Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

My husband and I watched the show, where the mother Maria lied to her husband Enrique about being the father of her child. That woman Maria did not have no remorse for what she did, not only to her ex-husband but to her own daughter. She even had her daughter blaming Enrique for what had took place. He was completely the victim and so was her daughter.

No one can tell a man how to feel or act when they first find out that they have been lied to in the most deceitful way. Maria should be sued and made to give back all the money that Enrique has paid her in the child support. Maria needs to make the real father financially responsible. Now Maria has found Chris another man to take care of her and her daughter. She is a nasty, deceitful, shameful excuse of a woman. It's not Enrique's fault he was lied to. Luckily for him he meant his new wife or he’d still be paying for someone else’s child.

MARIA IF YOUR READING THIS...YOU ARE A POOR PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A WOMAN. YOU HAVE NO SHAME. I HOPE YOUR DAUGHTERS DON'T END UP LIKE YOU.

And for that Lawyer Gloria, she needs to get real. She has no clue of what is going on in the real world. I don't care how much money she makes or who she defends. She should be defending real woman not things like Maria.

I'm glad Dr. Phil had another father who fought the cause on the show to tell her like it is. You go guy!!

i toldly agree with dr phil that the vitcim is the child, but the father also is a vitcim. he believed for 9 yrs that was his daughter. he loved her, took care of her ,wiped her nose and eyes when she cried. the father was 100 percent betrayed. he knows he has no rights because she is not his blood. the games the mother could play. she has already played alot of games. i do not believe the way the daughter was told was right. but i also believe that  the child is not his and he should not be emotional are fiancial responsibile for her. if he choses to do so great! what a man! but how many women take on  a stepchild and pay childsupport when they get a divorced? the women love the child but they are not held responsible. i am a woman who raised 2 kids with no finanical help from the father. i did not trick anyone in to taking on of my babies.  i think the mother is the villian. the new wife is taking care of  and looking out for her new life right or wrong. i really wish  all the best the beautiful young women who was betryed by both mom and dad.. hopefully she will focus on school and go to college and show the all. best wishes

AMEN!  I think something should have been said to this new woman (and maybe it was but it wasn't aired).  She isn't supporting that he had two daughters but is angling to sever ties to one for her own gain.  Shame on her!  So many people are focusing on the mom and dad but the real problem here lies in the anger and jealous actions of the second wife.  It is a shame that this angle was not really explored because I know this occurs in families.

So it's not the woman who committed adultery fault that this has happened.

It's not the woman who knew she was married and had more than one sex partner's responsibility to tell the poor dupe (excuse me) husband.

It's the husband's fault that he continued to stay with his wife and what he thought was his children and his new wife's fault because she could see what he was too close to the situation to see.

It's everyone's fault except for the deceitful, conniving, Maria. She shouldn't be blamed.

The truth would have been "nice"? Give me a break Maria didn't tell the truth because the real father was proabably a dead beat and she would not have been able to get as much money as she milked from this unsuspecting guy.

How about, please be honest with your mate, tell them all of the truth, let them make informed decisions about claiming children that may not biologically be theirs. To borrow your words,  "how hard is that?"

Apparently too hard for people such as Maria.

Why are you defending the perpetrator of all this pain and not one of the victims (ENRIQUE)? The blame the victim mentality of our society is getting a little old.

This show seemed one-sided to me.  Dr. Phil you really messed up!!  The loud-mouthed "high-profile" lawyer you had on the show was so out of line.  She jumped all over Enrique and said NOTHING to the non--caring, cheating supposed mother of Celina!!  Why didn't anybody (besides Enrique's new lovely wife) jump all over that smirky-faced, money hungry whore of a mother???

I am a regular viewer of your show, Dr. Phil, but boy did you burst my bubble!!   I cannot believe that you didn't bring up the fact that Celina seemed a little bit brain-washed by her horrible mother.  Everything she responded to you in the "chat area" was a staged and rehearsed performance of Maria , the supposed mother.  Did you not sense that?  And how come these kids aren't angry at their mother's stupidity??  Why and how can they trust that woman at all?  How can SO MUCH blame be put on that hurting father while the jealous Maria digs her claws in for MONEY AND ONLY MONEY and no one else see this???   I am so fired up mad about this show!!   I wanted to jump thru the TV, get rid of the loud-mouthed attorney and focus on how hurt Enrique was and is, and that the only way he knew how to deal with the "surprise" situation was to handle it the best way he did.  Celina will survive...he gave her enouh influence and love that she will get through it fine.   I wonder why the courts aren't taking custody of the girls away from that lying, greedy, heartless woman!!!