Is anyone actually surprised by this in the least?
“Talk show psychologist Dr Phil has been slammed by viewers for “exploiting” former Hollywood actress Shelley Duvall’s mental illness in an upcoming episode.
“A short promo from an episode due to air in the US tomorrow shows the now 67-year-old actress – nearly unrecognisable from the distinctive presence that graced ’70s and ’80s classics including Annie Hall and, most famously, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining – telling the host, “I’m very sick and I need help.”
“In the unsettling 30-second clip, she also tells Dr Phil that she’s being threatened by “the sheriff of Nottingham” and that late actor Robin Williams, her co-star in Robert Altman’s 1980 blockbuster Popeye, isn’t dead.”
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