A Mansion Owned by Dr. Phil Is Up For Sale, and the Internet Won't Stop Talking About It

This article appeared in sportinal.com and has been published here with permission.

Celebrity real estate has always been one of our biggest obsessions. We are always curious to know what luxurious homes our favorite stars live in, you know, what that amount of fame and fortune can buy you. Most of the time, when we get a sneak peek into the star's homes, they have pretty standard living arrangements - but every once in a while, we see a house that is so bizarre we have stop and ask ourselves if the interior designer was playing some joke. When Dr. Phil's mansion hit the real estate market, the internet was excited to see what was inside, and so were we...

Phil McGraw as We Know Him

Phil McGraw, or as you may know him, Dr. Phil, is one of Hollywood's highest-paid celebrities. The television personality's annual income in 2019 was a whopping $95 million. Yes, you read that right. $95 million!

Dr. Phil, who started as Oprah's protégé, is the host of one the most-watched syndicated talk shows on television. McGraw earns an upfront fee from the show, as well as a big percentage of advertising revenue and cash from product placement. As you have probably already guessed, Dr. Phil lives a lavish life.

The Viral Listing

In early January 2020, Dr. Phil listed his Southern California mansion for sale. This may not seem like groundbreaking news, Dr. Phil isn't generally the tabloids' top gossip celebrity, yet lo and behold, the listing went viral.

The internet could not help but poke fun at Dr. Phil and his bizarre mansion. Social media blew up with pictures and tweets of the estate - they were saying what we were all thinking...

What a Weird Looking Gate!

The mansion's exterior alone gives us some mixed signals, on the one hand, it's hard not to raise an eyebrow looking at this tangled gate. If someone were to ask us what we thought of the house based solely on the gate, we would say that the inside of this house is probably bizarre.

However, as soon as you go through that ghastly excuse of a gate, Dr. Phil's house begins to give all sorts of mixed signals, and for a variety of reasons...

But the Driveway Looks Normal!

As soon as you drive into the house's driveway, you see a completely normal-looking house. By all intents and purposes, this is a perfectly liveable home that most people would be more than happy to purchase if money wasn't an issue.

With plenty of space for cars to park and exit as they please, the gate seems to be the only strange feature of the home. However, the interior of the house is laden with many surprises...