In January 2022, Dr. Phil had Matt Walsh on his show to make anti-transgender and anti-nonbinary arguments. It's toxic to me, so I've considered writing about why this was a bad thing to do and why the episode is bad, but I never seem to have the time nor emotional energy for it.
In April 2014, I wrote about "The most embarrassing 'Dr. Phil' episodes" and published my list to Helium Network, a platform that went offline later that year. I moved the article to this blog in December 2017, where it was viewed over 1,000 times. In April 2022, having become aware of the Matt Walsh episode, I took down the original "embarrassing episodes" list, as the Matt Walsh episode takes the cake in a bad way. On the original URL (the one you're looking at right now), I've replaced the original list with these new words.
Instead of a counter-screed, I make only a brief statement: The Matt Walsh episode is the most embarrassing Dr. Phil episode ever. Dr. Phil embarrassed himself, too, by hosting it.
The January 2022 episode
Where Matt Walsh stands in June 2022
Where he stands in March 2023
He admits he's believed for "years" that "the trans movement is the greatest evil our country faces."
So, if he's telling the truth, he already believed trans people were the supreme evil when Dr. Phil invited him on the show to speak directly with a trans person.
Matt came to this conclusion right after they lost the battle to convince the world that the gay rights movement was the greatest evil the world has ever faced.
— Aidan Comerford (@AidanCTweets) March 28, 2023
"Gay marriage will destroy society," they wailed.
It was bullshit then; and this is bullshit now. pic.twitter.com/hRpeHFSFCT
Don't be anti-transgender. You embarrass yourself.
That's all I want to say.
(I do not have to blog here simply to prove that I can. If you are interested in my opinions and knowledge base on trans/queer matters, I have published three nonfiction books (see my bio) and over 500 blog posts about transphobia/homophobia. If you are genuinely interested in my thoughts, please read those, since they are already written.)
(Why are there words in this space, then? Again, because there were already words in this space for four years, and I no longer want them to be here, so I am explaining why I removed them.)
(Update, as of mid-2026: Ever since I removed the main content here four years ago, this post has continued to get about 10 visitors per month, so I'll leave it up.)
Actually, I do want to say one more thing: Please buy a book by a transgender author. Comments are closed to people who haven't done this.
The end.
...Or is it?
"CNN’s Brian Stelter reported today that television personality Dr. Phil McGraw and his camera crew were embedded with ICE during the raids.
According to Dr. Phil’s right-wing TV channel, he was there “to get a first-hand look at the targeted operations.” He also had “exclusive” access to Tom Homan, the man known as Trump’s “border czar,” and recorded interviews with him before and after the L.A. sweeps."
— Heather Cox Richardson, June 9, 2025, Letters from an American, Jun 10, 2025
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