SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - During an interview last week Dr. Phil McGraw seemed to insult Slippery Rock University during an interview about the college bribery scandal.
McGraw said in the interview that parents want to tell people their child goes to a well-known, reputable school.
“My kid’s going to Harvard, my kid’s going to USC or Yale.’ I think it’s bragging rights for them, and they don’t want to be the one parent that says, ‘Well, yeah, my kid’s going to, like, Slippery Rock.'
Dr. Behre explained how their school is affordable and still produces graduated who “have gone on to run Fortune 500 companies, perform life-saving surgery and help protect America s four-star general.”
McGraw apologized with a letter to Slippery Rock on Sunday saying he didn’t know SRU was a real institution and he “intended to use a fictitious example.”
McGraw also called Slippery Rock ”the real deal” and that “Slippery Rock University certainly deserves no slight from me or anyone else, intended or otherwise. I wish SRU nothing but the best.”
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