Dr. Phil analyzes Kanye West's tweets: 'You used to be able to be stupid and get away with it'

Dr. Phil weighs in on Kanye&#039;s tweets

(Image credit: Late Late Show)

last updated 23 February 2016

On Monday's Late Late Show, James Corden asked Dr. Phil McGraw for his professional opinion on Kanye West and his recent string of tweets. "You can't be wrong that many times in a row unless you're working at it," Dr. Phil said. Corden was confused. Fellow guest Cristin Milioti translated that Kanye is just looking for publicity, and Dr. Phil agreed. "Well, we're here talking about it, aren't we?" he said. "So it's working." Shad Moss, who's met Kanye, offered a different opinion: "I think he's an artist that is just very, very passionate — like over-passionate about what he does."

The good TV doctor was not dissuaded. Everybody posts everything they do on social media these days, so it's hard to stand out, he said, "but now you say something incredibly stupid, it goes wall-to-wall. They're reading it in China in 5 seconds.... You used to be stupid and get away with it." That seemed to be a diagnosis everyone could agree on. Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.