Would You Go On the Jeremy Kyle Show?

Jinx

I must admit I will watch JK ....... but could and would never consider going on it..... I really dont get why people do it; Id be beyond mortified.

Padstow

I wouldn't qualify as my fingernails are clean. Watch when they put their fingers to their face. Euck!
Someone described it as modern day Bedlam. No, not at all, those poor people had no choice. These people love their time on camera, it's the closest they'll ever get to the opening rounds of the X Factor.

As for JK, yes he's a showman but his real life values are worthwhile.
His first wife didn't rate him as a husband but says he was a fantastic father and would indeed walk through the night to see his daughter.

For those who think the show is beneath them, do you watch Emmerdale, Coronation St or Eastenders?

balletshoes

Padstow wrote: »

I wouldn't qualify as my fingernails are clean. Watch when they put their fingers to their face. Euck!
Someone described it as modern day Bedlam. No, not at all, those poor people had no choice. These people love their time on camera, it's the closest they'll ever get to the opening rounds of the X Factor.

As for JK, yes he's a showman but his real life values are worthwhile.
His first wife didn't rate him as a husband but says he was a fantastic father and would indeed walk through the night to see his daughter.

For those who think the show is beneath them, do you watch Emmerdale, Coronation St or Eastenders?

no.

LunaLady

Definitely not. I dont believe in airing my dirty laundry in public.

I would however love my Ex to get the JK treatment. He only sees the children rarely which is heartbreaking for them.

shellsuit

Padstow wrote: »

I wouldn't qualify as my fingernails are clean. Watch when they put their fingers to their face. Euck!
Someone described it as modern day Bedlam. No, not at all, those poor people had no choice. These people love their time on camera, it's the closest they'll ever get to the opening rounds of the X Factor.

As for JK, yes he's a showman but his real life values are worthwhile.
His first wife didn't rate him as a husband but says he was a fantastic father and would indeed walk through the night to see his daughter.

For those who think the show is beneath them, do you watch Emmerdale, Coronation St or Eastenders?

What have those programmes got to do with it?

JK is real life, soap operas are fiction.

moneypuddle

Definitely not, cant even watch it

gravitytolls

Lotus-eater wrote: »

To destroy, humiliate, ruin, people and relationships on live TV?

He is a particularly nasty parasite that needs squashing.

I'm not really one for saying society is going to the dogs etc. But really, to belong to a society that allows, wants and encourages this kind of thing is kind of embarrassing.

Mmm, maybe he is, maybe he ain't, but I don't think he's any worse than any journalist persuading the public at large that anyone in receipt of benefits is a waster and fecjless fool, or many of the outspoken members on this forum. The only difference is that he's yelling in their faces and before a camera.

Let's face it, if the audience had no appetite for such Romanesque arena style sport, the shows wouldn't be made.

dontone

I actually know 2 people who went on it (one has since passed away) but they were top talking points around these parts for a long time. Not for the actual subjects, (which apparently were threesomes :eek: and cheating :eek:) but for the fact it made us Barnsley folk look and sound like total idiots.
The telly makes the Barnsley accent sound rather horrible.
I have an old schoolfriend who is a big fan and got tickets for the audience. She reckoned it was fantastic.
Personally I'd never go on, nor watch it live. Hope the Yanks keep him forever, because JK is a horrible, pompous up-yer-own-kyber man.

mammyof7

A few months back I was watching the show and the "subject" was a woman who for various reasons had not brought her daughter up. Later on I got a message of a relative asking if I had recognised this person as she was actually a cousin who I hadn't saw for years!

Anyhow JK really ripped her to shreds and she ended up in tears and losing her rag. Of course he shouted her down and made her look a fool.

I don't think that anyone will ever "win" against him on TV and a great majority of people just end up looking ridiculous. As for me... no chance, never, ever, ever............................................................

Lotus-eater

Padstow wrote: »

For those who think the show is beneath them, do you watch Emmerdale, Coronation St or Eastenders?

The show is beneath me and no, they are all pretty bad as well, watching them isn't something I would enjoy, at all.
But they are in a completely different category, one is real peoples lives being ruined and abused in the pursuit of "entertainment" and the other is just trashy fiction tv.

gravitytolls wrote: »

Mmm, maybe he is, maybe he ain't, but I don't think he's any worse than any journalist persuading the public at large that anyone in receipt of benefits is a waster and fecjless fool, or many of the outspoken members on this forum. The only difference is that he's yelling in their faces and before a camera.

Let's face it, if the audience had no appetite for such Romanesque arena style sport, the shows wouldn't be made.

How many journalists, or idiot members of this forum would go on tv and rant at someone the way JK does? Yes, not many, (ie almost none) easy to write behind a barrier.
In a way I admire him, to be so callous and unfeeling needs a certain type of person, he is that person and has risen to fill a gap.

The gap is the Romanesque arena sport you talk about. Obviously there is a hole in the market for such trash, people need to look down on other people, just so they can tell themselves they are OK and normal.

At least the Romans were honest about it and admitted they wanted to see blood sports, we have to dress it up in some daft pseudo crap about wanting to save relationships and the like.
Enough to make you sick.