Jeremy Kyle Show staff say they ‘weren’t allowed to eat until they booked guests’

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Jeremy Kyle Show workers have claimed they 'weren't allowed to eat' until they booked guests on the disgraced ITV show.It comes in an explosive new two-part Channel 4 documentary, called Jeremy Kyle: Death On Daytime, which is set to air at 9pm on Sunday (March 13).The bombshell series makes claims about the controversial daytime show, which was cancelled in 2019 after 14 years on air.The show was axed following the tragic death of ex-guest Steve Dymond, who took his own life after failing a lie detector test on the show.The bombshell doc features interviews with previous show guests and former workers who make claims about their experience on the programme.In the documentary, former staff claimed they "exploited", "used" and "manipulated" during their time on the programme.The two ex-workers, which included producers responsible for booking guests onto the show, had their identities protected by actors as they slammed the show in the documentary.One ex-worker claimed "everybody was exploited without knowing it", explaining if you didn't go along with the way show bosses wanted to do things, they would be sacked from their jobs.Apparently, stressed staff would 'never leave their desks' and would end up working gruelling 14-15 hour days as they desperately tried to book guests onto the programme.One of the employees even claimed producers weren't allowed to eat until they booked guests onto the show, meaning they were left starving.The former staff also claimed they 'weren't equipped' to deal with guests' mental health issues, and allege they were forced to lie during mental health checks on guests in a bid to ensure they could book them for the show.Despite the hit reality show hosting a whopping 20,000 guests during its.