Dr. Phil - "Another Ambulance Chaser to the Stars"

I'm sure there will be the requisite amount of sympathy this week for the fiancee of the late Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriot wide receiver who killed himself a few weeks ago after being acquitted of double murder charges.

Seems the fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, appeared this week on the "Dr. Phil" show and is going all "conspiracy theory" on us, suggesting she doesn't believe Hernandez took his own life.

And of course, she offers absolutely no proof of this claim whatsoever. Merely her own romanticized, idyllic "poster boy" memories of the man who was convicted of murder and was serving a life sentence for the death of Odin Lloyd.

She claims in the interview, which airs over two days on the program, that Hernandez didn't speak about suicidal thoughts in their final conversation(s) before prison guards found him dead after hanging himself in a solitary cell.

Now, I'm the first to admit that I have -- from time to time -- wanted to believe the best of people, even in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. We don't like to admit to ourselves or to our closest of friends or colleagues that we made a horrific mistake in judgment.

So I'm not really angry with Shayanna for her tearful accounts of remembering the man she loved, or at least her own accounts of the man she claimed him to be.

But Dr. Phil, also known as Phil McGraw, has been a fixture on television for nearly 20 years. A "cast member" for lack of a better term from the old "Oprah Winfrey Show" days, McGraw has made a career out of humiliation and over-sensationalism at nearly every opportunity.

The same man who has the word "Doctor" in front of his name is also the same man who - just recently - shamefully exploited the hype and nonsensical monstrosity of Danielle Bregoli (also known as the "Cash Me Outside" girl). 

I'm sad that Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez and her daughter will possibly never come to terms with the truth.

What we know, what we can prove is this:

Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murder.
Aaron Hernandez is dead.

Anything else beyond that is pure conjecture, mere speculation. It does nothing but drudge up the sadness, the sorrow, the inexplicable grief and the endless amount of time spent by both mother and daughter wondering what could have been. 

And of course, Dr. Phil used all those emotions to drum up ratings, hype up his own career and boost attention to himself.

Doctors are supposed to help. 

The only person being helped here is the man who decided to exploit someone else's grief for potentially increased ad revenue and exposure.

Nicely done, Phil. Nicely done.

For the record, I've attached a clip from my favorite comedian Doug Stanhope, who also has some very damning and compelling statements about the so-called Doctor.

Enjoy.

That is all.


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