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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.

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[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

Undeterred, McGraw quickly launched Envoy Media Company with Steve Harvey

The clown show carries on.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

He's not a doctor, they took that away.

Also, I think I hear the world's smallest violin playing a mournful tune just for him.

[-] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 16 points 2 months ago
[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Damn, look at him go.

Gonna out play the devil for sure.

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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 27 points 2 months ago

Undeterred, McGraw quickly launched Envoy Media Company with Steve Harvey, proposing a "citizen journalism" platform.

Ugh, yet another Republican grifter ....

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Not a very good one apparently, if his ass is broke

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Republican grifters work best when Republicans don't have all the power. They can blame all your issues on the libs and the communists and support people who will never win like Ron Paul and rake in millions. When they are in charge, the people they have to blame gets silly. Deep state, Jewish cabal of Globalists etc works for a short while, but then all the changes they said will make everything better go into place and things get even worse.

Even worse for them is those who straddled the line to be able to market to whoever was in charge (the Phil's, Harveys, Ozes etc) decide to either join the "strong" or just finally stop faking who they were in the first place and find themselves in an oversaturated sea of people pulling the same grift. With ever poorer marks.

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 26 points 2 months ago

Has Oprah apologized for promoting this POS yet?

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 17 points 2 months ago
[-] db2@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

She's probably on the list.

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[-] etherphon@midwest.social 13 points 2 months ago

Where the hell is Oprah anyways?

[-] Netux@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Hiding in her plantation in Hawaii next to Zuckerberg. She didn't become a billionaire by being a good person.

[-] Horsey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[-] etherphon@midwest.social 8 points 2 months ago

I suppose.. it's just that's it's quite rare for these rich old folks to just quietly fuck off and enjoy their money.

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I'm sure she's funding/doing some nefarious things. Doing so is like a cover fee for the billionaire club.

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Wasn't she shilling foreskin face cream, or has she moved on from that?

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Doesn't she own an island in Hawaii?

[-] 100@fedia.io 24 points 2 months ago

what kind of loser does this at age 75 and doesnt retire with all their money?

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Giuliani.

That fucking idiot could have lived the rest of his life as America's Mayor. Instead he decided to be a fucking joke.

[-] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Narcissism gives a person an insatiable appetite for attention. Giuliani couldn't gracefully fade into obscurity any more than he could sprout wings and fly away.

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

The most dangerous place in New York is between Rudy and a microphone

[-] tortina_original@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Narcissism.

That is the cause of most of world's troubles.

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[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago

I'm telling you lead poison is a huge factor in these boomers going fully insane.

[-] 13igTyme@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

If only lead poisoning was more deadly in adults. Problem would have solved itself decades ago.

[-] binarytobis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I really hate that all these horrible people refuse to retire with all of the money they’ve cheated out of people over the years. Social workers retire. Teachers retire. Firemen retire. But apparently making sure as many people die as possible is so much fun it gives these ghouls the energy they need to keep going.

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[-] Zier@fedia.io 21 points 2 months ago

I hope this exploiting narcissist ends up homeless & destitute.

[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Agreed. This punk needs to live the lives of the people he humiliates

[-] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

He loos like a roll-on deodorant.

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Aw! I love this for him! Way to go, Dr. Phil! I'm rooting for your complete collapse and fall into obscurity.

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

No, keep him out of obscurity! I’m in obscurity and I don’t want that fucker here!

Put him in the past.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Please don't. I'm stuck in the past and he really doesn't fit in well here either.

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[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Personally I'd like to continue enjoying his public ridicule. The guy is trash

[-] derry@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago
[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

The bumfights guy trolled the piss out of Phil!

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

He fucking nailed the tie.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Funny story, that dude isn't even the bum fights guy. That was a marketing stunt by the people who bought the rights to bum fights off this guy. The vid was pretty interesting.

https://youtu.be/6qtWO48vtjg

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

There is not enough money to support all the grifters. Indirect proof that MAGA and other right wing movements are bots astroturfed by bullies and idiots.

[-] dmtalon@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well unless he's a total moron and not just playing one on TV he already made all his money from all the gullible people over the last 25 years so, why's he care?

Unless he pulls a my pillow guy he could just back into the shadows and live his life a lot better off than the rest of us.

(I did not read the article, just making assumptions)

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

This is probably what happens. I dont see this dude fighting for shit. I see him crawling into the shadows, having a side piece and yelling at the lawn guys.

[-] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The real American dream.

[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

I'm here for the redemption arc where he gets us the Epstein files.

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago
[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

So good things can happen still... Maybe this timeline isn't the absolute worst one

[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oprah is responsible for doing so much damage.

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[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Oh no! Anyways…

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Wake me when he's dead so I can chuckle at the thought of his corpse rotting. Right now I'm still amused by thoughts of Charlie Kirk decomposing but that'll get stale soon enough.

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