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It seems that motivational guidance runs in the McGraw family. Dr Phil McGraw has his $200 million empire built on horse sense and the Oprah Winfrey seal of approval. His lovely wife Robin McGraw has her book "Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose". One thing that Robin may be choosing to live without is her big, sweaty, shiftless husband!

Now their marriage has lurched from crisis to crisis for years. Back in Texas, when Phil actually was a shrink, rather than just playing one on TV, he was written up 7 times by the Texas State Board for various ethical violations. They eventually pulled his license. About that same time there were rumours that the good old boy sometimes enjoyed the company of professional companions, along with certain party favours which can get you arrested.

Despite various challenges, Robin stuck by her man during his unlikely rise to the top of the TV chat show racket. However their marriage has been on full red alert for the past year. Phil didn't actually cover himself with glory during the Britney Spears 5150 debacle (which is still fresh in our minds). Phil tried to cash in on Brit's misfortune - and dragged his hapless wife Robin right into the middle of it. Poor Robin, as I recall, had to give some public statements implying that Ms Spears was their house guest.

Well that seems to have put some undue strain on their relationship. However the most recent setback occurred only recently. Robin, like many LA wives, was considering plastic surgery. Nothing radical: only a boob job and a face lift. She asked the good doctor what he thought about this, and his response was less than passionate. He apparently was more concerned about how much it was gonna cost. When he got reassured on that score, his response was more or less "okay, whatever". Well that resulted in Robin packing Phil's over night bag, and the good doctor leaving the premises.

Well Phil has taken to begging, pleading, and even apologizing (didn't she know that he was a jerk when she married him?? Perhaps she thought that he would change?). He's even offering Robin a bigger slice of the Dr Phil pie: more time on his show, and a producer credit!

However Robin has managed to get her own projects on the go. She's been seen regularly on entertainment tonight. She's also hosted some very popular specials on the Home and Garden Network. Now she has her passion book on the go. With that many irons in the fore, she's beginning to see that she doesn't need Phil anymore, because she can make it without him. Dr Phil, on the other hand, feels that he needs her more than ever. Friends claim that the good doctor now realizes that he truly loves her. With $200 million at stake, it may really be a case of Fast Philly figuring that divorce is gonna cost him a lot more than plastic surgery would have. Besides, who knows more shit on him than the woman who stood by him through all of it? A messy and acrimonious divorce could destroy whatever is left of his public image. So much for that patented brand of no nonsense straight shooting self help!

Well Dr Phil's 'straight shootin' routine doesn't seem to be hellping the situation any. Perhaps Robin should ask herself one simple question "What would Wonder Woman do?". Well you can find out by watching the new direct to DVD Justice League New Frontier. If Wonder Woman sounds familiar, it's because Warrior Woman Lucy Lawless is doing the voice over. Now here's a sneak peak!

Wondertrash Bogus Zen:

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Malcolm Muggeridge