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Dr. Phil Cancels Britney Spears Show
MONDAY JANUARY 07, 2008 01:30 PM EST


Britney Spears (left) and Dr. Phil McGraw

Photo by: INF; Photopro / Landov


Dr. Phil McGraw has canceled plans to dedicate a show to Britney Spears, calling the situation "too intense," he announced on his Web site Monday.

"As was widely reported this weekend, at the request of concerned family members, I visited Britney Spears in the hospital. The details of that visit will, of course, remain private," he said in a message online.

"We had planned to tape a Dr. Phil Now show today, focusing not on the tabloid side of Britney's latest problems, but instead on the very serious issues surrounding this case. Clearly, it is not just Britney's family struggling to find a way to protect adult children who cannot be ordered or compelled to seek help.

"Because the Spears situation is too intense at this time, and out of consideration to the family, I have made the decision not to move forward with the taping at this particular time.

"Britney and her family are in our prayers, and we ask that they be in yours."

Earlier on Monday, McGraw appeared on CBS's The Early Show and said that Spears's family was "very frustrated" that the pop star wasn't held for a longer period of time at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was admitted last week.

Spears, 26, was hospitalized early the morning of Jan. 4 under California's "5150 Hold," in which she was deemed a danger to herself or others and could be held for 72 hours for evaluation. But Spears left the hospital on Saturday, well before the 72 hours. Patients can be released early if doctors determine they no longer require treatment or evaluation. 


I think the media should step away from brittany and stop giving her the attention she so craves. Will never happen, but that is what it will take. She has spiralled so far out of control and obviously, nobody is taking it seriously. Shut off the cameras, get her off the newstand covers and out of the news.

I honestly think that, rather than the Spears family asking him not to do it, he was given a heads up by his producers about the feedback on his website and other places.

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