'Long Island Medium' Theresa Caputo Addresses Backlash Surrounding TLC's September 11th Special
After previews showcasing snippets from her 9/11 special sparked controversy across social media, renowned psychic medium Theresa Caputo is breaking her silence and addressing the misconceptions in an exclusive with PopCulture.com host Tania Hussain. In the special, Long Island Medium: In Memory of 9/11 airing Sept. 9 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC and streaming concurrently on Discovery+, Caputo visits the sites of the horrific terrorist attacks and meets with families of the departed to deliver messages of healing and heroism from the spirits of their loved ones. But as the promos made their way across social media, many accused the beloved psychic of exploitation despite participants of the special willfully taking part.
"I think that is one of the biggest things, that there are a lot of misconceptions in general about the world, and more importantly, myself and my gift," Caputo told PopCulture. "My thing from the beginning is always, nobody has to believe in what I do. I want them to believe in an afterlife, to know that all the things that go on around them is their loved ones reaching out and letting them know that that soul bond can never and will never be broken."
Adding how she was "honored" to be able to help these families on so many levels, Caputo shares something a lot of people might not know about her is how September 11th played a crucial part in her psychic and spiritual awakening. "[It] was the turning point for me of fully embracing my gift, accepting the fact that this is my soul's journey here in the physical world because a lot of people were left with more burdens and guilt and what happened to their loved ones. They weren't able to recover their loved one's physical body."
