Why are you here? She does a business.
Why am I here?
Because he doesn't deserve her.
He is taking advantage of her.
He is using her life skills to better himself
and he's riding on her coat tails
and he has nothing to offer my daughter, nothing!
Why are you here?
To save my daughter from that monster!
Do you want something from me?
Yeah, I want you to help me save my daughter
from that monster.
(audience laughing) (Dr. Phil sighs)
(clapping)
Now, you made comments early on.
My daughter, Christina,
has been dating Troy for three years.
You say that like it is an indictment.
What is your point?
You lead with that.
You say, "My daughter has been dating him for three years."
And in three years, I haven't been able to make
a relationship with the boy because when I try to
talk to him, he walks away.
He was afraid of me at the get go.
I don't understand why, before he ever met me.
(audience laughing)
He interrupts him.
Their relationship is so toxic.
Troy is 17 years older than--
The relationship is so toxic.
What proof do you have of that?
She called me and said he was gonna kill her
if she tried to leave!
Is that true?
No, it's not true at all.
I didn't make it up.
I never make things up.
Okay. (audience laughing)
I'm only repeating what my daughter told me
when she was concerned. my sister and has
completely brainwashed her.
What do they even have in common?
Okay, he's completely brainwashed her.
What proof do you have of that?
She's not acting the way she did three years ago
when she met him.
She's not acting like a competent person.
She has to ask his permission to do everything.
You said he has completely brainwashed her.
Words are very powerful.
He has completely brainwashed her.
What proof do you have of that?
She doesn't like her mother.
She's loved her mother her whole life!
We've been good friends all through adulthood.
That's not true!
You've made an allegation that he has completely
brainwashed her and so, you treat that as though
it's a fact.
Yes, I do.
I'm just asking you to share with me the factual
basis you have for that and you said,
"Because she acts differently."
Well, it's been three years.
She has evolved.
She now is mother.
She has her own nuclear family, things have changed.
What is your evidence that she has been brainwashed?
She thought she had made a grave mistake
and that Troy was gonna be so upset
simply because her daughter swallowed something
she shouldn't have, like no baby's ever swallowed
something they weren't supposed to swallow,
but apparently, she was a bad mother and you told her that
she shouldn't let that stuff happen and she's supposed to
watch her more closely and I get the impression
you've never watched that little girl for
more than a couple hours.
Okay, no, no, no, do not take the bait.
You can't be that dumb.
Oh, he is, he is. (clapping)
Don't, don't, don't, don't take that bait.
Don't take that bait.
Now, Elisha.
I can answer your question, Dr. Phil.
Please.
(audience laughing)
I have seen a different side of my sister
since she's been with Troy.
I don't think it's ever her dream to sell used appliances.
What's she wanna do?
No, let her--
I'm doing this. Okay, I'm sorry.
See up there, it says Dr. Phil, Dr. Phil, Dr.Phil--
(clapping) (laughing)
Just the baby, that's it.
Troy is uneducated with a fourth grade reading level.
(laughing)
I think he's pretty handsome.
Don't you guys?
(clapping)
He has a fourth grade reading level.
And how did you determine this?
Talk to him, his vocabulary.
And you're qualified in what way?
I know how big words are and if you can't say ones
that are more than two syllables, you're at a
fourth grade reading level.