Dr. Phil responds to critics who accuse him exploiting people with mental illness

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/otilliasteadman/dr-phil-celebrities-criticism-exploit-mentally-ill-shelley

“Somebody’s gonna have an issue with what you do, no matter what you do," he said on Facebook Watch's Buzzfeed News show Profile. "You can sit there and read the phone book. You can stare at the camera and go into a coma. You can say A, B, or C. Somebody is going to have an issue with what you do. You know, President Roosevelt said it well — you know, the credit goes to the man in the arena, you know, the man that stumbles while striving to do greatly." Dr. Phil also said he privately counsels many celebrities and other people in the public eye.