Adam Carolla, longtime friend and radio partner of Dr. Drew Pinsky, said the doctor is scared to come on his show, or any show, to talk about the health of Hillary Clinton or any hypotheticals pertaining to her medical situation. Carolla and Dr. Drew co-hosted the syndicated radio show Loveline for 10 years from 1995 to 2005. Carolla and Pinsky currently co-host a daily podcast, The Adam and Dr. Drew Show. Pinsky is a board certified internist and addiction medicine specialist.
Carolla said Pinsky has a "couple of deals brewing" and he does not want to risk it by further commenting on her health.
"Here's the New World Order -- it may exist, it may not exist -- but whether it actually exists or doesn't exist in Drew's mind he cannot come on this podcast and speak about Hillary Clinton even in a hypothetical way," Carolla said on Monday's edition of The Adam Carolla Show. "I said I knew he was going to be a puss. I said just come on and talk about pneumonia, just talk about pneumonia and then we'll do the Hillary Clinton math. No. Got a couple of deals brewing and he does not want to risk those deals."
"I'm not here to tell you what is and isn't," Carolla told his listeners. "I'm here to tell you that there is a perception from Dr. Drew, who has lived in this town and worked in this town for 30-some odd years, that he can not [talk about it].
"Now he can come on and tell you that Donald Trump had a baby's arm growing out of his as*hole, no problemo, and he would not have difficulty, potentially, finding work. But in his mind, with a couple of these deals pending, not a good idea as a physician to speak about one of the candidates who probably will become president and her medical condition the day after a huge story. Not going to risk it," he said.
Dr. Drew has been a subject of internet speculation after his HLN show was canceled soon after he said he was "gravely concerned" about Clinton's health and the health care she is receiving mid-August on KABC's McIntyre in the Morning.
Pinsky said the treatment of her ailments has been "bizarre" and could explain the "weird side-effects" people are seeing. The duo have not talked about Dr. Drew and HLN except for Pinsky briefly stating his HLN show ending had nothing to do with the comments at the end of a podcast last month.
Carolla excoriated those who are supposedly for free speech, except when that speech differs from their own opinions.
"So everyone who is up for 'do your own thing, and free speech, and let the freak flag fly, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, you're entitled to this.' That's fine. But every once in a while you're going to hear opinions that don't agree with your opinion and you can't blackball those people because that makes you McCarthy or communist. You understand?" Carolla said.
"Do you understand the hypocritical nature of this whole endeavor? Trying to shut people down that you disagree with. That's what you're railing against, constantly," he added.
"You can tweet me and go, 'Oh, that's paranoid. That's insane.' It's whatever it is, Drew has a feeling that he may hurt his career," he said.
Carolla had Dr. Bruce Heischober, also known as 'Dr. Spaz' to regular listeners, come on Tuesday's show instead of Dr. Drew and gave his thoughts on Clinton's health. Dr. Bruce said she is not in fantastic physical condition and that she needs rest which is something "being president or running for president provides on a preventive basis."
"From her history that she is not fantastic physical condition and then there's the question of some of the meds she is on," Dr. Bruce said. "In the back of my mind with optimal rest and diet and watching her lab tests she would probably be fine. But if you take somebody who is maximally stressed, physically and psychologically there really has to be a question about her having a series of time when she is not, when she needs extra rest or she has another infection or another problem."
"She needs a lot of rest," he said. "She needs things that I'm not sure that being president or running for president provides on a preventive basis."
Transcript of Carolla talking about Dr. Drew on the September 13th broadcast of his podcast:
ADAM CAROLLA: I tried to get -- all this Hillary Clinton and all the pneumonia and all this stuff, I thought lets get Drew [Pinsky] to call in and just tell us how pneumonia works, what we should be looking out for.
"BALD" BRYAN BISHOP: While his HLN people are zapping him saying, 'Don't say a word! Keep your mouth shut, Commie!'
CAROLLA: Here's the New World Order -- it may exist, it may not exist -- but whether it actually exists or doesn't exist in Drew's mind he cannot come on this podcast and speak about Hillary Clinton even in a hypothetical way. I said I knew he was going to be a puss. I said just come on and talk about pneumonia, just talk about pneumonia and then we'll do the Hillary Clinton math. No. Got a couple of deals brewing and he does not want to risk those deals.
I'm not here to tell you what is and isn't. I'm here to tell you that there is a perception from Dr. Drew, who has lived in this town and worked in this town for 30-some odd years, that he can not come -- now he can come on and tell you that Donald Trump had a baby's arm growing out of his as*hole, no problemo, and he would not have difficulty, potentially, finding work. But in his mind, with a couple of these deals pending, not a good idea as a physician to speak about one of the candidates who probably will become president and her medical condition the day after a huge story. Not going to risk it.
BISHOP: It's a massive story. Even if it's a 2% chance in his mind, why? What's the upside?
CAROLLA: Well, the scary part is that there is a 2% chance in his mind and in his mind it's a 75% chance. That's the scary part. So everyone who is up for 'do your own thing, and free speech, and let the freak flag fly, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, you're entitled to this.' That's fine. But every once in a while you're going to hear opinions that don't agree with your opinion and you can't blackball those people because that makes you McCarthy or communist. You understand?
Do you understand the hypocritical nature of this whole endeavor? Trying to shut people down that you disagree with. That's what you're railing against, constantly.
BISHOP: You're hurting the overall conversation in the grand scheme of things because when we were growing up, Gina and I, Drew was the doctor who would give it to you straight. Drew would tell you the straight dope, whether it was sex or drugs or whatever. Drew was the adult you could trust and who would tell you the real deal and I would like to hear his thoughts on the situation.
CAROLLA: I think America would too, but he is not going to risk it.
BISHOP: I don't blame him.
CAROLLA: And, again, you can tweet me and go, 'Oh, that's paranoid. That's insane.' It's whatever it is, Drew has a feeling that he may hurt his career.
BISHOP: It may be paranoid, it may be insane, but it's real.
GINA GRAD: It's insane that it's real.
CAROLLA: It's somehow real to him and we've made it real to him.