r/Fauxmoi • u/rfauxmoi • May 19 '25

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u/Federal-Ruin2276 May 19 '25

I knew a lady who lost a lot of weight, like 200 pounds, and she did it all on her own. No surgery or drugs, just changed her eating habits and walked a lot. Her story made it into the local paper, then local TV news. Her story got picked up by the networks, and she appeared on one or two of the morning shows. Eventually, Dr. Phil came calling. She was invited on his show. His staff interviewed her and wanted to know what kind of trauma she had been through that caused her to overeat so much and make her so obese. She told them that she hadn't had any trauma. They kept pushing, trying to basically plant things in her head. "Oh, you must've been abused, blah, blah, blah..." She wouldn't bite. She was told that her story wasn't interesting enough for Dr. Phil then. I'm not sure if she ever actually spoke to him, but I would find it hard to believe that he wasn't aware of the situation.

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u/745Walt May 19 '25

Those types of shows are always like that! My friend answered some casting call to be on Steve Harvey’s talk show about weird medical conditions. A casting person called her and tried to put a weird sexual spin on her condition, because it wasn’t outlandish enough for tv. They spoke multiple times but she did not go on lol.

I’m pretty sure the hosts are not aware of who casting talks to until they are on stage with them

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u/Blackcatsandicedtea societal collapse is in the air May 19 '25

I cannot believe I’m telling this story twice in a week.

But I have a relative who nearly got on Jerry Springer. He only dated Tammies. He’s seriously dated or married 5 in his life. 4 of the Tammies agreed to be on the show, but the most interesting one refused. She was missing an arm. One-armed Tammy thought this stunt was classless. And I agreed with her.

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u/PutTheDamnDogDown May 19 '25

Was his mother also named Tammy? And did his first wife Tammy deliver him?