Jeremy Kyle fronted his ITV talk show for 17 series before it was taken off air (Picture: ITV)Jeremy Kyle has some interesting thoughts on why his hugely controversial ITV show was axed after almost two decades on air.The presenter fronted his own talk show from 2005 to 2019. 3,320 episodes were made across 17 series, and it became the most popular programme in the daytime schedule.
At its peak, The Jeremy Kyle Show was watched by one million people, who tuned in for the results of drug tests, paternity tests, and lie detectors as Kyle attempted to resolve personal conflicts.The show was famously confrontational as ex couples fought over alleged infidelity, and adult children were accused of stealing from their parents. It had everything, from addiction scandals to long-lost family revelations.
However, Kyle’s show was taken off air permanently in May 2019 after the suicide of Steve Dymond. His appearance as a guest the week before never made it to air.Following an investigation, the programme was cleared of any connection to the cause of Dymond’s death, but its reputation had already been irreversibly tarnished.
Kyle was repeatedly criticised for his treatment of guests (Picture: ITV)Speaking in his first-ever TV interview, 59-year-old Kyle appears in the new series of Kate Garraway’s Life Stories. The chat was recorded just weeks after he was exonerated in the inquest last September. During the record, Kyle stated that he accepts his show and those who worked on it had t.
