What Made Botched Star Dr. Terry Dubrow Break Down Crying For First Time In Show's History
03.02.2022 - 06:41
/ perezhilton.com
Tuesday night’s Botched was a big first for the show. Even casual fans of the show know all people bring in is horror stories of their mistreatments and maimings. It’s all shocking stuff.
However, in seven seasons, this was the first time a patient’s story brought Dr. Terry Dubrow to tears. In fact, the poor doc broke down and had to walk away from the consultation office for a moment to collect himself!
So what happened??
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The potential patient was a 22-year-old trans singer from Canada named Serena. After hormone therapy she turned to cosmetic surgery to go for her ideal look — like so many others, she idolized Britney Spears. She explained:
Poor Serena, like so many women who visit the docs, had a poorly done breast augmentation and was hoping Dr. Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif could help — and increase the size while they were at it.
But it wasn’t the botched breast implants that sent Dr. Dubrow over the edge. It was the love and support of Serena’s parents. See, he was surprised to hear her parents were “completely cool with” her transitioning — something he hasn’t heard nearly enough of. But Serena gushed:
And that’s what it took. That was the key that caused Dr. Dubrow to lose it. He fought back the tears for a moment but had to walk right out.
Dr. Nassif told Serena:
In a confessional moment, the accomplished doc explained it was thinking about what he’d do for his own children — and the reminder that many parents don’t feel that way — that broke his heart:
Awww! What a moving realty TV moment!
Sadly, the docs weren’t able to help Serena as they deemed it too dangerous to increase her implant size. So she decided not to go through