Dr. Phil McGraw came under fire a few weeks ago after he railed against diversity, equity and inclusion during a speech at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally — and now he’s telling Piers Morgan he only spoke at the event because Kamala Harris’ campaign ignored him.
“That was an act of rebellion on my part,” McGraw told Morgan in an interview released Tuesday. “I requested 25-plus times to speak to Kamala Harris. I offered to give the identical speech at a Harris rally.”
McGraw said he would have happily crossed off Trump’s name and replaced it with Harris’ had he been given the opportunity to speak in front of her supporters.
However, it’s presumable it wouldn’t have gone over well, especially considering how McGraw criticized DEI initiatives during his MSG speech, saying that America was “built on hard work” and “not on DEI.”
The TV personality also insisted to Morgan that his speech didn’t mean he endorsed Trump, despite the fact that speaking at a …