Most people don't go on Dr. Phil expecting to come out on top. Chaz Carti says he did.

During the Nov. 2 episode of the Creators Inc. Podcast , the Georgia native revisited the experience with host Andy Bachman, sharing what happened behind the scenes of his unexpected television debut.

Carti had gone viral during the pandemic with the bucket prank trend and confetti stunts in store aisles, racking up views on TikTok while still in high school. Then the phone rang.

“Dr. Phil calls me. I thought it was a joke,” he told Bachman. “I thought it was like my friends pranking me cuz I’m pranking everybody.”

It wasn’t a prank. Carti was 17 when he showed up on the Jan. 7, 2021, episode, “New Year ... New You,” where his dad asked Dr. Phil to talk him out of skipping college to build a career on social media.

“My parents were pissed,” the prankster said of their reaction when he walked away from lacrosse. “They’re like, ‘What are you doing? You’re so good at this. Are you serious?…