Jeremy Kyle Axed

I understand the parallels but there's a considerable difference between the situations with Jeremy Kyle and Love Island.

The Love Island contestants died around two years after the show aired, and while it can still be argued that they did not receive sufficient aftercare after leaving the show, it is far more damning to have a guest kill themselves just a week after taking part.

Absolutely this. To be blunt about the issue, if either of the contestants on Love Island had died the week after coming out of the show - as has happened here - I suspect there would be no more Love Island.

I also suspect that with Jeremy Kyle, ITV know that there is more negativity to come. With stories already emerging this week about people who have previously worked on the show, I suspect the floodgates are now open on the reality of it's practices and it's better to can it now, rather than face mounting pressure.

You should have kept the rest of this post in. I was interested in seeing if you would provoke fans of a certain show…

Not surprised at all by the announcement, although I didn’t think it would be quite so soon. This Morning shoehorned the statement in at the start of the show, presumably to avoid being criticised for not covering it.



Not sure how you’ve reached that conclusion, if I’m honest.

I don’t think the situation is comparable to Love Island at all. The two former contestants who sadly took their own lives did so a significant amount of time after appearing on the show. In both instances, Love Island was not the sole cause or an immediate contributor. Both contestants were already well known on Instagram before appearing on the show, and other issues (eg. financial and relationship based) player a major part. The Jeremy Kyle Show, on the other hand, has directly led to, or significantly contributed to, the death of a participant just a week after appearing on the show.

There’s no hypocrisy at hand here, the situations are just not comparable.

From my understanding of watching the show when it first aired in 2005 (believe it or not, I was five years old) up until now, Jeremy has no control over the lie detector tests.

He just reads the results out. Compare his appearances on his own to show to that of his appearances on Good Morning Britain.

People bashing him is just not okay, the people who appear on the show aren’t forced. Even Christopher Maloney, former The X Factor contestant, has appeared on the show with his mum and has said that the whole team had treated them well.

Yes, it seems there was a direct correlation between a major feature on the programme and his treatment on it and the events afterwards.

The BBC have an interview with an audience member ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48276792/jeremy-kyle-show-audience-member-recalls-steven-dymond-episode ) who which suggests he was pinning his hopes on the lie detector and was devastated when the result came back. When you've got a feature on the programme that is based on bunkum science and someone's built up their hopes on it which might have led to a death... then there is a connection

Because I'm sure they'd never treat celebrities differently to get them to sing the show's praises to the press…

A sensible decision framed in suitable language, unlike some previous official comments on the tragedy.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that he does them or the DNA or anything else, he's the host.


I don't see any 'bashing' of the man himself, although that's not to say there shouldn't be. It is his show and he has developed a certain persona and an attitude

They're sometimes forced by their loved ones, and as I mentioned a few pages back there have been cases where a participants have changed their mind in the taxi to Salford and then been forced to agree to appear otherwise they'd have to pay for the long taxi ride and the hotel. There's been some dodgy practises going on.

Pleas no would rater watch the break down slide.

Had to happen really. The backlash has been so overwhelming.

I keep thinking Kyle's time dealing with the public is also going to have to come to a close. Reckon he would be good in a consumer show, like watchdog / rogue traders, targeting his attitude at businesses and standing up for consumers instead though.