I’m not sure why TO would appear on the Dr. Phil show if he wasn’t compensated but he claims he wasn’t. Â He’s also claims he’s not “broke” as previously reported, he’s just had to change his spending habits. Â In other words he’s rich people broke. Â Read more after the jump.
How in the world did you find yourself on TV with Dr. Phil?:
“We taped the show about three weeks ago. … I had a friend that knew somebody that worked with the Dr. Phil Show. She called me and obviously with the last couple years there’s been a lot of things going on with me personally and financially. She basically called and said they had been following my situation, because I’ve been in the news obviously with my financial situation. … With that being said, and to keep a long story short, I’ve had to cut down on everything as far as my expenses are concerned. … How I got to Dr. Phil is because the mom of my kids filed contempt because I had to cut their child support payments somewhat in half and because I didn’t work – I wasn’t playing – this past year, I have a lot going out and not a lot coming in. … She said, ‘Would you be willing to go on to kind of set the record straight about what’s going on?’ That’s kind of what I did.â€
More on the situation:
“I will say, for me to be on Dr. Phil at this point in time and if I’m a deadbeat dad, why all of the sudden now am I a deadbeat dad? My oldest son is 12. Why wasn’t I a deadbeat dad 10, 11, 12 years ago? All of this basically stems and is based around the fact that their money has been cut, basically, in more than half.â€
Are you broke or just not as well off as you were before? And were you compensated for the Dr. Phil Show?:
“Number one, no, I was not paid for doing Dr. Phil. I wasn’t. And the other question, no, I’m not broke. My broke, for the normal person, is not their broke. My circumstances have changed. That means I don’t make the same amount of money that I used to make. With my financial situation, people are asking how did I blow $60 million or $80 million? Those numbers are skewed. If you just kind of factor in the numbers of what I made and how many years I’ve played. Other than that, I don’t know what else to say. … I’m not an extravagant living-type person. I didn’t blow my money. My money was stolen and mismanaged. That’s a different story, but that’s why I didn’t have a problem going on Dr. Phil. I trusted people to manage my financial situation and I was taken advantage of. It’s partly my fault because I wasn’t on top of my financial situation.â€
