The Jeremy Kyle Show

I used to like this show when I was young, and God knows how, because I find it hard to watch now. It was a horrible show that exploited the lower class for cheap entertainment.

These people are not inherently bad, they were born into their backgrounds through no choice of their own, and instead of this very wealthy country supporting them and providing the opportunity to grow, it instead chooses to humiliate these people on national television. Classism is a massive problem in this country, it's a shame how normalised it actually is.

I am glad it's off the air. Shame on ITV for ever allowing and investing in this program in the first place.

This programme is the equivalent of the old freak shows where people used to laugh at the more unfortunate within society.

Now, not a lot of guests on TJKS are 'unfortunate'. In fact, it's plain to see their problems are mostly entirely self-inflicted. What really gets my back up though is Mr Smug himself - oh yes - put your hands together (by pain of death) for Jeremy Kyle. The most sanctimonious piece of s**t ever to grace a television screen. This man has seen and done it all and he never fails to get in the face of some poor b*st*rd who has come on either for his 15 minutes of fame or maybe a bit of help from Kyle's counsellors.

I think someone would have to be seriously damaged to air their problems on a show like this - and this programme manipulates that vulnerability to the max.

The one thing that particularly disturbs me is some of the warring young couples who come on the show to fight over paternity of their 'bay-bey'. What the hell do these poor babies have going for them with dead-heads like these as parents. Some of them look like they couldn't find their bum with both hands, let alone raise a child.

This show is a sad indictment of everything Britain has become.

The Jeremy Kyle Show is the UK equivalent to The Jerry Springer show in one respect- and many other so-called talk shows in that they seek pleasure in humiliating and embarrassing ordinary members of the public by means of airing their dirty laundry in public. I know that this show has only been on air for 2 years, but my goodness why is this still on? Coincidently, I had heard of Jeremy Kyle before because I used to tune into his talk show on the radio where viewers phone in with their dilemmas and he'd come up with a solution to each and every one of them.

Whatever your views are on the guy, one has to agree to a certain extent that on some occasions, he does speak the truth. However, what the detractors of Kyle's will argue is the rather unnecessary approach and manner he takes to verbally addressing his guests. Often arrogant, hypocritical and verbally aggressive in his tone of voice, even patronising and cynical towards them on his part, Kyle somewhat reminds me in this sense of the types of people I have encountered throughout my life- the bullying, often narcissistic and horrible people of which i will not go into mentioning names. The assertion that because of their ego, they think they are entitled to and HAVE a right to be entitled to speak to people in the way that they do, -which is unacceptable and one i find heinous, not to mention trying to shut others up and not giving them a opportunity to explain themselves to them. Another celebrity of whom fits this particular mould is someone like Vanessa Feltz, another person I dislike- also arrogant, patronising and to an extent, 'nasty', especially in regards to her views on certain issues.

The show itself is based loosely on the American model of talk shows-i.e; lots of cheering, heckling and jeering, person explains their dilemma- be it relationship or otherwise to the crowd and host, the host goes into a little detail, the guest's partner, friend, relative or whomever comes out amid the booing and jeering and sits down, the guest tells that other person what is on their mind, that other person ends up crying or loses their temper. I mean, this is voyeuristic TV to the extreme.

Almost the same thing happens with every show. Demographically, the typical Kyle guests tend to be from a working-class background, white, under 40, mostly female and made up of low income families and single mothers. I for one am not disrespecting them because I am from a working class background myself, but the thing is with most TV shows, particularly talk shows, they paint the image of your average Joe as being unemployed and on benefits or low paid, and perceiving them as being lazy and unintelligent- which the vast majority of us are not.

This type of TV show is a form of reality TV in my book- reality in the sense that, the dilemmas that we hear of are real life and the people on the show are real-life. The similarities between reality TV and talk shows are uncanny as they are shockingly bad that they are regarded by many as the lowest forms of TV programmes available.

Frankly, if you want advice on your marriage, relationship, friendship or whatever speak to a properly trained counsellor, a member of the NSPCC, phone a domestic violence hot-line, or even speak to someone you know well and trust. Don't, whatever you do, go on TV and spill the beans to someone like Kyle and have it transmitted on air.

This show was popular at the time as it gave people a preview into the lives of those less fortunate (whether of the guests own volition or bad luck) this would satisfy a viewers nosy or curious nature whilst making them feel better about their own life, so they would become hooked. The guests often had problems (substance or alcohol abuse, obesity, underweight, mental health, and predominately relationship issues with a spouse or sometimes family). A similar show to Dr Phil and Jerry Springer etc, but with a difference.

You had two types of episode, the demonize episode where the host Jeremy Kyle would talk down to a guest, berate or shout at them for something they did (perhaps deservedly, but as a host this was terrible as the host should be impartial - and simply asking questions). The mindless audience would then boo or copy Kyle's take.

The 2nd type of show is the "awww" show. Someone goes through trauma, abuse etc, maybe finds they were a victim in a relationship with an unfaithful partner. Kyle praises the person, the mindless audience follow suite and go "awww".

Another issue is exploiting these people because many may have been paid or saw it as their 5 mins of fame. Shame on ITV. It ultimately resulted in a past guest taking their own life.

Brainless, exploitative garbage. Similar to the propaganda that the ITV news spews out daily.

It depresses me that there are seriously people out there who are naive enough to believe that this show actually helps it guests with their problems. If you go on google reviews or if you look at some of the reviews on this site, you'll see several people not only defending this now cancelled show, but people also saying that this show should be brought back because, it supposedly, helped people with their problems. Lets just go over a few things.

1. Guests were told to change their clothes and wear tracksuit outfits, just so Jeremy Kyle could further ridicule them.

2. Several guests have come out saying that they were locked in a small room for 10 hours straight, making them feel stressed and anxious.

3. The producers have told their guests to speak louder than Jeremy Kyle on the stage just to make them look worse.

4. Despite not liking it when his guests swear on his stage, Jeremy Kyle himself swears at his guests, calling them vile insults, and then suspiciously editing clips of him swearing out so he doesn't look bad.

5. There was no aftercare on the show. Former guests have come out saying they were either given just one minute of aftercare, or none at all.

So to all the people who think this show helps people with their marriage problems, drug problems, etc, how do you explain everything I have just listed out?

Jeremy Kyle is not a good person, he is not a hero, he doesn't care about his guests problems, and he has no such intention of helping them. He is a vile, deceitful, scummy human being who exploits his guests and revels in their misery, and if any of you seriously believe he helps people, then you all seriously need to get in touch with reality. This show should never come back.