Channel 4 documentary Jeremy Kyle Show: Death on Daytime earlier this week (March 14), one of the show’s major stars has spoken out.But his attempts to defend the show - claiming it “helped thousands of people” - have fallen flat on social media.Graham Stanier started as a counsellor and psychotherapist on the daytime talk show in 2005.But after the tragic suicide of Steve Dymond in 2019, the ITV show was taken off air for good.
The Channel 4 documentary further alleges that guests were “lied to” about the need to “compete” for rehab beds, with former employees making allegations of a culture of fear backstage.It further claimed to show examples of how guests were exploited in order to boost TV ratings, something ITV denies.And now Graham has spoken out about the show in a lengthy Instagram post.Graham posted a picture of Martin Luther King Jr., alongside his famous quote: “Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”And he wrote alongside the picture: “The Jeremy Kyle aftercare service provided:“100s of residential treatment programmes for guests suffering from addiction to drugs, alcohol or gambling.“1000s were referred for counselling, family mediation and anger management sessions.“1000s referred for counselling because they were struggling with difficult life events such as bereavement, relationship breakdown, stress, and in some cases distressing physical health problems.“1000s referred or signposted to external support agencies to either re-engage or engage them with services that would improve their lives.”The post continued: “The show itself was a conflict resolution show but it also [challenged] homophobia, transphobia and racism, and it provided a platform to brave survivors of domestic.
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