’m worthy enough to live a decent life. My periods are bloodbaths; battles waging within my womb. Seven lives have been lost; eight if you include my own. I no longer dream of greatness, I dream of the mundane. I swim in pills daily. I metal in this Olympics. Unfortunately, the men in white coats don’t recognize your metals; in fact they loathe you for them. Each metal around your neck is a sign of their inability, their failure to fix. To a man in a white lab coat I’m nothing more than a challenge their masculinity; further proof that women are difficult, different, follow a set of rules that men don’t understand. They hate you for it.
The word “easy” is not in my dictionary .
Someone has “little tin god” syndrome. Look it up, Drew.
He ought to lose his licence. He is a quack.
I had appalling endometriosis, but it was only really revealed when I went in for a hysterectomy. I was only in my thirties, it’s not an easy decision, there are emotional issues, but I had spent 20 years of period misery, and had a child. It immensely improved my quality of life and I have never regretted it. It’s a bloody awful (pun intended) condition. I’m not sure if that’s an option for you Bluebear but I do understand what you are going through.
@Annetommy – it was my understanding that not everyone’s endometriosis can be cured by hysterectomy, right? Like the tissue can migrate to other, unreachable places?
I should say, the first course of treatment is simple and easily prescribed.
Ugh! That is horrible that he said that. Endometriosis is very real and can be very painful and debilitating.
And so many medical practitioners are absolute a**es about it (Dr Drew included, apparently) A friend of mine was dealing with a particularly horrible case of it, and was having severe pain in her mid/upper abdomen, and asked her doctor if that could be part of the endometriosis. He (of course “he”) scoffed at her and replied “only if you stand on your head all the time”. Two years later she was being treated by another practice and had laparoscopic surgery to remove lesions/adhesions to try and alleviate her symptoms. Sure enough, she had endometriosis throughout her abdominal cavity, including lots around the area she had tried to bring to her “doctor”‘s attention.
That’s the first time I’ve seen diagnosis of exclusion referred to as garbage bag diagnosis.
Only a man who has never had any painful condition involving the genitourinary tract and pelvic floor would say that. I’m in Year 3 of a painful nerve condition from an injury that still interacts with the bladder and urethra more or less unhappily except during occasional wonderful remissions. I’ve had plenty of physical pain all my life thanks to dandy genetics, but nothing like this. Nerville the wonky nerve (yes, it’s a guy, no woman would give me so much trouble) affects everything – ability to sleep, eat, work, forget about playing except video games to distract me while I’m hunched over saying owie owie owie (when not screaming and scaring the cats) during a bad flare… At least my condition is slowly improving though still annoyingly disabling (shut up, Nerville!), but many others with it get worse over time. I don’t know how they stand it. I hate to wish it on anybody, but Dr. Drew would be improved greatly as a physician by enduring a couple of months with it at its worst 24/7.
In reading about others with similar conditions (when I get tired of video games during a flare), one common theme is how hard it is to get doctors to take the pain seriously, much less get any kind of a diagnosis. It’s true that interstitial cystitis (IC) in particular is typically a diagnosis of last resort, although there are some physical signs that can be picked up if the doctor knows what to look for. It’s just difficult to treat, what works for one person may not help another, probably because there are different origins of the symptoms with some common features. But “garbage diagnosis” is misleading, as is the idiocy that it must be all in the woman’s befuddled little head. Well, yes, it’s in the head because that’s where the brain is and the nerves and brain interact to give us pain, doofus Dr. Drew. Open one of your old textbooks on neurology sometime before opening your mouth.
I think a lot of doctors just can’t deal with chronic conditions (especially very painful ones) that they really can’t easily fix, so it’s psychologically easier for them to pretend it doesn’t really exist. They especially assume women are imagining things, the medical myth is that men only complain when they are really hurting while us weak little women overreact to everything.
Jwoolman, nerve pain can be the absolute worst. I’m sorry.
Agreed – his “grossness” these days is over the top. It’s almost as if it was an entirely different man from the Loveline days.
He should be up in front of the medical licensing board. Total breach of clinical ethics. As it would be if he did the same to Trump.
I agree, he should be struck off. Bet he’s got a big fat cheque from Trump as well!
Sigh. I remember when he was actually reputable. Good times.
I KNOW. When you read his education and resume before going this route, you just wonder what the hell? Dr. Oz is the same way, all that fantastic, formal education to do this. Be a quack. I do not get it. Is the money that good.
They looked good on paper. That is all. It doesn’t mean there is talent there. Or ethics. Or a riveting intelligence.
Right?! Between Dr. Drew, Dr. Oz, Dr. Ben Carson, and Dr. Jill Stein, I’m wondering about the state of American medical schools. Does fame drive people crazy? Or med school? A little of column A, little of column B? So sad.
Same with Dr. Phil. When he first was guest spotting on Oprah, he was respectable, had something to share and great insight. Now, he’s all about exploiting the vulnerable and…dumb. Sorry, but even dumb people shouldn’t be exploited for others’ gain. I can’t take anybody serious on the topic of mental health and “confidence” when their wife is a walking plastic surgery addict and his son was dating Heffner bunnies. If you’re principles aren’t followed at home, you’re just talking outa’ your a$$.
@hmmmm. But they had to put in the work to look good on paper and that takes some talent.That what makes the end result so damn sad.
Dr Phil was a psychologist at one point but retired. His current work is not considered to constitute practice. He is not a doctor. I don’t have any personal knowledge of his work and am not familiar with his advice or TV show.
He has always skeeved me out.
I agree his next gig will be Chief Medical Expert on Faux News.
I’m really glad to hear this. One of the drugs that Hilary takes is Armour Thyroid for hypothyroidism, which he says is antiquated and a drug from the 50’s..doctors like him are brainwashed by big pharma to say this. It send a dangerous message to other doctors and patients to say this medicine doesn’t work and deprives a lot of people – mostly women – of regaining their lives.
He is a quack
Ha! What a dope.
I’m hypothyridic (Hashimoto’s) as are most of the women in my family. Being a fairly bright, inquisitive lot, we’ve spent years collectively keeping track of debate between Armour and synthetic thyroid hormones. I’ve had endocrinologists and GPs who’ve had distinct opinions on both of them. I use synthetic levothyroxine, which works just fine for me.
There are several reasonable arguments both for and against using Armour Thyroid Hormone (Armour as in the bacon because it’s made from pig’s blood). Without launching into the convoluted details about dosage regulation and T4 conversion, it’s enough to say that Armour works just fine for a lot of folks too — and it’s not some retro-hippy prescription.
My family has a long history of hypothyroidism and the general rule is that the one you begin on, be that synthetic or naturally sourced, is the one you stay on. I have no idea if that’s an antiquated medical belief, but I’m also going to guess that Hillary has been treating her hypothyroidism for decades and began at a time when there were fewer options.
I had my thyroid removed and am relatively well versed (for a layperson) in thyroid supplements. I would say Armour is maybe “controversial” but it’s not antiquated. It’s definitely a tool that comes up in discussions about treatment options. Dr. Drew may not agree with its use (and as a sidenote I think he’s wrong to take such a one-size-fits-all approach – if it works for you, use it) but that doesn’t mean it’s outdated or that her doctor is unusual for prescribing it. He is so sanctimonious.
I agree. I have Hashimoto’s Disease and I’ve tried Synthroid, Levothyroxine and Cytomel. My immune system still continuously attacks my thyroid and I have never been rid of the symptoms. These medicines don’t work for a lot of women (90% of those affected by autoimmune diseases are women). I just read a medical study recently that stated up to 28% of people with Hashimoto’s don’t get any relief with these standard prescription drugs. If Dr. Drew did any research on this subject before he opened his mouth, he would know that.
I haven’t tried Armour Thyroid yet, but it’s next on my list. I’m glad to know it’s an option. It was the Clintons who originally backed the laws to make naturopathic drugs more accessible. I wonder now, if Armour Thyroid was the reason.
Dr. Drew is also the guy who said Endometriosis was a female disease of the mind and he has that horrible show about teenage pregnancy that has ruined those poor girl’s lives. I’m not even going to get started on Celebrity Rehab.
Dr. Drew needed to go a long time ago. He is all about making money off of the suffering and exploiting them. I can’t stand him.
I didn’t know he still had a show. My real question is why does he still have a platform to spew BS psychological diagnosis.
I used to listen to live line when Adam Carrell was on the radio . He’s been taking a nose dive for years.
Over the years that man spread so much misinformation, and was irresponsible on every level. To say that he’s ethically challenged would be an understatement. Why is he a Prof of Psychiatry? If I were marking him as a student I’d give him a D, for “dumb*ass”.
This is the kind of person you should avoid going through university and this is the guy you would NEVER recommend as a therapist. He’s not particularly intelligent or learned, either. Talk about rising to the level of your incompetence (Peter Principle). Good riddance to bad rubbish.
He ISN’T a professor of psychiatry. He is an internist (specialist of internal medicine). That is basically a general/family practice doctor. He has no special psychiatric training at all. I was super shocked to learn that because he definitely presents himself as if he were such a specialist. It’s not right.
His Wiki says so: “Pinsky is also Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California”.
It left me gobsmacked because he’s always sounded deficient and ignorant when it comes to psychology/psychiatry.
This is meant as a reply to hmmm. You don’t need to be trained or board certified in a specialty to have a position in a department in that speciality. Often it depends on someone’s practice. Since I believe he did or does addiction medicine, this position may make more sense than a position within Internal Medicine, depending on how the departments are structured. You’d have to look at his board certification, which should be available online. (I don’t know anything about Dr Drew, but I am a professor and an administrator at a medical school.)
Man, I adored Loveline!! Dr Drew and Adam were awesome back in the day. 🙁
It is said that HLN has become the cemetery for former CNN stars ,so it was inevitable that Dr Drew would have to move over and let some one else in.
Yes all doctors who make medical diagnosis from clips and tabloids should be fired from their shows and brought up to the medical board for review. It is beyond irresponsible. This goes for all the people trying to diagnose Trump as a psychopath too. It is one thing for laymen to do it, that is bad enough, but if you have a medical license you have a responsibility to show more professionalism. The AMA needs to do something about this.
This. I was jokingly (ok, half-jokingly) trying to get my psychiatrist to diagnose Trump as NPD and he was amused but having none of it. In fact, he said the chair of his department just gave a warning talk on how unethical it was, partly because so many patients were questioning Trump!
I think it’s helpful when trying to figure out Trump to consider the possibility of narcissistic personality disorder, since it might give ideas on how to do deal with him even if the label is not exact. The sociopath label is tossed around way too much, although he has some peculiar emotional lacks and that has always been the case judging from old videos. He doesn’t seem to have a true sense of humor or a natural smile (timing especially seems off), not out of malevolence but because he’s trying to fake something he doesn’t understand. But everybody’s brain is different and we all have different influences on our brain during development in the womb, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Somewhere along the way, The Donald was damaged and he showed problems very early in elementary school that certainly continued through high school judging from what we know about his military school problems. I’m really glad he dodged the draft, he would have gone in as an officer most likely and ended up killed by his own men (fragging). He showed negative (below zero, actually counterproductive, bad for morale etc.) leadership ability in military school.
Trump is definitely in the category of Difficult Person, someone I would rather not work with or move next door to. This has nothing to do with politics, especially since his political views seem to vary with the wind (not just during his campaign, but from year to year). His wife is earning every bit of money she extracts from him, now and in the future.
But I can say all that precisely because I’m not a medical doctor…. Makes good sense for medical doctors to be very cautious about remote diagnosis. The rest of us can blather on all we want, trying to make sense out of the world.
Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, seems pretty normal to me. She is amazingly cool under pressure, which is an asset, but I don’t see any oddities about her emotional responses. Her smile seems genuine and the timing is right. There are a lot of politicians I don’t like, but I only rarely see something about them that would seem really abnormal psychologically. Trump is an unusual exception.
I do remember feeling ok about Bush I when he was first elected (no danger signs except his politics), but around the time he started Gulf War I – something seemed really off about him. He was talking and acting very differently, something seemed wrong (other than his politics…). My favorite anti-war protest sign ever was:
George Bush
Saddam Hussein
GO TO YOUR ROOMS
Yeah, they both were in toddler tantrum mode. Turned out later Bush I was having problems with a medication that could explain it. He seems all right to me now. When I mentioned this to a friend who was a family counselor, she said she had noticed the same disturbing shift. So lots of people can die when a President’s brain is off for any reason. Of course, lots of people can die even when a President’s brain is working right, so there’s that…
I think the AMA or some professional group already put out a reminder several weeks/months ago that one does not speculate on the medical or mental health history of candidates. Even when it’s tempting.
The Hillary conspiracy theories need to stop. They’re beyond ridiculous. Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz are morons. Drew lost his job due to poor ratings. That’s all.
Oh, and I ❤ Tori Amos. Wonder what she thinks of Nate Parker.
He’s been overstepping his boundaries for awhile now. At his best he was empathetic with a hard hand for pointing out the truth to people who desperately needed to hear it.
At his worst he’s been talking too much, about too many people, spreading too much personal agenda.
At his lowest he was hosting the Teen Mom reunions. That might say it all.
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Dr. Drew has been making comments about Hillary Clinton’s health for a while now on his radio show. He would play clips of Hillary’s speeches and talk about his ‘concerns’ for her health. I kind of tuned out right about that time.
I did think he was great on LoveLine with Adam Carrolla.
Pic of Drew and Oz together–a pair of quacks. Some gullible people treat their words as gospel truth. They both need to get off the air. They are more harm than good.
Maybe he got an MD at one point, but I don’t ask sex therapists for medical advice. It’s actually unethical to diagnose someone without meeting them, medically speaking. He has no business doing that, someone clearly paid him to speak out like that. Totally deserved to have his show cancelled.
His licence should be pulled.
hahahahahaha. That is where he belongs….on Fox News with all the other crackpots.
I’m apparently even more dated, because I remember listening to it on late night radio! I adored the show at the time, but in retrospect, Dr. Drew was terrible then too. I remember this dumb game that he and Adam used to play. When woman with a high voice called in, they put her on hold, both bet on when and by whom she had been abused as a child (Drew: “I’m going to say stepfather when she was ten” Adam: “Nah, I’m going with older brother when she was six”), and then took her off hold and badgered her until she told them about any history of abuse in her past. Women who couldn’t or who didn’t want to reveal any were generally treated as liars, especially if they also insisted their parents were happily married.
Dr. Drew also had some really bizarre ideas about anal sex making you incontinent that weren’t homophobic on their face, but seemed like they weren’t totally unrelated to a distaste for gay men. Oh, and then there was his theory that anyone who was into BDSM had been hit by an object as a child.
Basically, he’s always been off. It’s just that there was so little sex positive advice around at the time that he looked good by comparison. I’m totally guessing he was anticipating his show being cancelled and made some especially flagrant remarks so that he could be publicly fired and drum up some controversy to attract Fox’s attention.
TBH when I see the headlines about what he said about Hillary I just assumed he was ALREADY on Fox News.
FAIR, ABSOLUTELY FAIR. What a Charlatan. I remember years ago when he was on The View and was making obvious moves on Jenny McCarthy. He’s gross, beyond gross. Good riddance.
Seems to me he only ‘diagnoses’ high-profile women (Hillary and Angelina) and yet, he didn’t spot his daughter’s eating disorder.
Add to that his endorsement of treatment centers that were subpar, resulting in sex assaults and deaths.
Good riddance!
His daughter has an eating disorder?
Okay, fell down a rabbit hole and read how his wife is a diva and wants to be a celebrity too (been kicked out of a local hair salon) and is rumored to have an eating disorder(or at the very least major body image issues) that she pushed on her daughter. Sounds like one sicko family!
He actually spoke about this on the Adam And Drew podcast and said that he was going to leave the show for a while now. And he had been talking about his concerns with Hillary’s health longgggggg before the show was cancelled. It’s all conspiracy theory. Ps. I love Dr. Drew and the public speculating on a presidential candidates health (physical or mental) has been more than welcomed when it came to John McCains cancer or Donald Trumps temperament. Plus there is a lot of troubling moments surrounding Hillary’s health. I mean this person is supposed to be the president.. shouldn’t we want someone who can actually be around to do it?
I’m a real neurologist (not a TV neurologist, though I have been interviewed on TV — there’s a difference). Of course I have no more information than anyone, including TV doctors, and can’t render a professional opinion. But I have no concerns. (And yes, I’m old enough that I know better than to feed trolls. I’m also old enough to remember when we had decent media coverage in this country. Ok, I know, “Get off my lawn!” :D) I certainly don’t welcome such speculation or think that it’s meaningful or helpful, or that it enriches public discourse.
phil, oz and drew should have their license revoked. This is illegal.
Good on them for firing him. It’s a clear-cut breach of ethics for a doctor to diagnose someone through the media.
Ethics guidelines which were brought in, incidentally, after the same thing happened to another Presidential candidate back in the 60s – Barry Goldwater. How quickly the lessons of the past are forgotten.