Jeremy Kyle claims one thing 'changed everything' with ITV show axe
ok.co.ukJeremy Kyle has spilled the beans on why he reckons his headline-grabbing ITV show was already on borrowed time even before it got the chop in 2019.The daytime TV host was cancelled after Steve Dymond, a guest, took his own life a week after filming his appearance.
But now aged 59, Jeremy has spoken out during his first TV interview since the Jeremy Kyle Show was axed.The interview, recorded weeks after he was "exonerated" following an inquest into Dymond's death, includes him admitting he understood why his show had to go. "I understand entirely that The Kyle Show had to fall on its sword because of that," he admitted to Kate Garraway.
He also labelled social media as having "changed everything" as the world is "dramatically" different. "It was a juggernaut," he said of his show. "You'd look now and go 'it's a bygone era'.
We launched in 2005, just before the advent of social media and I think that changed everything. "People watched to make themselves feel better about their own lives but the world has changed dramatically - you can't say boo to a goose now, can you?
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