Dr. Phil argues that because Eric raised money through a public forum, the public is justified in monitoring his progress and injecting themselves into his narrative.

“by raising money through a public forum they do have license and reason to inject themselves into The Narrative of what you're doing that's that's the issue”

Erick claims that Eric is a digital panhandler who is scamming the public to fund a vacation rather than a legitimate weight loss effort.

“Eric's a digital panhandler he's putting an emotional gun to people's heads and robbing him blind Eric is a lazy scammer”

Crowdfunding through platforms like Kickstarter is an effective tool for artists to raise money and gain independence from labels.

“I always said like everyone should do a Kickstarter”