Jeremy Kyle Show Cancelled

[Ken4155]

Just heard on the radio that the JK show has been cancelled as one of the participants died shortly after recording. ITV have announced an investigation and it is feared it may never return. Anyone on here miss it if it vanishes?

[Mamyalynne]

That's sad hc.

[johnk]

No, this was bound to happen sometime.

[10ClarionSt]

In answer to the OP, nope! I watched it once for about 5 minutes. Never again.

[spathiphyllum]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/9067960/jeremy-kyle-show-guest-death-drug-overdose/

[ToraToraTora]

He took an overdose because he was branded a liar after failing a lie detector test about fidelity. The LDTs are flakey at best and given the stress of the situation etc I'd say it can be taken with a pinch of salt. We don't really know if he was indeed lying but he obviously found it disturbing that he was thus branded, probably means he was actually telling the truth.

Horrible show, bear bating with people who are usually off the pace.

[elliemay1]

Horrible show indeed. Should never have been on. Played on vulnerable people. Let JK make his money some other way.

[JF85]

Seems many people who never saw the show still managed to form strong opinions. It served a purpose in clarifying relationships where parents had significantly failed their children, and I know a number who have used it for DNA testing.

The rot set in a couple of years ago when it became personal. JK was obsessed with fathers' rights, irrespective of children's interests, and became a self-identified moral guardian "I will make sure no woman / man ever looks at you again".

To maintain its edge, thecshow had to keep pushing boundaries. Research seems to have fallen by the wayside, with great parents one day being challenged for abandoning previous children the next, and always with JK's insistence that he could read people like a book being in direct contrast to the anarchy of the edited versions.

What has happened sounds tragic. I am sure neither JK nor the show's production team wished for anyone to die, but the artificially inflated confrontations meant that it was perhaps always a possibility. A shame that people resort to this kind of public laundry because low-key, local support services are simply no longer available.

[spathiphyllum]

A mans suicide rests on his own shoulders, not a national TV show. If he cheated or not, who knows.. However it was his own decision to take his own life. That burden should never fall on anyone else, or anything else but the own mans decisions. We could all commit suicide, we could all blame something else for our problems but deep down we make our own choices and we make our own actions.

[jim360]

Not sure that's an entirely helpful, let alone accurate, analysis. Anyone who finds themselves wanting to take their own life for psychological reasons is necessarily suffering from an illness that affects their ability to make such choices.

[spathiphyllum]

But that's not anyone else fault, Jim.

[Prudie]

I'm stunned that I actually fully agree with spath at 12.23. Furthermore it's OK to brand the show as horrible trash and bedlam baiting but countless people choose to go on it and lots more want to be in the audience. It's not fair to blame the show for this man's suicide nor JK himself for anything else related.

[spathiphyllum]

"Anyone who finds themselves wanting to take their own life for psychological reasons is necessarily suffering from an illness that affects their ability to make such choices."

Maybe the aftercare team could have taken more steps to be aware of the suicidal tendencies from the guest, or any hidden issues. but, the aftercare team, nor the show should be blamed. It's no ones fault. It's just a shame.

[jim360]

Well, as long as "no one's fault" includes the man in question, then fair enough.

[-Talbot-]

Miss it?
I was due to make an appearance next week.

[-SharonA-]

In regards to the LDT, he was adamant he was telling the truth which is why he was so distraught.

[pixie374]

I don't watch it, but have seen it before. Clearly what has happened is awful, but I can't see that it could be caused alone by a show and they should not be held responsible unless they have done something outrageous, which has not been publicised... and i don't imagine that would be the case.

[Arksided]

I think JK is a vile creature, given free roam on tv to be a BUlly! the way he shouts in their faces etc... and humiliates his guests.

I don't watch it but what I have seen my opinion is I don't care if its on or not... I do have sympathy for the person that died though because of the show.

[spathiphyllum]

"I think JK is a vile creature, given free roam on tv to be a BUlly! the way he shouts in their faces etc... and humiliates his guests.
"

Especially considering he, himself cheated on his wife. Not a good example is he?

[Arksided]

I much prefer 'Storm' on Jeremy Vine.

[andy-hughes]

spath - // A mans suicide rests on his own shoulders, not a national TV show. If he cheated or not, who knows.. However it was his own decision to take his own life. That burden should never fall on anyone else, or anything else but the own mans decisions. We could all commit suicide, we could all blame something else for our problems but deep down we make our own choices and we make our own actions. //

I am in complete agreement, suicide is the responsibility of the induvial.

That is not the same as saying that the individual is acting in a responsible manner, but I do believe that this situation may have been the last straw, rather than the sole cause of this tragedy.