Dr. Phil Spins His Side

Dr. Phil issued the following statement to Entertainment Tonight:

“As was widely reported this weekend, at the request of concerned family members, I visited Britney Spears in the hospital. The details of that visit will, of course, remain private. We had planned to tape a ‘Dr. Phil Now’ show tomorrow, focusing not on the tabloid side of Britney’s latest problems, but instead on the very serious issues surrounding this case. Clearly, it is not just Britney’s family struggling to find a way to protect adult children who cannot be ordered or compelled to seek help. Because the Spears situation is too intense at this time, and out of consideration to the family, I have made the decision not to move forward with the taping at this particular time. Britney and her family are in our prayers and we ask that they be in yours.”

Oh, we’re praying all right!

[image: Joe Cavaretta / AP file]

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Brit’s Dad Says No To the TV Doctor

Father Spears steps in to indirectly tell Dr. Phil to back off.

Life & Style reports Britney Spears’ dad Jamie Spears has angrily banned the family from any involvement or participation with Dr. Phil’s planned Britney-intervention episode, a source linked to Dr. Phil’s camp tells Life & Style.

“As soon as Jamie realized Dr. Phil was making public statements about Britney, including assessments of her condition, he got angry. He started making phone calls to everybody in the family, telling them not to cooperate with Dr. Phil.

“Jamie was totally incensed that Dr. Phil—who he knows a little, because Lynne is friends with Dr. Phil’s wife—seemed to be using Britney for self-promotion.

“Dr. Phil had told Jamie everything would be off the record until the show was done.

“But after Jamie made his phone calls, Lynne and Bryan [their son] agreed not to appear on Dr. Phil’s show.”

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The Spin Dr. Tells a Different Story

Dr. Phil’s visit with Britney Spears didn’t go as well as he reported to the press tells TMZ.

Rather than the reported lunchtime 1 hour visit, followed by an escort to the car. People on the 7th floor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center say the Doctor arrived at about 7:30 AM Saturday, unaware and uninvited by Britney. Sources say it was Brit’s parents who told Dr. Phil to go to the hospital. When he walked into her room, we’re told, a blindsided Britney walked out and eventually came back.

Sources say Phil tried speaking with Spears for about 15 minutes – not an hour as Dr. Phil’s press release states – but she wanted none of it. We’re told Phil was doing almost all the talking. As for walking with her to the car on her way out – again as his release states – we’re told, if he was walking behind her, that’s news to her. She absolutely was not accompanied by him.

Sources say Dr. Phil somehow convinced Brit’s mom and dad to be on his show, which will tape Monday and air Tuesday (it was just moved up a day), but, as one person put it, “Based on the interaction between Dr. Phil and Britney this morning, it’ll be a cold day in hell before Britney goes on his show.” We’re told she absolutely will not appear on the program.

Sources say Dr. Phil wants to do a television intervention, something that isn’t sitting well with some of the people who have known for a while that Britney has a very serious mental condition – likely a bipolar disorder that is now in the red zone.

TMZ contacted Cedars to find out why the hospital let a television doctor on a floor that has such fragile patients, particularly since Britney had no idea he was coming. It’s especially troublesome that Cedars let Dr. Phil go uninvited to Britney’s room, since she had already been discharged and presumably had a right to know if someone wanted to visit. A Cedars rep made it short and sweet, telling us “No comment.”

A rep from the “Dr. Phil” show had no comment as well, other than “Dr. Phil met with Ms. Spears at family members’ invitation.”

Would be so great to see her on Dr. Phil on Tuesday. Truthfully, we hope that some doctor reaches her before it’s too late.

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Dr. TV Gets a Piece of Britney

Before they turned crazy loose Dr. Phil got his hillbilly ass in there for a one hour meeting. “Now ya know Britney that yer startin ta look like ya really crazy. You can’t be goin off and holdin yer kids hostage.”

Here’s what Dr. Phil told Entertainment Tonight and The Insider about his meeting with cracked Britters:

“My meeting with Britney and some 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. She was released moments before my arrival and was packing when I entered the room,” Dr. Phil adds. “We visited for about an hour before I walked with her to her car. I am very concerned for her.”

Deeply concerned for her, but did get her to agree to appear on his daytime show next week. Although that would be awesome, that’s not going to happen unless he’s secretly shooting from the Starbuck’s on Sunset.

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