A look at the claims, predictions and behavior of a media "psychic".
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A look at the claims, predictions and behavior of a media "psychic".
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Montel: "Your Father is Not Your Father"Sylvia Browne tells a woman that she was the product of an affair. Published: Apr 04, 2008 
The woman hearing the "news." BackgroundOn the episode of the Montel Williams Show broadcast on May 16 2007, a woman in the audience asked Sylvia Browne a question, and received an answer which was probably not what she expected. The ReadingHere is a transcription of the segment, with my comments inserted: Video of the reading can be viewed here on YouTube.
The woman in the audience is good-looking, as is her daughter next to her, and has what could be described as a "gypsy" (or, more properly, "Roma") look about her. Stating that this woman's mother looked like the woman and her daughter is a safe bet. And what person would not agree that their own mother was beautiful?
Watching the video, this did not seem to be "hard" for Browne to tell this woman at all.
At this point, the woman sits quietly, and looks to be trying to take the information in. But Montel Williams then, as he frequently does, tries to make light of a bad situation.
The woman and her daughter. AnalysisIf Browne is - as I believe - a fraud, this was a horrible thing to invent and tell this woman. But, psychic or not, why would she tell someone something like this on national television? Why wouldn't she tell the woman to come talk to her after the show? After her initial reaction, the woman seemed to take it all rather well (and even if she hadn't, she had already signed the Psychic Show Participation Release, agreeing to hold Browne, Williams and the producers of the show blameless for any embarrassment or emotional distress resulting from her participation in the show). But, however she took it, how do the woman's siblings feel about their mother being called an adulterer on national television? Perhaps, to Browne, having a child as a product of an extramarital affair isn't a violation of wedding vows, but instead is, as she said "just one of those things." In her book Blessings From the Other Side (page 33, hardback edition), she says:
She seems to be implying here that her sons were born to two of her four husbands. However, according to her book Adventures of a Psychic, Paul Dufresne was born one and a half years into, and Christopher Dufresne was born seven years into, Browne's thirteen-year marriage to Gary Dufresne (see pages 66, 69, 85 and 87 of the paperback edition for the dates). If they have two different fathers, then at least one of them is the product of an extra-marital affair (I have been told that this fact is well-known in Browne's family, or I would not mention it here). Perhaps this is what makes her think it acceptable behavior to, with no evidence, accuse others of the same behavior, on national television. And worse, to accuse someone who is dead, and so cannot defend herself from the accusation. ConclusionIf this woman subsequently had DNA tests performed to determine the truth of this matter, I would like to hear about it, and I would place the information - whatever it is - here in this article if she wants me to. Related LinksClicking on any of these links will load a separate browser window for viewing the linked page. StopSylviaBrowne.com is not responsible for the content of any of these linked pages.
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