Apparently we're not the only ones who thought good 'ol Dr. Phil was trying to cash in on Britney Spears. Brit's family is speaking out, via a spokesperson on Wednesday's Today show, and accusing the TV doc violating their trust. "What's wrong with Dr. Phil's statement," said Lou Taylor, referring to Phil's words to Entertainment Tonight, saying Britney where he insisted Britney was in need of physical and psychological medical attention, "is that he made a statement. 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. "He was not invited to make this part of a public display or part of the media."
Uh-oh. As for the show Dr. Phil was putting together on the Spears family, the rep says that Dr. Phil was "self-serving" in his request for them to go on, and "it was decided it would be detrimental to ever do that." She also blamed Phil for "compromising" Britney's relationship with Lynne and Jamie Lynn. I don't know about that last part, since things haven't seemed peachy between Brit and her fam in a long time, but I'm glad Dr. Phil is getting dogged for his attempt to use Britney's mess of a life to raise his stock. I guess the McGraws can cross the Spears family off their Christmas card list.
