Bhad Bhabie says she only discovered the truth about her 'Dr Phil' appearance aged 19

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By Phoebe Egoroff

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Bhad Bhabie has made quite a few damning revelations recently, with many centered around her mother.

The now-20-year-old - whose real name is Danielle Bregoli - shot to fame at the mere age of 13 back in 2016 following her appearance on the lifestyle chat show Dr. Phil.

In her episode - titled 'I Want to Give Up My Car-Stealing, Knife-Wielding, Twerking 13-Year-Old Daughter Who Tried to Frame Me for a Crime' - Bregoli gained worldwide attention for her outrageous behavior, and for telling members of the audience to "cash me ousside".

Relive the infamous moment:

Cashing in on her fame, Bregoli launched a successful music career as a rapper and, at 18, debuted on OnlyFans. She may have had her critics, but it proved to be incredibly lucrative, with Metro reporting at the time that Bregoli made an eye-watering $1 million in just six hours.

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Bhad Bhabie (AKA Danielle Bregoli) shot to fame aged 13 on Dr. Phil. Credit: Image Press Agency / Alamy

Recently, the rapper appeared on model Emily Ratajkowski's podcast HighLow With Em Rata, where she discussed her swift rise to notoriety, and how her Dr. Phil appearance as a teen has made her now dislike confrontation.

"Growing up in a house where it was only me and my mother [Barbara Bregoli] in it, I was a very confrontational person at the time. And I [went online and] was like, 'Who the f*** you think you talking to?!' Like, I'm going in on everybody. Like, 'You don't f***ing know me,'" she told Ratajkowski.

"That's why, like now, I'm such an unconfrontational person, like, I really hate to be in the mix. I hate to be in bulls***. Even my boyfriend, he love being confrontational, so I be like 'No just calm down it's okay. Please leave him alone! [sic]'"

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Bregoli told Ratajkowski she hates "confrontation" now that she's older. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy

On the subject of her mother, Bregoli shockingly described her mom as a "narcissist" who had been emailing the Dr. Phil show for around a decade before they were finally accepted onto the show, something she only figured out on her 19th birthday. "I actually found out on my 19th birthday that my mom had been emailing Dr. Phil since I was two years old," she claimed.

"My mom is a very narcissistic person and, you know narcissists, they like a crowd - figuratively and literally, they like a crowd. Because they feel like, 'Well I can't convince the people who really know me, so I can convince others of whatever narrative I want to play,'" she added.

Bregoli then joked that she would one day put her mom in a nursing home, saying: "I'mma tell 'em her a** got dementia. She can't have no phone, she can't have nothing. Lock her in a room."

"At the end of the day, I get the last laugh every time, so it's cool," she added.

Featured image credit: Sipa US / Alamy