Shelley Duvall emerged five years after her controversial 2016 appearance on ‘Dr. Phil. ‘
The actress has been leading a private life in Texas for nearly three decades. Her last film credit was the independent film “Manna from Heaven” from 2002. The 71-year-old told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Thursday that she was initially contacted by a producer from the day’s program.
Critics downplayed the appearance because they took advantage of her mental health battle.
“I found out what kind of person he is the hard way,” Duvall admitted. ” My mother did not like him either. ‘
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Shelley Duvall’s last film credit in 2002 was the film ‘Manna from Heaven’.
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According to Duvall, host Phil McGraw tried to get in touch with her mother repeatedly, even after the show.
“He started calling my mother,” Duvall said. “She told him, ‘Don’t call my daughter anymore.’ But he kept calling my mother and trying to get her to talk to me again. ‘
In a statement at the outlet, a spokesman for Dr. Phil ‘:’ We consider every Dr Phil episode, including Miss Duvall and her battle with mental illness, as an opportunity to share reliable, useful information and perspective with our audience. . “
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“We do not attach the stigma associated with mental illness, which many do,” the statement continued. “With no one else offering help, our goal was to document the struggle and bring incredible resources to change her trajectory as we have been doing for as many as 19 years.
Dr. Phil McGraw has been widely criticized for exploiting Shelley Duvall’s mental health struggle.
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“Unfortunately, she turned down our initial offer of inpatient treatment, which would include full physical and mental evaluations, and gave her the opportunity to deal with her challenges privately. After many months of follow-up, in collaboration with her mother, she “In the end, we refused. We were obviously very disappointed, but the offers for help remain open today.”
THR writer Seth Abramovitch said Duvall’s “mood flowed throughout the day” was “sharp” in her memory. She also appeared ‘visibly saddened’ when McGraw’s name was mentioned.
“It did not feel good for McGraw’s insensitive bystander to be the last word on her legacy,” he wrote.
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One of the many people who criticized McGraw (70) for broadcasting Duvall at the time was Vivian Kubrick, the daughter of Stanley Kubrick, the director of The The Shining.
American actors Jack Nicholson (right), Danny Lloyd and Shelley Duvall on the set of ‘The Shining’, based on the novel by Stephen King, and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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“You put Shelly Duvall ‘in the show’ while she’s suffering from a pitiful state of ill health,” Kubrick said. tweeted. “It’s undoubtedly a pure form of impeccable and exploitative entertainment – it’s terribly cruel.”
“Shelley Duvall was a movie star … whatever dignity an unhappy creature has in this world, she is denied because you portray her in this way,” the 60-year-old continued. “I am reluctant in disgust. I hope that others with me will boycott your completely heartless form of entertainment, because it has nothing to do with compassionate healing. Sincerely disgusted.”