On Wednesday, Nick Gordon appeared on Dr. Phil for an interview that became an intervention once the TV doc realized that Gordon was severely intoxicated and in desperate need of help.
At one point, Gordon revealed that his kidneys hurt as a result of a marathon drinking binge that began when Bobbi Kristina Brown was first hospitalized.
Now, sources say that while Gordon made several dramatic exaggerations over the course of his interview, he was actually downplaying the damage to his organs and that Phil and his team may have arrived just in time to save Gordon's life.
"His kidneys were going into failure," says a source close to the show. "He would have been hospitalized if Dr. Phil had waited another day."
Phil stated that Gordon would be dead within a week if he didn't check into rehab, and insiders with knowledge of Nick's condition say that the assessment may have been accurate.
Gordon reportedly quit heroin and cocaine "cold turkey" when Bobbi Kristina was hospitalized. However, one insider says Nick drank "gallons of Jack Daniel's" to cope with his pain and would go days without eating or drinking water.
A friend says that just one week after checking into rehab, Nick's condition "looks promising."
Sadly, Bobbi Kristina remains in a medically induced coma, seven weeks after her near-drowning.
Before the interview, Nick was so severely inebriated that he couldn't stand under his own power. He told Dr. Phil that he had taken "two shots." He later admitted to being drunk, but "not on drugs"
One of the strangest allegations made by Gordon came early in the interview. When asked about his previous three stints in rehab, he claimed he had simply checked in so that he and Bobbi Kristina could keep Whitney Houston company while she sought treatment.
There were points in the interview during which Gordon became confrontational with Dr. Phil. He stated that Phil spoke as though he were on Xanax, and encouraged him to "get to the point" on more than one occasion.
Twice during the interview, Nick stormed off set. He was coaxed into returning to his seat both times, but he continued to complain of health problems such as panic attacks and kidney pain caused by alcohol abuse.
The above clip contains two of Gordon's strangest moments from his interview with Phil. First he laments losing "the most legendary singer ever" (a strange way to refer to one's adoptive mother), and then he becomes upset after being told to "man up."
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