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Jerry Springer has died

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CuriousMama · 27/04/2023 20:59

I used to watch his show when I was young. He always came across as fun and that he didn't take himself too seriously.

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CuriousMama · 27/04/2023 21:00

I meant on interviews. The show was mad!

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SinnerBoy · 27/04/2023 21:01

I always called him Jelly Sphincter.

Needmorelego · 27/04/2023 21:03

Interesting fact.....he was born in a London Underground Station.

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AlexandraMarch · 27/04/2023 21:31

Same...sad news. Glad it was a peaceful death. The tiktok video he did in March he looked quite well which was reassuring. RIP Jerry. You will live on in my memories!!

SwanUppmanship · 27/04/2023 21:35

@Needmorelego yes! During the blitz wasn't it?

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 27/04/2023 21:48

This is my Jerry Springer moment
I don't want this moment to die
So dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians...
🎶

Vintagecreamandcottagepie · 27/04/2023 21:50

A massive part of 90's culture!

Rip.

SquirrellyTheSquirrel · 27/04/2023 21:52

I’m shocked at the love for him.

He made a fortune out of exploiting people.

Needmorelego · 27/04/2023 21:58

@SwanUppmanship yes indeed. The Underground Station was being used as an air-raid shelter and he was born down there.

BusterGonads · 27/04/2023 21:59

I thought he was brilliant.
Reverend Schnorr anyone? 😂
Don't mention that you're from the countrysi....oops too late, everyone's dancing 🎶 hillbilly rock 🎶 🤣

Davros · 27/04/2023 21:59

Needmorelego · 27/04/2023 21:03

Interesting fact.....he was born in a London Underground Station.

Hampstead

Myauntiesmustache · 27/04/2023 22:00

Great guy - sadly missed

Needmorelego · 27/04/2023 22:02

@Davros it was Highgate apparently.
I don't know whether it was during an actual raid. A lot of people just went down there every night.
His mother was probably thinking "Oh great. You want to be born now. Really?"

Davros · 27/04/2023 22:07

Needmorelego are you sure? Hampstead is the deepest station on the underground and I don't think Highgate is deep at all. But it's in the same area...

Needmorelego · 27/04/2023 22:12

@Davros some of the tube stations used as shelters were barely underground.
It says Highgate on Wikipedia. Could be Hampstead?
Whichever one it was - interesting place to be born. Although as I said - probably not much fun for his mother 🙂

MillieMollieMandy1 · 27/04/2023 22:14

RIP Jerry Springer

....look after yourself and each other...

Needmorelego · 27/04/2023 22:19

My favourite Jerry episode 🤣

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UsingChangeofName · 27/04/2023 22:24

SquirrellyTheSquirrel · 27/04/2023 21:52

I’m shocked at the love for him.

He made a fortune out of exploiting people.

This

Missingmyusername · 27/04/2023 22:29

Aww 90’s throwback! Loved this show, even if it was staged.

Fourecks · 27/04/2023 22:32

I hadn't realised his parents were German Jews who were fleeing the Holocaust. He had relatives who died in the Nazi gas chambers.

Sux2buthen · 27/04/2023 22:36

Yes, he kicked some nazi types off of his show once. They said something about they'd kill his family in theory or something like that and he told them to go

Needmorelego · 27/04/2023 22:37

@Fourecks apparently he did an episode of Who Do You Think You Are which was very emotional.
I haven't seen it - I'm going to have to see if I can find it somewhere to watch.
For those saying he exploited people with his TV show - most probably wanted their 15 minutes of fame. The show ran for years so most people knew what they were getting into. They still chose to go on.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 27/04/2023 22:37

I used to wait until my parents were out in the summer holidays and binge watch it 🤣. It's really bringing it home how old I'm getting. 😩

Florenz · 27/04/2023 22:43

I liked his show. It was open about being trashy and exploitative, which was a refreshing change compared to the likes of Rikki Lake and Oprah which pretended to be classy but were really just as trashy and exploitative as Springer.

SerafinasGoose · 27/04/2023 22:46

The American Jeremy Kyle.

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