Dr. Adams Won't Talk, Neither Will Oprah

The doctor who operated on Kanye West's mom the day before she died bailed on Larry King last night, but his reasons for walking off the set don't add up.


TMZ has broken story after story, showing Dr. Adams has had multiple malpractice lawsuit filed against him, sexual battery allegations, three DUIs and a domestic violence restraining order.
The director of the Medical Board of California is currently going after his license.

So when Dr. Adams told Larry King the West family didn't want him talking, in reality he had plenty to talk about that did not involve Dr. Donda West.

And speaking of not talking, TMZ has been hounding Oprah, NBC and Discovery Health for more than a week, asking if they did background checks before putting Dr. Adams on the air. If they did, they would have discovered -- for starters -- that he's not a board certified plastic surgeon.


Oprah's company and NBC, which featured Dr. Adams on "The Other Half," have been completely unresponsive -- not a word. Discovery Health, which put Dr. Adams in a starring role in a plastic surgery series, finally responded yesterday claiming they did a background check but refused to say what it turned up.

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16.
I would not say that Oprah is "hiding", I would say that she is not repsonding to something that has no concern to her!

Posted at 2:31PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Tracy

17. Not a very good year for the almighty Oprah is it...

Posted at 2:37PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Speedmonkey.net

18. Oprah can rip a writer to pieces on her show because he made her book club look bad, but won't own up to having a questionable doctor on her show? Oprah isn't perfect, but she shouldn't ignore this..

Posted at 3:57PM on Nov 21st 2007 by o come on!

19. I think the majority of you need to go back to school and learn some basic classes. The Spelling and English that is used is shameful if any of the guilty ones are over the age of 10.
Also you can tell that some have no home training or manners.
START WITH THE MAN IN THE MIRROR BEFORE YOU THROW STONES.

Have a GREAT Thanksgiving

Posted at 2:54PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Char

20. This guy is a social path, plain and simple! Although I have my suspicion with Oprah and her judgment these days, first the lying author ,then south African and now this! Geez lady ,do you need a vacation or what? However, this guy is truly a nut! He has convinced himself and others that he knows what he is doing, because he sounds like he does. I remember a professor once telling us that the reason many law students fail at being a trial lawyer is because they are good at talking about the law, but can not transfer that over to the actual performance of law. This guy is the epitome of that! p.s. people always wonder how some gusy can get women and be total losers. This guy is that example. He sounds dam good! THe loooser!!!!

Posted at 2:51PM on Nov 21st 2007 by baldheadblackmenarewanabes

21. Use your time wisely and go back to school and learn how to spell.

START WITH THE MAN IN THE MIRROR.
YOU ALL ARE NOT SMARTER THAN A FIRST GRADER

Posted at 2:55PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Char

22. More people are familiar with OPRAH than Discovery Health, so Oprah is getting WAY MORE flak for this than she deserves.

And I disagree with #8. This is NOT the same thing as with James Frey. Oprah promoted his book BIG BIG BIG time and put herself on the line for him. Really, his publisher (RH) should have done THEIR homework! But when Oprah talked to him, he LIED! I would not expected her staff, for example, to call the dentist he saw to find out whether he had novacaine during dental surgery. That's awfully exteme!

Oprah did not promote Jan Adams in the same way. She had the dude on her show based on his credentials etc. from DISCOVERY HEALTH. In my opinion, DH has far, far, far, FAR more to answer for than OPRAH. She did not give this dude his own show; DH did!

Again, Oprah is far more well known so she's getting it! But Plastic Surgery: Before & After was a DISCOVERY HEALTH show! I had watched it MANY times. They are who I think about when I think about this guy: not Oprah.

And yes, while you do not require a board certification to perform plastic surgery, I've never heard any reputable person say that you should even CONSIDER someone who is not! Maybe that law needs to be changed, you think?

Posted at 3:00PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Carson S.

23. Oprah has already stated she has nothing to do with introducing Jan Adams to Donda West. Also, what he did in his past may not have occurred when he appeared on Oprah. So why you're hounding her, I don't know. But she's already issued a statement about this whole ordeal, so I'd ignore your calls too.

Posted at 4:00AM on Nov 22nd 2007 by Someone Important

24. Vanity caused this death. She couldn't shut her piehole and stop eating.
Who cares?!

Posted at 3:24PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Reality Chick

25. If Oprah Winfrey doesn't want to talk about Dr. Adams' record,
she just doesn't want to talk about his record, and that's that.
No wonder National Enquiorer sticks by their stories almost
80% of the time, when they're often based on false information.
What I'd like to know is, when will Kanye West be on Larry
King Live to make a rebuttle towards Dr. Adams for showing
up, and then refusing to talk about anything, when he had
plenty to say that didn't involve Donda West's death? I would
think it would've made his family angry that they didn't get to
learn the truth about Dr. Adams, but when he doesn't want
to respond to his criminal records, that about says it all. I
think Dr. Adams deserves to have his license revolked.

Posted at 3:28PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Richard Ott

26. Be careful char, your post has some red ink as well..............

Posted at 3:47PM on Nov 21st 2007 by It'sonly chat

27. Dam good point "o come on"! Oprah brought that Author on and told him he was a fake.(to his face) Why want she do it for this loser? If all of you believe this guy, then why don't Oprah bring him on to defend himself or to get him straight? Why is she hiding?

Posted at 4:12PM on Nov 21st 2007 by OPTIQUEST

28. Everyone is focusing on this guy not being certified or having a DUI. Do you think he is the only one drinking when not at work? Nope. As previous people said you don't have to be board certified to practice.

Posted at 4:35PM on Nov 21st 2007 by yeah

29. Oprah, she has had frauds on her show since day 1 Can anyone say Doctor Phil .

Posted at 5:09PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Hippo

30. I don't know how much Oprah will stand up for the Doc, after all, even he couldn't shave off all that fat.

Posted at 5:16PM on Nov 21st 2007 by Hippo

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