It was every bit as grotesque as we feared.
Despite calls for a boycott, Friday's episode of Dr. Phil, featuring a much-hyped interview with actress Shelley Duvall, aired as planned.
The star of The Shining, 67, who hasn't appeared in a movie since 2002, struggled to string together more than a couple coherent words at a time, and bore little resemblance to the actress who appeared in a number of popular and critically acclaimed movies in the 1980s.
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"I need to get the Bermuda Triangle off of me, because I do not want a hairy chest," she said in one of her more lucid moments. "I'm not a Chia Pet."