That massively gaseous windbag "Doctor" Phil was featured in heftily-promoted "exclusive" interviews on "Today" and "GMA" this morning - so what snake oil was he peddling THIS time?
At first it appeared that he was there to talk about more Britney Spears stuff - more nuggets from that memorable moment when he stole into her hospital room (all in the service of helping an old "friend" and goosing ratings on his daytime gabfest. Remember? He later issued some statement, saying “My meeting with Britney and some of her family members this morning in her room at Cedars leaves me convinced more than ever that she is in dire need of both medical and psychological intervention.” Hundreds of REAL doctors whacked him for making that declaration; he backed down and called off a special "Britney" show - doubtless because he didn't actually HAVE anything.)
Instead, he peddled the same old bull to Di Saywer and Matt Lauer: How he'd made the situation worse by saying what he said about Brit after he was kicked out of her room..."Make no mistake - I regret making the statement," he told Diane Sawyer. "This wasn't a publicity play for me," he said without conviction.
Of course, he's already said this before - on his own show, no less - so a disappointed Di started to fish for something fresh. No luck. She asked about the fact that he obviously didn't have a license when he went in the room to bug the desperate Spears; nah, that didn't phase him either.
Desperate herself, Di then went the route that all anchors go when they've either run out of stuff or don't wanna dignify "rumors" by asking about them straight out - what about all those "tabloid" stories, she wondered?.Phil pretended he was happy to clear the air: They're all "absolutely untrue." No, his wife has not left him; no, Oprah did not give him "a pink slip...absolutely untrue." No, he never "planned a [Britney] intervention..absolutely untrue."
Of those widespread reports of a rift with O? "In fact, Oprah is an absolutely wonderful guest on our 1000th show [Friday]...we talk about that. We talk about everything."
Finally, the reason for these "exclusive"interviews - to promote the Friday show.
Ah, TV - what a game.