Char Margolis is an American author and self-proclaimed psychic medium. Margolis's claims to have

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abilities have been criticised by several media outlets which suggest she uses standard cold reading and

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tricks to perform her readings.

Career

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magazine reported in 2010 that Margolis "got her start in Canada on ''

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'' in the late 1980s... and also guested on Camilla Scott’s and

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’s shows in their heyday" (on

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). Maclean's also reported that in 2010, Margolis charged US$600 for a 45-minute phone reading, and US$825 for an in-person consultation. In 2000, on ''

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'', Margolis revealed

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's second pregnancy, which Ripa had been keeping secret. From 2002 to 2010, Margolis appeared on the Dutch television program ''Char'' on

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. In a 2004 interview on the

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, she said was scheduled to record the prime-time show in The

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for six weeks in August. In an article, "Char, Char, Charlatan",

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reported in DePers.nl that in 2005 he was a guest on that show, and Margolis used cold reading and hot reading techniques on him. Westbroek said that this experience turned him into an unbeliever regarding her abilities. Since 2015, Margolis has hosted a podcast, CharVision. In 2019, she had a series on WOW Presents Plus called ''Reading Queens'', in which she read for former contestants of ''

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''. In 2021, Margolis was a guest adviser in the 10th episode of season 13 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''.

Bibliography

* ''Questions from Earth, Answers from Heaven'' (1999) * ''Life: A Spiritual Intuitive's Collection of Inspirational Thoughts'' (2004) * ''Discover Your Inner Wisdom: Using Intuition, Logic, and Common Sense to Make Your Best Choices'' (2008) * ''Love Karma: Use Your Intuition to Find, Create, and Nurture Love in Your Life'' (2012) * ''The Universe is Calling You: Connecting with Essence to Live with Positive Energy, Love, and Power'' (2020) * ''You Are Psychic: 7 Steps to Discover Your Own Psychic Abilities'' (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Margolis, Char Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American psychics People from Detroit Mediumship