Dr. Phil Clarifies: He Was Just ASKING If You'd Bang a Drunk Girl

On Tuesday, Dr. Phil’s Twitter account took a moment from its general wisdom spilling to Ask the Audience: would you fuck a drunk chick? On Wednesday, the show clarified that Dr. Phil most certainly would not fuck a drunk chick.

According to Deadline, The Dr. Phil Show released a statement explaining that by sending said tweet they were simply asking other people what they thought in order to prepare for a show being taping today, presumably about young women engaging in sexual congress while under the influence:

This Tweet was intended to evoke discussion leading into a very serious show topic based upon a recent news story, hence the #teensaccused label. It was a poll question, not a statement or a joke. As he has maintained over many years, Dr. Phil believes that the position of those incapacitated in any fashion; be it drugs, alcohol, age or mental illness can not and do not have the capacity to give their consent to anything, especially sex, which could have life changing repercussions. This was a research post in preparation for a show, not a personal post and Dr. Phil deleted it the second he saw it. It was clearly ill-advised. We sincerely apologize that it suggested anything other than what was intended, data gathering. As you can imagine, Dr. Phil is very upset that this happened.

As you can imagine, in times like these, it’s good to remember what Dr. Phil always says: