An Alaskan mother of a 7-year-old boy was convicted this week of using hot sauce to torture her son. According to testimony Jessica Beagley, 36, squirted hot sauce into her sons mouth and made him take cold showers so she would be picked for an episode of the Dr. Phil Show where the abusive scenes eventually aired to a national audience and lead to her arrest and conviction.

Sentencing has not yet commenced however she could face a fine up to $10,000 and a maximum of one year in prison based on the judges sentencing ruling.

During her defense Beagley’s attorneys argued that she “was doing the best she could” and said she was using the forms of punishment she chose because the boy had “emotional problems.” The prosecution painted a very different picture, noting that Beagley had tried to get on the show before but was denied access.

Attorney’s for the prosecution said:

“There is no reason in the world why someone has to hurt a child to get on a reality show.”

Dr. Phil also gave transcribed testimony in which he said the mothers actions were “absolutely outrageous. It is over the top, it is abusive.”

I never thought I would admit it but there really are talk show guests more crazy than Jerry Springer or Ricki Lake visitors.

Do you think Jessica Beagley should be given the maximum fine and one full year in jail, I personally don’t believe those punishments are enough given her attacks on a very young defenseless child.

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Jay McGraw, the son of Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife Erica are expecting a baby, the second grandchild for grandpa Phil.

Jay, the producer of The Doctors officially made the announcement during a taping of the Dr. Phil show.

After announcing their first child while on a family vacation in Italy Dr. Phil said:

“I think Jay and Erica were totally ready and will make the best parents a child could ever want. I plan to be the typical doting grandfather that gets to do all the fun stuff and none of the tough stuff.”

Jay and Erica have even went so far to share an ultrasound of their first baby on Jay’s show.

Erica and Jay have been married since 2006.

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While Oprah Winfrey may have discovered Dr. Phil McGraw, there appears at least in one case to be no love lost between the pair.

TMZ has learned that Dr. Phil tried to steal away the Natalee Holloway interview from Oprah once he learned that his boss (she owns Harpo Productions which owns his show) was getting ready to interview Natalee’s mother Beth.

According to documents obtained from the Dr. Phil production team, Beth was set to interview with Oprah on Sept. 20, 2005, however Dr. Phil wanted to snag her away for a “first interview” before she could get to Oprah.

In one of the documents, using his initials (DPM – Dr. Phil McGraw) a producer said:

“But we can OUT SCOOP Oprah & do the show w/ her first no matter what we find tomorrow we still have an interesting show – plus only YOU can really help.”

To which Dr. Phil responded:

“WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SCOOP THE DEAL SO IF WE NEED TO SHOOT THIS WEEK THEN LETS DO IT.”  to which Phil added:  “IF SHE [Beth] TELLS THE OPRAH PEOPLE ABOUT US THEY WILL LIKELY ATTEMPT TO DERAIL IT BY MOVING UP THEIR SCHEDULE.”

Finally his producer ended the conversation with:

“Grea[t] & she won’t say anything to oprahs peeps she knows it would jeopardize what we are doing – I’ll email you both tomorrow as soon as I talk to jamie & we can go from there!! Yippie scoopen the big O!!”

We’re not sure if this is a “love lost” type of scenario or just a friendly game of “who can get the big scoop” first, in any case if I were Dr. Phil I would be treading lightly around Harpo Productions.

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Ted Williams, the homeless man with a “golden voice,” is having the most eventful January that has ever occurred.

Williams, as you probably know, started out the year living on the streets of Columbus and voice-busking for money. After a video of his talents went viral on Reddit, Williams was abruptly whisked from the streets, given a house and landed several jobs. He recorded a Superbowl ad for Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese, but soon (really soon) made headlines again because he was arrested at a Los Angeles hotel for an altercation with his adult daughter- reportedly over money.

Still in January, he found the time to appear on the show of celebrity stern taking-toer Dr. Phil McGraw, former right hand straight-shooter of Miss Oprah Winfrey herself. Dr. Phil coaxed Williams into rehab, normally an act that signals the end or dormancy of the celebrity cycle in a famous person, sparking concern that Williams had or was about to relapse. (Williams admitted it was substance abuse issues that landed him on the streets.) Williams’ girlfriend remains in a different California rehab center, but the location of the luckiest homeless man in the US is not currently known, at least to the press.

In a statement Dr. Phil released yesterday, he acknowledges Williams’ choice in the matter and wishes him well:

“Ted was given the chance to voluntarily enter a drug rehabilitation facility in order to help him in dealing with his dependency on drugs and alcohol. In that it is voluntary, the decision to remain in treatment is Ted’s to make. We certainly hope that he continues his commitment to sobriety, and we will continue to help and support him in any way that we can. We wish him well.”

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Dr. Phil McGraw, America’s busybody, has reportedly talked newly homeful and “Golden Voiced” former homeless man Ted Williams into going to rehab after Williams got into an altercation with one of his up-until-recently estranged children at a Los Angeles hotel.

Williams has struggled with addiction in the past, but was reportedly clean for two years leading up to his discovery on an Ohio city streetcorner. Now thanks to Dr. Phil, he will be away from the harmful, productive environment of being on TV and getting paid and mark his first month in a while of gainful employment by surrounding himself with other people with substance abuse problems- an environment not too different from the streets that were his home just a scant week and a half ago:

“If Ted is ever going to get better, he’s got to be honest with himself and admit he’s addicted to drugs and alcohol,” said Dr. Phil McGraw. “I’ve told him it’s not going to be easy and it’s going to take a lot of hard work. It might be a long journey for him, but this is a big step in the right direction.”

While a measure of counseling and guidance is certainly a good thing for Williams, it seems like a bit much to thrust upon the man at the apex of his national recognition and as offers roll in. Either way, hopefully Williams will find the support he needs without having to be kept away from doing what he seems to be so gifted in doing.

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George Clooney has reportedly been approached to play Dr. Phil in a biopic based on Dr. Phil’s life.

According to reports, Dr. Phil himself approached Clooney to play the role, however Clooney wasn’t that keen. “George didn’t seem too overly excited, but did say he’d willing to read a script once it’s compleated and they’ll go from there” said a source.

The boipic, titled “Tell It Like It Is” hasn’t gone into formal development yet.

(via PopCrunch)

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