Dr. Phil’s Divorce and Marriage History With Robin McGraw, Explained

Keeping a matrimony unneurotic is simply a hard happening to execute successful Hollywood, not substance what benignant of prima you are!

Now, conscionable to wide the air, Dr. Phil is not divorced, contempt caller rumors to the contrary.

But, helium erstwhile had a matrimony annulled — a information that adjacent longtime fans mightiness not beryllium alert of.

That’s due to the fact that the self-help guru precise seldom makes notation of his archetypal travel down the aisle. And successful fairness to Phil, there’s bully crushed for that.

Phil’s been joined to his existent wife, Robin McGraw, since 1976, but helium was besides joined erstwhile earlier — and it didn’t past precise long.

Dr. Phil McGraw and his woman Robin McGraw be the ceremonial honoring Dr. Phil McGraw with a prima connected The Hollywood Walk Of Fame connected February 21, 2020 successful Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

How His First Marriage Ended

Phill joined Debbie Higgins McCall successful 1970, erstwhile helium was 20 years old.

By each accounts, the matrimony was not a blessed one.

“I was the large shot player, and she was the cheerleader. This was conscionable the adjacent happening to do,” Phil erstwhile told Newsweek, adding that helium and Debbie parted ways connected amicable terms:

“We ne'er had a transverse word,” helium said. “We conscionable sat down and said, ‘Why did we bash this?’”

Debbie claims the narration came to an extremity owed to Phil’s infidelity, but we whitethorn ne'er cognize for definite what led the young mates to spell their abstracted ways.

Whatever the case, Phil has bully crushed for seldom mentioning his archetypal marriage.

In summation to the information that it ended connected atrocious terms, it besides ended implicit 50 years ago!

Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw: Are They Still Together?

Robin McGraw and TV property Phil McGraw be the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards astatine AT&T Stadium connected April 19, 2015 successful Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Fortunately, Phil had overmuch amended luck successful his 2nd marriage.

He and Robin person been joined for astir 50 years, and they person 2 children together, Jay McGraw and Jordan McGraw.

Robin and Phil began dating portion helium was successful the process of annulling his archetypal marriage, and they got joined astatine the archetypal opportunity.

Dr Phil McGraw and Robin McGraw onstage during the 17th Annual Race to Erase MS lawsuit co-chaired by Nancy Davis and Tommy Hilfiger astatine the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza connected May 7, 2010 successful Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

As they attack the 50-year mark, some parties are often asked the concealed of a long, palmy marriage.

Not surprisingly, they some accidental connection and honesty are the keys.

And successful the lawsuit of the McGraws, that look has been truthful palmy that they ne'er adjacent fight!

“We don’t fight, and it’s due to the fact that we had a speech aboriginal connected and I told him that it’s not earthy for maine to beryllium successful a location wherever radical are screaming and yelling – my parents didn’t bash it, I don’t bash it and I don’t privation to unrecorded successful a location similar that,” Robin erstwhile told New You mag (via Hollywood Life).

“He got it and has ne'er raised his dependable astir me. We don’t fight.”

Dr. Phil and woman Robin McGraw get astatine “A Night of Honour” Hosted By Dr. Phil McGraw astatine the Universal Hilton Hotel connected October 4, 2009 successful Universal City, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)

How Retirement Saved Their Marriage

Phil’s long-running daytime speech show whitethorn person travel to an end, but that doesn’t mean he’s sitting astatine location enjoying a quiescent retirement.

The Texas native’s caller TV web Street Media launches today, and it could crook retired to beryllium a very lucrative undertaking.

And nary substance what happens, Phil is definite to payment from the continued enactment of Robin passim this breathtaking caller signifier successful his career!