Spears Family Snaps At Dr. Phil

It's no secret that Dr. Phil has been getting a lot of heat from the general public on the way he handled the Britney situation. He visited her in the hospital per her parent request but just a few hours later sent out a press release stating how sick Britney is. That's just wrong!

Jamie and Lynne Spears decided to fight back as well because they thought what Dr. Phil did was wrong too! The Spears family rep Lou Taylor spoke to Meredith Vieira on the "Today" show and said that Dr. Phil handled the Britney situation inappropriately completely screwing up any trust they had for him.

There goes Dr. Phil's ratings!


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loo loo

that was a great interview.

Posted 11 months ago

Tasha

I don't know if he is licensed or not, but if the family was asking him to help as some kind of therapist he shouldn't have issued a press release. Would he have done that for someone else he was helping? No.

La Chat

For Dr. Phil to be able to release any statements about Britney he would have to get permission from the Spear's family to do so, and I don't believe that the Spear's family was not aware that he was going to be releasing a statement or two. Dr. Phil is been in that business long enough to know what he can and can not do. and so what I really think happened was that the Spear's family did in fact invite him in to see Britney, because they are having a hard time yes trusting people with this situation, but I think that before he even seen Brit he made the Spear's family sign a release form so that he could tape the show and make statements to the press, etc. Now I said before that's not the way to go because Dr. Phil said himself that he does not do private one-on-one thearpy if he was going to see someone he has them come on the show, and in order to be film at all for anything legally the people involved sign release no matter who they are.

La chat it does not sound like the Spears family agreed to any release or to appear on the show. If they signed a release they wouldn't be raising hell now. And if Dr. Phil had a signed release he would be on tv waving it around defending himself.

Well maybe soon we will hear something from Dr.Phil's Camp. I personally stand by that Brit was in no condition to have a camera crew up in her face and that's why Dr. Phil was the wrong person to turn to, but that they have to turn to someone, and it should be someone who is professional about what they do so that she get's the proper treatment that she needs and that a trust is formed.

I also think that if what the Spear's family says is true a law suit will arise soon, because it is illegal to do anything of the sort if a release form is not signed. I also think that it's not so much that the Spear's family did not like that Dr. Phil released a statement, but how he worded his statement. His words did come of extream and highly negative.

Lachelle

It is obvious she needs mental and psycholgoical help, he didn't have to say anything!! If he thinks he can help. Lord have mercy let him help. Poor Britney needs all of it she can get. Let's face it everything bad that could happen to her has happened except the one thing that will end it all. Let's all just stop bashing poor Brit Brit and keep her in our prayers. Not just for her sake but for her babies!

According to that spokeswoman the family did not want a statement released at all. But what I want to know is why the hospital let him in her room without her permission in the first place. That is what was inappropriate. It seems like everybody in Hollywood is so star struck. She needs a psychiatrist who will help her without trying to be a star. Just someone who will do what they went to school for.

It's not unapproiate Tasha, because the Spear's family gave him permission to go into her room and she was mentally unstable at that time to give anyone permission to do anything so when that happens her family are the next in line to make her decisions for her wither or not she likes what they choose to do for her.

Chloe

Did they really expect him NOT to talk?? He's a TV personality above all else, people! If they really wanted a professional, they should have gotten a PRIVATE caretaker, not Dr. Phil from the TV show...Gimme a break! This family always tries to victimize itself.

Parents make decisions for Britney? According to who? La Chat Britney is a grown woman. Her parents can not give their consent for her. The hospital should have ASKED Britney, who was the patient, if she wanted to see Dr. Phil. No one had the right to come into her room without her permission. We might think she is unstable, but she was not declared insane by the hospital. In fact they let her go. And her parents weren't granted the rights by any court to make decisions for her. Some legal eagle on tv said the reason the hospital is being so quiet is because they know they could get in trouble for this.

Kerry

LaChat - you do not know what you are talking about. It doesn't matter what the family consented to or not. Britney is an adult and has the right to consent or not consent to her own treatment, which is why it has been so challenging to get her help. Only a judge can declare someone incompetant as an adult and court appoint a guardian to make medical decisions for them. That has not happened yet with Britney and the parents have no rights to give permission around her treatment or force her into treatment. I doubt Dr. Phil had a release signed by Britney to discuss her mental state with the press. I don't know if Brit has enough to file a lawsuit but she at least could file a complaint against his license.

See the problem with that Tasha is that she is not in the postion after having that meltdown for her to say what's okay and not okay. Yes she is a adult, yes she should be able to think for herself and make decisions for herself, but at that particular moment in time she was not in the postion to do so. It's like when people are in comma's (Sorry that I had to use this as a example, but it's a good way for me to explane my thoughts) they can't say what they want a doctor to do for them so they have their family's make decisions for them, and like I said they might not like the choices, but sometimes people are just not capable of making choices for themselves. Yes I know Brit has a voice, and she can speak for herself, but I think a alot of people felt she was unstable at that time do to her reactions to that night. Yes I know no one decleared her unstable, but as another example if you see a person and they were having a heart attack do you wait for a paramedics to prove that theory? (keep in mind that this person is in fact dying) or do you start CPR immediately and have someone else call for help this way their is a chance that you can save that persons life? See sometimes you can't wait for someone of authority to make those judgement calls. Sometimes you have to decided what's right and to be honest I don't believe anyone should have more authority to make a decision then your biological family. Who the hell could know you better unless of course you were adopted. I think that would probably change things up a bit.

lucas jackson

poor britney. sniff

Jessie

Hey La chat you're smoking crack right? If doctors ran hospitals based on your "logic" they would get sued more than they already are.

Britney was not incapacitated. She wasn't in a coma. In fact she was packing to leave when he walked in. She was capable of making her own decision. Her parents can't give their consent regarding her unless she is declared incompetent. That has not happened yet.

Jessie I leave the crack to you and your bitch and Whitney H.

Tasha...I'm not trying to start anything with you or get on you bad side, but I find it strange that you go from saying this girl needs to get professional help to it was unapproiate for Dr. Phil to walk in her room with out her permission. I'm starting to think that you are a fake Tasha because your opinions don't usually change so quickly and considering you been typing "she's her own worst enemy" on 1/9/08 @ 1:36 P.M. then you also wrote also on 1/9/08 @ 9:30 A.M. that "getting help will be the only way to get the kids back. The judge is not going to return the kids unless there is a major change in her behavior. She's scared as being classified unfit? she already has been."

Jeff

Before you go shooting off on the mouth on a subject you don't know shit about take the time to do some research. La chat it's called Hippa law. Please look it up. You will see Dr. Phil should not have made it past the nurse's station much less in Britney's room with her permission. Who cares what her dad wanted. Yeah the hospital has no comment because they know they violated her medical privacy rights. First the Quaid twins now this shit. What kind of operation is Cedar Sinai running out there?

Excuse me. I disagree with your ass, I'm fake? I've always said she desperately needs help, not just to get her kids back, but to get herself together again. Something is terribly wrong with her. But that keystone cop operation with Dr. Phil was unethical if not illegal. Barging into her room then giving a press release to Entertainment Tonight on her condition was not the way to do it. And how did he know her condition? Did he examine her? Every shrink on tv thinks he crossed the line. And I do too. Those are my thoughts and if makes me fake so then so fuckin' be it!

Bonnie

This is why I hate coming on these boards. Sometimes it gets too intense. I will put in my 2 cents and you can take it or leave it. I work in a hospital as a benefits administrator. I do battle with insurance companies all day. When Dr. Seuss, I mean Dr. Phil was allowed into her room, it was a major violation and non compliance of Hippa. Trust me when I tell you that the hospital legal dept is hoping that Britney is more concerned about her next Starbucks or gas station run than filing a complaint about her medical privacy rights being violated. She would be right, no matter how well meaning her parents might have been.

Tasha I had to question this with all the problems at the end of last year. I found it strange that one second you say one thing and the next second you say another. From your past entires you were never like that so it drew up a flag. It seemed to me that you could be the hollyscoop stalker(this is what I meant by fake), and normally I wouldn't question it, but I did find it odd.

Whatever......I have always said Brit needed help. That view has not changed. I think the way Dr. Phil handled things was unethical. She needs a no name doc who is not trying to get ratings or be a star at her expense. You felt Dr. Phil was right, that's your choice. But I disagree, so you take from that whatever you want to take from it ok?

Well now I know for sure your Tasha. Sorry about me having to question it, but I had concerns. For him being right or wrong. I agree with you that they need someone that is not going to come at her with a media angel, no cameras, not be documenting their conversation right away. She needs to have a environment in which she feels safe and secure so that she can open up and discuss her problems and with her life and who she is that's extreamly difficult, but It's obvious that she does need help and Dr. Phil has resources that might be a starting point for her. How he went about it might not be the best way he could of due to who she is and how she's been rebelling, but she should have at least let him talk to her on a one-and-one basis no cameras what so ever. If he relased a statement then more then likely he had her family sign a release form so that he could air the show, and so that he might be able to put quotes maybe by her or by him, and I pretty sure given the experience that he had in television he knows what he needs them to sign and that he would not be going into that situation without it signed, and for the fact that you meantioned waving it around if he had it. He might not be allowed to if the Spear's family is having a lawsuit take place later on down the road. For who invited him into the room was Brit's mom, sister and brother. They were concerned about her and maybe they did not know who to turn to. You can't just get a nobody, because you can't trust weither they are good or not, and you can't get someone who is all about the media, because you can't rely on them. So who do you get?

Sorry Tasha it looks like I gave you a novel to read. lol, but I tried to make some excellent points for this matter.


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