Dr. Phil Deletes Controversial Sex Tweet
Written by Tank // August 21, 2013 // Breaking, Celebrity Drama, Hollywood Sausage, Latest News, Question of The Day
(CelebNMusic247-News) Dr Phil Deletes Controversial Sex Tweet
Talk show psychologist Dr. Phil has deleted a controversial sex tweet following a massive public outcry and backlash!
On Tuesday (Aug 20), Dr. Phil tweeted to his 1.7m followers: ‘If a girl is drunk, is it OK to have sex with her? Reply yes or no to @drphil #teensaccused’.
The message which was intended to strike up debate and make people think by Phil McGraw aka Dr. Phil was taken out of context after he reportedly tweeted to his 1.7m followers: ‘If a girl is drunk, is it OK to have sex with her? Reply yes or no to @drphil #teensaccused’.
Phil quickly deleted the text, but had already enraged twitter users with the tweet having been re-posted over 70 times.
A spokesperson for Dr. Phil revealed:
“This Tweet was intended to evoke discussion leading into a very serious show topic based upon a recent news story, hence the #teensaccused label. It was a poll question, not a statement or a joke.”
The tweet which was intended to envoke discussion leading into a very serious show topic based upon a recent news story, hence the #teensaccused label seriously back fired in Dr Phil’s face.
Here is the controversial tweet:
Here’s the drop:
They continued in a statement: ‘As he has maintained over many years, Dr. Phil believes that the position of those incapacitated in any fashion; be it drugs, alcohol, age or mental illness cannot and do not have the capacity to give their consent to anything, especially sex, which could have life changing repercussions.’
Adding: ‘This was a research post in preparation for a show, not a personal post and Dr. Phil deleted it the second he saw it. It was clearly ill-advised. We sincerely apologize that it suggested anything other than what was intended, data gathering. As you can imagine, Dr. Phil is very upset that this happened.’
62-year-old Dr. Phil often asks his twitter followers questions asking for a yes or no response to spark debate.
However, the nature of his latest tweet understandably provoked an angry response from users.
One twitter user named Meg spoke for many of the other outraged users by replying: ‘@DrPhil By law when alcohol is a factor, no one can consent. Don’t know what’s happening to you? It’s rape, period. #teensaccused’.
The tweet also sparked ridicule, with comedian Rob Delaney re-tweeting the post with the message ‘Aren’t you married?’
The Huffington Post reports how Carmen Rios, who started the Change.org petition, has asked Dr. Phil to educate his viewers on assault prevention.
Carmen wrote: Even though he took the tweet down, Dr. Phil should of course admit his error in judgement. But he needs to go a step further.’
‘I am asking Dr. Phil to produce a show that shines a light on survivors of rape and sexual assault and begin a national conversation about the specifics of consent – which includes not raping people while they are drunk or otherwise unable to consent.’
