Jeremy Kyle could be described as the human equivalent of marmite - you either love him, or you hate him. Yeah, he can be annoying sometimes, yelling at people and telling them to get off his stage, but the majority of his shows provide a lot of entertainment!
Some of the latest guests included a man who has slept with over 2000 women, and a woman who had a fling with her uncle. The stories on that show never fail to amuse me which means two hours of my afternoon are dedicated to itv2 every week day! I guess some people might argue that after nearly 1000 shows, Jeremy has done his fair share of DNA tests and yelling at chavs in tacky tracksuits. But it seems he is not giving up any time soon. Every show brings new problems and people who can't seem to keep their knickers on, which makes viewers feel a little bit better about their own lives.
Despite the bad press his show has received, Kyle has stuck by his decision to help those who need to find relatives or the father of their child. A former producer on the show wrote an article for The Guardian in October 2007, stating that the aftercare wasn't given unless guests ask for it. She also accussed the producers of winding the guests up from the minute they arrive at the studio to the second the step onto the stage, apparently telling them what the other person is supposedly going to say (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/oct/08/mondaymediasection2). If this is the case, then I think many viewers would be quite dissapointed that it is so staged, and that people aren't actually that cringey and amusing. I think it's fair to say that thinking "oh my god" and "what are they wearing!?" is all part of the fun and if that is all set up by the producers I would be very dissapointed!
But, thankfully, it looks as if Jezza has taken no notice of the press and stuck with it - something I think students and the unemployed are very happy about! If the Jeremy Kyle show was cut, what would we do with our afternoons?! Actually do assignments and housework? I think I speak for the majority when I say we would rather pick drug addicts and twelve year old mothers over housework anyday! But when he reaches the 1000th show, do you think Jeremy should take his own advice and call it quits? Maybe he could spice things up a bit by taking a lie detector test himself and doing DNA tests on his crew?
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