HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – “Dr. Phil” McGraw is a talk-show host who might want to speak a little less in the future.
Britney Spears’ family is furious with McGraw, saying he crossed the line by not keeping his mouth shut after making a house call on the singer last week.
Lou Taylor, a business manager for Spears’ mother, Lynne, and younger sister, Jamie Lynn, appeared on NBC’s “Today” show and said McGraw had betrayed the family’s trust by speaking to the media about Spears’ mental health after showing up at the 26-year-old pop star’s hospital room on Saturday for a visit.
“The family basically extended an invitation of trust for him to come in as a resource to support them, not to go out and make public statements,” Taylor said. “Any statement publicly that he made, because he was brought in under this cloak of trust, (is) just inappropriate.”
McGraw announced this week that he was shelving plans for a show on Spears’ latest breakdown. He said the singer’s predicament was “too intense” for him to go on with the show.
Spears was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles the night of Jan. 3 after a child custody dispute with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, resulted in an hours-long standoff with police.
On Friday, a court commissioner gave sole physical and legal custody of 1-year-old Jayden James and 2-year-old Sean Preston to Federline.
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