‘He really laid into me’: Father's message to Telford son after Jeremy Kyle filming
The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed by ITV – as it was revealed a participant who died had links to Shropshire.
Steve Dymond apparently took his own life after appearing on the show, telling his son the host “really laid into me”.
Mr Dymond, who for a time lived in Roden, Shropshire, took a lie-detector test to convince fiancee Jane Callaghan he had not been unfaithful, but was told he had failed.
His son Carl Woolley, 39, still lives in Telford.
He said his father had been “distraught” over the breakdown of his relationship and hoped the show would help him “clear his name”.
Outcry
News of Mr Dymond’s death prompted an outcry and ITV decided to end the confrontational programme for good.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman described the incident as “deeply concerning”, while MPs on an influential Commons committee discussed the case.
The broadcaster’s chief executive, Dame Carolyn McCall, addressed the issue in an email to ITV staff.
“This was a very difficult decision to make but we felt that it would be inappropriate to continue to broadcast the show when a participant on it has so recently died,” she wrote.
