"So let's think about all of our first responders and healthcare workers home health aids nursing home staff...always ... it's a much better place to put our focus," the actress wrote.

"So let's think about all of our first responders and healthcare workers home health aids nursing home staff...always ... it's a much better place to put our focus," the actress wrote.

Aside from Dr. Oz's comments, Dr. Phil—who holds a doctorate in clinical psychology but is not licensed to practice—also appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingraham and appeared to criticized the nationwide shutdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

"The economy is crashing around us and they're doing that because people are dying because of coronavirus," Dr. Phil said, per CNN. "I get that, but look, the fact of the matter is we have people dying—45,000 people a year die from automobile accidents, 480,000 from cigarettes, 360,000 from swimming pools—but we don't shut the country for that. But yet, we're doing it for this and the fallout is going to last for years because people's loves are being destroyed."

In a video on Friday, the TV doctor also took to social media to acknowledge his comments and apologize.