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Phil McGraw’s ex-wife has a lot to say about their marriage

The ex-wife of Dr. Phil over the years has a lot of things to say about their ended marriage, he described their marriage as the worst and her ex-husband was domineering.

Dr. Phil has always paid a blind eye to all that she has to say and has preferred to maintain a low profile about all that has happened.

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Phil McGraw has grown to be one of the highest-paid daytime talk show hosts ever and he’s also popular for his best-selling books.

According to some reports, the 70-year-old is worth an estimated $400 million today and, as a result, could retire any time he wants.

Amidst having a good and thriving career, he seems to have a lot of dirt attached to him. There are stories of him exploiting mentally impaired people, sexual abuses, and lawsuits.

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Phil McGraw is happily married to Robin McGraw and before she came into the picture Debbie Higgins was there, his high school sweetheart.

Phil and Robin have managed to be together for over 4 decades and they are still waxing strong.

Phil grew up among the oil fields in North Texas but was forced to move to Kansas when his father got an internship.

According to Debbie, Phil didn’t want to move from Texas.

“Daddy made him come up here because he wanted to keep an eye on him,” Debbie told The Kansas City Star in 2002.

In an interview with The Kansas City Star, Debbie described what Phil was like as a boyfriend. According to her, he was ”kind” and ”sensitive”.

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Things fell out of place after they got married and Debbie made some nasty accusations against Phil, claiming that he was dominant against her.

Phil wanted her to stay at home, also to work on her chest and there were cases of him cheating on her.

”When I confronted him about his infidelities, he didn’t deny these girls and told me that it had nothing to do with his feelings toward me, to grow up, that’s the way it was in the world,” Debbie said in 2002.

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about his first marriage. The only time he talked about it was in an interview with Newsweek.

At the time, there was pressure to get married, Phil said.

”I was the big football player, and she was the cheerleader. This was just the next thing to do. It just didn’t work out,” he said.

Today, Phil is focused on his current marriage with Robin. Phil and Robin began dating after the annulment process in 1973, according to Ninja Journalist.

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