S1 E2: He’s A Doctor — Why Would He Lie?
Sick
WFYI/Side Effects Public Media
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jacoba Ballard knew she was donor conceived, so she wanted to see if she had any half siblings. She found more than she expected – would anyone believe her?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Sick contains a few curse words and deals with sexual themes. |
| 0:05.0 | Just keep that in mind if you have kids around. |
| 0:12.3 | Matt White's entire life changed in a moment. |
| 0:15.0 | He already knew his dad wasn't his biological father. |
| 0:17.8 | His parents weren't able to have children without help, so they went to a fertility doctor |
| 0:21.4 | to use an anonymous sperm donor. |
| 0:24.0 | Matt had decided early on. |
| 0:25.4 | He never wanted to know who the donor was. |
| 0:29.3 | One looked at a doctor in a new story, and that decision was taken out of his hands. |
| 0:34.3 | There was no turning back at that point. |
| 0:37.3 | It was just like, okay, then I'm looking at my biological father. |
| 0:43.6 | I knew instantly without a doubt. |
| 0:49.5 | His mom, Liz White, put her trust in the wrong man, the wrong doctor. |
| 0:54.6 | Ronald Klein didn't use an anonymous donor. |
| 0:57.4 | He violated Liz's trust. |
| 0:59.4 | He used his own sperm. |
| 1:02.6 | So yeah, I called my mom and I asked her, I was like, you know, was your fertility doctor |
| 1:08.2 | when you had me, Donald Klein, and she hadn't thought about that name in three decades. |
| 1:16.9 | And she said she had to think about it. |
| 1:19.8 | She was like, yep, that was him. |
| 1:24.0 | And she pretty much lost it on the phone. |
| 1:33.2 | I was stunned. |
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