The episode follows Jordan, a year-old woman struggling with anorexia, as she navigates her disorder and difficult family relationships. In typical Dr. This kind of sensationalized questioning does not encourage a desire to learn more about and support people with eating disorders — it encourages the audience to engage in morbid voyeurism of someone who desperately needs mental health intervention.
As a note, The Mighty reached out to the show about airing content that could be damaging to the eating disorder community and has yet to hear back. Please proceed with caution. If you take a quick scan of Dr. I should lose more weight. Phil, whether I like it or not, the reality is that you are a well-known voice in the mental health space. With that kind of influence comes responsibility.
Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. We must look beyond ratings. If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, you can call the National Eating Disorders Association Helpline at Ted Williams was a homeless man who shot to fame for his voice. He also told E! I don't want to bash him in any way. I walked out of treatment because it was a little scripted, I felt.
There was no anonymity. Mercedes Nichols is a woman that became a source of significant controversy for McGraw and his show. As you may recall, when Nichols was only 16, she was arrested for taking part in the beating of a year-old girl.
Over the years, Nichols got into more trouble. According to The Ledger, Nichols was arrested again for violating her probation. Several years later, Bregoli has been striving to change her image, even adopting a new name, Bhad Bhabie, while she pursues a music career.
Since her appearance on the show in , Bregoli has been receiving threats. Aside from headlining and running a hit talk show, McGraw also once dabbled in the field of weight loss. Specifically, he decided to put out a number of weight loss products known as the Shape Up!
Phil McGraw product line. In , a class-action lawsuit was filed against Shape Up! Back in , a woman by the name of Jordan L.
She proceeded to tell the producer that Jordan needed heroin. I was so scared. After going for four hours without any treatment, the mother and daughter decided to go to the studio where one of the staff accompanied them to Skid Row so that Kaitlin could shoot up some heroin.
Suddenly, they had a couple of fat people in the audience striving to get thin: They were good, and we were bad because we were living. It was disappointing the way Dr. Phil decided to conduct the show. My feeling was we were used.
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