‘Dr. Drew’ show canceled days after host’s negative speculation about Hillary Clinton’s health

[screamingintune]

UPDATE: The firing was apparently unrelated to the Clinton remarks: http://www.thewrap.com/dr-drew-pinsky-was-not-canceled-because-of-his-hillary-clinton-remarks/

Comments

[lovedforaday]

i'm sure that he was going to be cancelled even if he didn't say that dumb shit. HLN is in the process of revamping and rebranding, his yelll-y *low-rated* tabloid talk show was dead no matter what.

[screamingintune]

you are apparently correct:

http://www.thewrap.com/dr-drew-pinsky-was-not-canceled-because-of-his-hillary-clinton-remarks/

[maynardsong]

He showed his ass in Loveline too TBH. He was handwringing about how Cosmo and Sex and the City made women "act like men" and "they're not enlightened" and "that's not what women want, women don't want what men want". And I was like, "OK, Mr. Enlightened, what do women want?"

In another moment, a man called saying he had a vasectomy because his wife didn't want kids. Dr. Drew asked why she didn't get a tubal, and Adam Corolla made whipping noises.

And Dr. Drew has gone on and on about how emotionally traumatizing abortion can be. And he thinks every woman must use the Pill.

[screamingintune]

yeah, I've never liked him. And Carolla is garbage too. Neither of them should be giving anyone advice.

[wuvvumsoc]

Eww. Doesn't he know that having a vasectomy is safer than a tubal? And I bet even if he did know he wouldn't care.

[makemegood]

He should have been fired for a lot of other things.

This seems totally political, as if having an opinion about Hillary Clinton that doesn't support her bid for presidency will get you fired. You can be an ableist, sexist asshole all you want, just don't fuck with Hillary Clinton.

[screamingintune]

apparently lovedforaday was right -- this decision was made weeks ago:

http://www.thewrap.com/dr-drew-pinsky-was-not-canceled-because-of-his-hillary-clinton-remarks/