DR. PHIL ADMITS SPEARS STATEMENT WASN’T ‘HELPFUL’
January 18, 2008 - 7:30 am
Dr. Phil McGraw spends his days telling people how to fix their lives. This time, he admits, he's the one who got it wrong.
Earlier this month, the tough-loving talk show host sped to Britney Spears's bedside at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after her family requested his help. After their brief visit — prompted by Spears's Jan. 4 meltdown — McGraw gave a statement to Entertainment Tonight, saying that the 26-year-old singer was in "dire need of both medical and psychological intervention."