Thank you isobel1. My friend is doing great thanks to the Jeremy Kyle show and his team.it is so easy to critisize when your own little world seems great. I think JK is wonderful because he really does care! If I had to do his job, I think  I would do more than shout!

hi wonderbra

 

thanks for the message, did your friend know that he was going to see her to check to see how she was getting on, or was it a complete surprise.

 

isobel

hi wonderbra sorry if this sounds a bit of a n odd question, but was it actually him that came to see your friend after she had been on the show or was it one of his team.

Hi isobel,

Yes Jeremy himself called to see her in person totally unannounced! One of the team keeps in touch to make sure she's OK

o my word, i was she completely shocked when she saw him

elcatto:

I think he has to talk to his guests the way he does otherwise it won't sink in!

 

I totally agree with you, have you seen the sort of people on the show . How can you possibly be polite and calm towards them when all they do is shout their head off. I also think although Jeremy is at times a little harsh he is their to help the guests and he does a very good job of it people often need someone like Jeremy to make them realize just how wrong they are. Most of all i think everything Jeremy says even if he is "abrupt" is absolutely correct. I mean come on guys he's qualified for this. I think over talk show hosts *** foot around too much , these people need to hear the truth. After all isn't that why they are on the show ?

  

Jeremy Kyle's attitude is an effort to make up for a profound lack of training or qualification.  When he has finished his self-righteous and narcissistic rant, they wheel on Graeme Stanyer, who he refers to as 'the genius', by which he means 'the qualified', who offers a more reasonable and insightful approach (much like the professional style of Trisha Goddard).

Some of his efforts also appear to be a desperate bid to win over the audience's affections. He uses phrases like "It says Jeremy Kyle on the wall - my show, shut up!", then pauses for a moment to allow the audience to fill the awkward silence that follows with a cheer. Phrases like "reel your neck in" failed to get the reaction he expected, and only served to make him look uncomfortable and a little embarrassed as he awaited the reaction his face told us he so desperately wanted. He is more concerned with creating a persona for himself to ensure that he is retained as 'the talent' on the show, in fear of ITV making the sensible move and asking Graeme to host the show.

Before he states something 'controversial', he will always first of all say something like "I know a lot of people will disagree with me", or "I know some people won't like me saying this". This only serves to make the statement that follows appear more controversial than it actually is, or to make it appear that in the face of adversity he will still speak 'the truth'. This is intensely annoying.

Finally, the polygraph test. On the show it states that "practitioners claim it to be 96-97% effective", whilst scientific research suggests it to be around 60-70% effective, which is why it is not used as evidence in a court of law, and is not used by government agencies. If the bank valued your house at £250,000 and an independent evaluation valued it at £150,000, which would you believe? Of course the bank is trying to sell you a mortgage and it is in their best interests to have you believe your home is worth more than it actually is (and this does happen!!). So it is clear to see why polygraph examiners "claim" it to be around 96-97% effective - they wouldn't have a job if they told you it was actually 60-70% effective. This means that around four out of every ten questions asked will produce an incorrect reading.

There is much more I would like to have commented on, but don't have the time to write it.

I think Jeremy is only harsh with the people who deserve it! He is very good with the people who really are the victims. People know what they're letting themselves in for when they ring his show rather than Trisha or whoever, and at least the majority of the time the situations do actually get resolved and arrangements made re visiting children, etc. The problem with a lot of the guests on the show who have gone off the rails is that no-one has stood up to them before and they have been allowed to get away with too much!  If I was behaving like as much of a **** as some of the guests I'm sure my dad would come shout "wise up!" at me until I saw sense :) Okay Jeremy is not their dad, but they've still given him the authority to be honest with them when they agree to come on the show, I reckon.

He is amazing!  I think that 9 times out of 10 he is saying the exact right thing because half the losers on that show need to be told.  There are parents on that show that don't have a clue how to look after themselves, probably not been told by there parents and need someone with a bit of common sense to give it to them straight.  If everyone was like that there would be less idiots around like there is!  Well done Jeremy keep up the good work!