For Immediate Release

DR. PHIL, Television’s #1-Rated Daytime Talk Show, Delivers More EXCLUSIVE, RIppED-FROM-THE-HEADLINES EPISODES IN FEBRUARY

Did a Missing Georgia Teen Run Away or was She Abducted by A 37-Year-Old Man?

Plus, the Highly-Anticipated Return of One of the Most Talked-About Guests This Season Who Said She Believed She was Pregnant with Baby Jesus

(Hollywood, CA – February 1, 2017) – DR. PHIL, television’s #1-rated daytime talk show, continues its 15^th hit season this month with more ripped-from-the-headlines episodes, including the story of the gripping and intense search to find a teenage girl and the return of DR. PHIL’s most talked-about guest this season who became a social media sensation, and said she was convinced she was pregnant with the baby Jesus.

In December 2016, Calah Waskow’s face made national news when the 15-year-old from Georgia was allegedly abducted by her friend's 37-year-old father, Jason Johnson. Authorities issued an Amber Alert and warned Calah could be in extreme danger. After a nationwide manhunt, Calah was eventually found safe more than 200 miles away from home. For the first time, she tells her story of how she vanished and of her secret relationship with Johnson, who she says went from being “cool” to “flirty” to “sexual.” The exclusive interview airs Thursday, February 2. (check local listings).

Select Quotes from the Episode:

“I was sitting on the couch and he started sitting with me and we laid down together.” – Calah Waskow, when asked how a sexual relationship with her friend’s father began.

“What are people thinking? They know there’s a 37-year-old man with a 15-year-old child and they don’t tell anybody?” –Dr. Phil’s reaction to learning that people in the community knew about the relationship between the two.

When she first appeared on the show in fall 2016, 20-year-old Haley’s headline-making appearance went viral on social media and was a top Facebook moment that everyone was talking about. Her sister said she worried that Haley was either a compulsive liar or delusional because she was adamant that she was pregnant with a baby boy who she believed was the biblical baby Jesus and that her own father was rapper, Eminem. Haley ultimately accepted Dr. Phil’s offer for help. Find out what happened to her after first appearing on the show and the results of daytime TV’s most mysterious pregnancy. The two-part episodes air Friday, February 3 and Monday February 6 (check local listings).

Select Quotes from the Episode:

“You think Eminem is your father? You also told them that I was your Uncle. Would that make me Eminem’s brother?” – Dr. Phil questioning Haley’s claims.

“The shadows and the voices don’t go away. I can’t even sleep anymore.” – Haley describing her nightmares.

DR. PHIL is produced by Peteski Productions in association with CBS Television Distribution, which also distributes the show. Carla Pennington and Dr. Phillip C. McGraw are the executive producers.

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Show clip is available at: http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-television-distribution/video?watch=2kgp2hyr9k

Credit footage and photo to: Peteski Productions/CBS Television Distribution.