I believe we both appeared on the same episode. I was the one with the little girl and baby boy. You said you were from CO and we both stayed at the Skyline Hotel. Are you the right one? I had the same experience with Dr. Ablow. I thought it was so weird that he met us a couple minutes before we went on air and then he acted like he had known us and talked to us forever once we were taping. We were told that he would provide us with treatment and they would be following up and making sure we were doing well. No treatment and no follow-up was provided. They called literally 3 days after we got back asking for an update and wanting us to record one. I thought that was crazy! They did give us one local resource and let us know that they would be expecting our call. The people didn’t even know what I was talking about when I called. Without the help of Dr. Ablow, or any treatment for that matter, things have gotten a lot better around here. I am so glad your son is doing well and getting better. I hope you guys have a great holiday! =D

-Angela

He probably has sweet dreams about replacing Dr Phil.

We were on the episode Ultimate Betrayal. I was pregnant & my husband was on drugs & kept taking off on me, so my Aunt wrote in to the Dr. Keith show. They contacted us & wanted to bring us out there. I guess in the process they learned that when my husband & I were just dating, that I cheated on him (which was over 5 years ago I might add & we have fixed that). Well, they turned the whole show into me & my husbands twin having an affair. Never touched the drug issues & promised us therapy that they NEVER came through with.

After the show was done taping they had the audacity to ask my husband if I was on something because I was so out of it from the whirlwind that had happened.

THEY NEVER MENTIONED WHAT THE SHOW WAS ABOUT UNTIL WE STEPPED ON STAGE!

While complaining after the filming, we were told we were the only ones who had ever complained about how they did things. And we were treated like dirt.

God riddance Dr. Keith. Thanks for nothing.

I appreciated the way he did not shout or
cuss at the people he interviewed. I guess he wasn’t “showy” enough.
Too bad; so sad. I miss him.

Rev. Jack Wachenschwanz
Anderson, Indiana

It truly amazes me to read the negative input about Dr. Keith. I am a skeptic who usually assumes any television personality who expresses empathy towards others is just for show; but that is absolutely not the case with Dr. Keith Ablow. His compassion is genuine. His work is brilliant. He did an incredible job hosting a television show that was a challenging format to begin with. I wish him success with his current and future endeavors.

I just felt i had to write to you in regards to this.

I felt so bad for this kid i almost wanted to cry for him and give him a big hug..
Im sorry i cant agree with his mom on the fact she left him and took off.. I dont care if he was from my dad (well i do c care) but i would have never left him for the wolves as she did. The fact taht everytime she looked at him she thought of the rape.. And to say that on TV. Im sorry i would have lied and come up with another excuse why i left him there like i didnt have the means to suppost him.. He is her son nomatter what the reason. Listening to him talk just tore at my heart. If it was me i think i would have found a way to not make it aobut the rape but all about my son. mabe its easy for me to say because it didtn happen to me but. I dont write to shows, i never have but i just had to on this one.. its like i cant stop thinking of this kid and all the pain he has. and to think his mother could let him deal with it by hisself to me isnt fair. your kids pain shouold come before you pain no matter what the situation is. I thougt it ver selfish on her part. she is the adult and she should have tried to help him deal and in retun would have seen the real person inside of him and not her father.. i wish i could write to him myself just for moral suppost. of course i woulnd never put his mom down for doing it. but he seems to need friends or at least someone he can talk to jsut to say it will be ok.
I hope i didnt sound like i was ranting about his mom. I just think she couuld have found a way to keep him and not let him stay with the person that abused her so he can abuse her son as welll.

It would appear that the good doctor took offense to the father of those adult daughters acknowledging that he did not trust any white man. It would also appear that Ablow took issue with the fact that the former Black Panther had not seen his grandchildren due to the fact that one of his daughters is married to a caucasian. Ablow, again attacked his guest by asking the man, “What type grandfather are you?”

This type of questioning places a guest in a position to be defensive. This mode of questioning used by Ablow was done intentionally to make the Black man appear stupid. Ablow was quite aware of the tactics he used against this guest! What type of therapist is Ablow?

During that same program, which aired on the same day, there was a white woman who hated her daughter’s choice of a Black male as a boyfirend. This mother contradicted herself multiple times. She kept backing her thing up and switching the gears about how she felt about Black people. She first began by stating that “black people did not care about themselves. That Black people are in the position they are because they don’t care about themselves. She went further by saying that black people smelled and even further by spewing her hatred that black people are ignorant and that black men who date or marry white women should be or would have been hanged from a tree for their relationships with white women. This poor sick and tired woman could not step up to the plate to sit down with her daughter’s man by sharing manna. Was she chastised as was the Black man? No, not at all. This same guest on Ablow’s show stated publicly that she would not have anything to do with “it.” This “it” was in reference to any bi-racial grandchildren that might result from her daughter’s relationship with her boyfriend. This tired, former alcoholic referred to Blacks as “niggers” several times during the program.

This guest was slightly reprimanded by Ablow. Other than that admonishment, he did not attack her as he did the African American man. Why was this? Was he afraid to stand up to the white man for fear that white men would retaliate against him for doing so? Did he believe that the Black man did not or does not have a valid point for upholding his views?

Did Ablow make rational allowances and excuses for the African American man as he had done for the white woman on the stage? No, he made no rational allowances for this Black man and so, the Black guest explained why he felt and believed as he did. He talked about being a Vietnam Veteran fighting to protect America, and the subsequent manner in which Black people were being portrayed and mistreated by whites in America-the country he and so many thousands of Black men died for in war.

Clearly, he had taken the views of his male guest personally. This was evident when he retorted, “Do you hate me?” And, then Ablow made an appeal to the studio audience by commenting to the white males in his audience as the cameras honed onto the face of one white male in the audience.

Now, not once did Ablow come down on this white racist female as he did on the Black racist male. He allowed her to state her opinions without rebuke, except to say to her that “you are a racist.” Not once did he refer to this ignorant and mentally ill woman as a “liar.” Not once did Ablow ask the audience to view her as being “dangerous” for her racist views, feelings and ignorances.

Therefore, it is my observation that Ablow’s professionalism was compromised at that moment. He discriminated against(a black male) in favor of another guest(a white female). He was objective but subjective as was apparent to me watching. I was angered by his obvious discrimination. He clearly did not like this Black man’s views as hating white men and seeing them as devils.

Historically, and especially pre-Civil Rights era an overwhelming percentage of white men in specific geographical venues hated Black men just because Black men were physically endowed, could think and had the audacity to speak out against the evils exacted at the hands of those white male. Additionally, Black men were murdered just because they stood up for their manhood and announced that they were men and not dogs. Thousands of Black men were castrated, buried in construction sites, thrown in rivers and weighted down before being thrown into those rivers for wanting and trying to protect his women. Why would any white male be surprised or insulted by the views this particular guest held? Why would Ablow become indignant by attacking this aging African American man? Where was the same tolerance he rendered to the caucasian female who clearly voiced her feelings about Black people and more specifically, about her daughter’s choice in men?

I am happy to have read that Keith Ablow’s show has been cancelled. If a host of a nationally televised program is not going to uphold his integrity and ethics by being impartial to all guests, then he or she should not be well recieved by that national audience and should not be sanctioned to have a television program. Why? Because television and what is shown there influences hundreds of thousands of sick-minded individuals across the nation and around the world. I am happy Dr. Keith Ablow’s show has been cancelled. I came to the conclusion on March 2 that he has his very own ghosts in the closet. This, I feel is why the good doctor flogged the Black male guest without mercy.

Kess

Right after the show, we had 10 minutes to talk to the aftercare specialist (Dr. Karen Derby) as I plane was leaving and they had a car ready for us to return home. I did not hear from them after the show, with the exception of a couple of requests for more pictures) and I called inquiring about the treatment they verbally (my mistake for not getting it in writing) promised me. It took several days for the aftercare specialist to return my call and when she did, she stated there would be no treatment for my back/neck spasms as that was not part of the program. I informed her I would never have appeared on the show had that not have been promised to me. She was firm in stating that I would not receive the medical treatment and not only that, the program did not consist of detox! Keith Ablow stated on national TV that I would be receiving detox. She stated no. She merely emailed me a list of doctors in my area that I needed to contact and they would contribute $1,000.00 towards my treatment.

Several requests to speak personally with Dr. Keith have been denied.

So no, I am not surprised this show is being cancelled, You don’t take someone who is crying out for help, promise them help and then just leave them hanging.

I spoke with Vivian from Telepictures and she stated that she spoke with them and they stated they never promised treatment for my back/neck spasms, imagine that.