Former employees have revealed horrific behind-the-scenes secrets of the Jeremy Kyle Show in a bombshell documentary.
They have lifted the lid on the sickening tactics used by the programme to heighten guest's distress to entertain viewers.
This included telling addicts they were in competition with other participants for a single rehabilitation bed, even though there was room for them all.
Such was the goading of guests on the show, one former worker described turning a 'shy, quiet' girl into a 'fireball' before she went on air.
A former member of the crew also said they felt like they 'had blood on my hands' after participant Steve Dymond took his own life following an appearance in May 2019.
Ex-staff revealed how they would receive regular calls from guests threatening to kill themselves – but tried to talk them out of it so the show went on air and did not 'waste any money'.
This was the result of a public outcry prompted by the death of Mr Dymond, 63, who took an overdose after failing a lie- detector test on the show.
Former staff on the show told of how they 'made up' the test's accuracy and claimed it was '99.9 per cent' and '97 per cent' accurate. However, a Commons select committee heard evidence from academic research that the test was at best '66 per cent to 70 per cent' accurate.
An ex-employee told the Channel 4 documentary: 'I felt like I had blood on my hands. We felt like we had killed someone.' Former staff members – voiced by actors in the documentary – also told of their concern at speaking out against the programme.
'The number of secrets we kept was frightening,' one said. 'If I was found to be speaking out it would be career suicide. It is scary to go against ITV – a massive corporation when I am just me.'
They also spoke of the deliberate tactics used to get the most extreme behaviour from show guests.
One said: 'They would love seeing a girl turn up, you know shy, quiet, scraggly and you would be put with that girl all day and you would turn her into this fireball.'
The former staff revealed how they too had been exploited and put under huge pressure to book guests, no matter how unsuitable.
'Everybody was exploited without even knowing it and if you went along with it you were fine and if you didn't you were sacked,' one past worker said.
Jeremy Kyle Show – Death on Daytime, which starts on Sunday, comes after the programme was canned by ITV in 2019.
-- Edited by Digger on Friday 11th of March 2022 09:45:55 AM
It was car crash, and got worse as time went on. I stopped watching it when it got to the point both Kyle and his guests were just shrieking at each other.
He is a bully and a coward.
I watched it once when a man retaliated to his goading....he almost pooed his pants, and a great big security guard dashed in to protect him.
He was like a poor man's Jerry Springer....and Springers show was horrendous too.
He is a bully and a coward. I watched it once when a man retaliated to his goading....he almost pooed his pants, and a great big security guard dashed in to protect him.
He was like a poor man's Jerry Springer....and Springers show was horrendous too.
That man Steve Diamond who committed suicide, his girlfriend got a Jeremy Kyle tattoo after Steve died. Said Jeremy was a lovely man. 🤔
The thing is, if a person has suicidal tendencies, eventually I suspect they do it anyway no matter what's going on around them. So if it wasn't the JK show, it would have been something else.
That man Steve Diamond who committed suicide, his girlfriend got a Jeremy Kyle tattoo after Steve died. Said Jeremy was a lovely man. 🤔
The thing is, if a person has suicidal tendencies, eventually I suspect they do it anyway no matter what's going on around them. So if it wasn't the JK show, it would have been something else.
Not necessarily.
It could be the humiliation on top of depression, which was the last straw.
Suicidal people can sometimes get through depression if treated with care.
That man Steve Diamond who committed suicide, his girlfriend got a Jeremy Kyle tattoo after Steve died. Said Jeremy was a lovely man. 🤔
The thing is, if a person has suicidal tendencies, eventually I suspect they do it anyway no matter what's going on around them. So if it wasn't the JK show, it would have been something else.
Steve Diamond stopped taking his anti-depressant tablets before he went on the show, so he could pass the check list of whether or not he was suitable for the show.
He lied to the producers about his state of mind and was ultimately responsible for his own actions.
Nobody forced him on the show with a gun at his head.
Too much blame culture these days.
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I think people are a lot crueller nowadays..the jeering, making fun of the vulnerable, both online and off, is encouraged on shows like Springer and Kyle.
They seems to encourage people to feel better about their own sad lives by making fun of someone with an even sadder life.
Oddly, no one actually spoke out about the bullying culture behind the scenes till the mans suicide was connected with the show.
I think a lot of people should look to themselves...including the people who queued round the block at Media city every week hoping to be one of the jeering mob allowed in to watch todays version of the town square humiliation.
I think people are a lot crueller nowadays..the jeering, making fun of the vulnerable, both online and off, is encouraged on shows like Springer and Kyle.
They seems to encourage people to feel better about their own sad lives by making fun of someone with an even sadder life.
Oddly, no one actually spoke out about the bullying culture behind the scenes till the mans suicide was connected with the show.
I think a lot of people should look to themselves...including the people who queued round the block at Media city every week hoping to be one of the jeering mob allowed in to watch todays version of the town square humiliation.
Those shows were described as being like 'Bear Baiting' Syl.
Which is an accurate description, wat you've said is true as well.
It gave some people a feeling of superiority for a while by laughing and jeering at some poor unfortunate soul.
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