Jared Fogle on Dr. Phil
Last week, Dr. Phil had on the story of Subway Guy, Jared Fogle, and how he was brought down and exposed as a pedophile.
During the show, while it was absolutely nauseating to listen to Fogle talk, it was also rather shocking to see how clueless he was. His behavior reveals that he is a very social awkward guy who didn’t know how to read people at all.
I was blown away that he thought he had a relationship with the woman who recorded him. He has no sense of what a normal relationship is like to think he had one with her. Her tone of voice and responses clearly reveal she was not into his sickness on any level and he didn’t pick up on it. One other potential reason that could explain this is his emotions were all over the board, and emotions fog our ability to see clearly.
The show really gave you an insight into the mind of a pedophile and it was very, very disturbing, and extremely uncomfortable to even listen to. Be warned if you do.
Pedophiles have such a different way of thinking. Some of them rationalize that their actions are. actually, helping the unloved child Others seem to enjoy inflicting pain and trauma on the child. Either way, they are very good at selecting their victims. I notice Jared said it wasn’t difficult to seduce the child, and he pointed out the little girl from a broken home. He thought that could be a possibility.
The fact that he wanted this woman to do this with him is especially sickening.
I think letting people hear him in his own words is incredibly valuable, but I really can’t comprehend how anyone could even air a lot of that. I’d be torn between the value of the information it provides and a moral imperative not to broadcast anything like that. I guess it’s good I’m not a journalist or broadcaster so I don’t have to make decisions like that. Even with the censoring, there was an awful lot that just couldn’t be censored out without just not playing any of it at all, and those parts were very X-rated. That was gross to endure. That poor woman! I can’t even fathom having to endure over 4 years of those conversations to build the cases against all the people who were involved.
Hi Keith. I agree. I didn’t watch the program. The clip was enough for me. I have felt like Dr. Phil has compromised too much to get ratings, and I don’t watch him anymore. I know people need to know just how easy it is for pedophiles to get to their young children. I think a lot of parents think their children would tell them, but the children take on false guilt and shame from their molestation. I think a lot of children take many years to tell anyone, so, this program could open a lot of parent’s eyes. If this program could help one child, it is worthwhile, I think. I do wonder, however, if there would be a less detailed way to educate parents.