DR PHIL, full name Phillip Calvin MCGraw, has turned 60-years-old today. Best known for his television show 'Dr Phil', MCGraw began his entertainment career with a series of appearances on 'The OPRAH WINFREY Show' in the late 1990s. As well as being a television personality, Dr Phil is also an author and psychologist with most of his work being aimed at topics such as weight loss, and relationships.
MCGraw drew controversy in 2008 when he visited BRITNEY SPEARS in hospital, and issued a press release about the meeting afterwards. At the time, he told 'Entertainment Tonight' correspondent Kevin Frazier, "I talked to (her mother) Lynn, I talked to (her father) Jamie, I talked to Brian, her brother and they were very frustrated that she apparently wasn't going to be held for a longer period of time and they said, will you come talk to her? which I said I would."
MCGraw has penned thirteen self-help books so far, with titles that include 'Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters', 'The Relationship Rescue Workbook' - and his latest release, 2006's 'Love Smart: Find the One You Want - Fix the One You Got'.
