Grab Bag Regrets Spears Comments Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau

Jan 31, 07:44 AM

Director, on the Oscar race. Nominated four times in his 50-year career, he has never won. His latest film, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," did not earn him a nod. "I regret making the statement. It didn't help. It didn't work," the syndicated TV psychologist said Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Spears, 26, was hospitalized in Los Angeles after a child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline resulted in an hourslong standoff with police Jan. 3.

McGraw said he visited the pop singer as a friend and rejected critics who accused him of practicing psychology without a license.

"I did not go there to diagnose her. I did not go there to treat her," McGraw said. He retired his Texas license after 25 years of private practice because of the demands of his talk show, he said.

The Spears family has accused McGraw of betraying its trust by making an "inappropriate" statement about the singer's hospitalization.

McGraw had told celebrity news TV shows that Spears was in "dire" need of medical and psychological help.

On NBC's "Today" show Wednesday, McGraw said his comments were intended to prevent rumors and misinformation. TELEVISION'S "dR. pHIL" mCgRAW says he regrets talking about Britney Spears' mental health after visiting her in the hospital - but didn't violate the family's trust. the Love train leaves the station First, the O'Jays, the celebrated R&B group, sued no-less-celebrated Philly songsmiths and music execs Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff for $3 million, accusing them of theft, larceny and misappropriation of royalties.

Gamble and Huff shot back with a statement complaining that they had been blindsided by the suit and saying the claims "boil down to nothing more than a contract dispute for higher royalties."

Last weekend, a statement issued on behalf of O'Jays founding members Eddie Levert and Walter Williams said that Gamble and Huff are playing innocent and that their company has failed to abide by an agreement reached by the parties in 2005. The O'Jays "contend that this is a matter that will be settled fairly by the courts."

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