Page 4 | To think that Jeremy Kyle Show has gone really downmarket all of a sudden?

WhatTheFick · 2019-04-04T14:58:55+00:00

Have it on in the background. They have just shown someone's personal text messages on screen in which they were talking about a prostitute and how she "was a really good shag". I haven't seen it in ages but it was not like this before, this is salacious and quite vile. And is it actually legal to show someone's text messages on TV now we have GDPR?

Villanellesproudmum · 04/04/2019 18:58

Just to add before I’m flamed, it was hilarious that JK seemed to think he was coming across as sincere when clearly he wasn’t. He seems to have a rather large inflated ego.

ShiveringCoyote · 04/04/2019 18:59

I saw an episode a while back where he was trying to set up contact for a man who had convictions for beating up the mother of his children. FYI JK you fucking potato, good father's don't beat up the mother of their children and those kids would have a better future without such scum in their lives.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 04/04/2019 19:24

I honestly don't know how anyone can watch that show, I have to turn over as soon as it comes on as I can't stand it

I agree with this. There are lots of programmes that irritate me if somebody else has them on (or even that come on after my programme and the remote has fallen down the side of the sofa!) - but, far above them all, even a minute of Jeremy Kyle's show really is vexatious to the soul.

I think the worst thing is that so many of the people who appear on it clearly have mental health issues, a floor-level sense of self-esteem or are of extremely low intelligence. I'm not saying this as a dig in any way - I don't think the vast majority have any understanding of the ramifications of what they're doing.

Jeremy, on the other hand, DOES know exactly what he's doing. His team actively seek out very vulnerable people under the pretence of helping them to find a resolution, letting them have their say in front of sympathetic, caring people - or at least to gain some closure - only to exploit them by exposing them to a braying angry crowd in the audience and millions more similar people at home who want their long-term damaged lives and perpetual failures to serve as twenty minutes of light entertainment for a bit of a laugh and a jeer.

Big Brother went the same way. In the beginning, it was ordinary people in an extraordinary setting and it was that setting which really interested people. Before long, the producers started seeking out strong 'interesting' characters to add drama. By the end, they were actively filtering out as boring all but the most broken, vulnerable people.

It really does leave you feeling like you need to take a shower after watching it - and I'm not even joking.

Zebra31 · 04/04/2019 19:25

Hazeintheclouds of course it was current affairs. It was totally up their with Panorama and the likes. I mean Jeremy Kyle was in the same league as Marie Colvin, Faisal Islam, Emily Maitlis and the like. Seriously, the Op is right, his really gone down in my estimations.

Se7en11 · 04/04/2019 19:27

it's just always too shouty.... I just switch over

happilyevernever · 04/04/2019 19:33

I can’t stand Jeremy, he really gets a kick out of making people feel bad about themselves

Sarcelle · 04/04/2019 19:37

I cannot abide his snide botoxed face.

I saw it a few years ago and wanted a bath after I watched it. I saw 5 mins a few weeks back and he just looked demented. It's a freak show, nothing else. Can't stand that counsellor bloke either.

A few times he has sat in for Piers Morgan on GMB. He makes PM look measured and modest. An immediate turn over.

AngelinaNeurosurgeon · 04/04/2019 20:00

It's not been the same since Melvyn Bragg had Harold Pinter, his wife and his lover Joan Bakewell on. There was a right to do and Pinter stormed out, ripping off his mic as he did so, threatening to write a play all about it, which he did.

bugeyedbarber · 04/04/2019 20:07

@AngelinaNeurosurgeon

Nah! It was when Vivian Marchant called Lady Antonia Fraser a slaaaaaaag and Steve had to intervene. And Nicholas Parsons was hosting. Or maybe it was a different episode? I just don't know 🤔

Tilikum · 04/04/2019 20:14

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

Jeremy, on the other hand, DOES know exactly what he's doing. His team actively seek out very vulnerable people under the pretence of helping them to find a resolution, letting them have their say in front of sympathetic, caring people - or at least to gain some closure - only to exploit them by exposing them to a braying angry crowd in the audience and millions more similar people at home who want their long-term damaged lives and perpetual failures to serve as twenty minutes of light entertainment for a bit of a laugh and a jeer.

Agree 100%. It's exploitation and makes me feel like we're hurtling towards some kind of amoral dystopian future, like Running Man.

AngelinaNeurosurgeon · 04/04/2019 20:19

Bugeyed you might be thinking of an episode when Alan Yentob took on hosting duties for a few months while Melvyn was writing one of his novels.

LadyRannaldini · 04/04/2019 20:53

They didn't actually show that the word shag was blurred out

Am I alone in finding it amusing, such concern on AIBU about language used??

managedmis · 04/04/2019 20:56

She said she knew it was him for certain because she had just redecorated and the new wallpaper is in the background.

^

managedmis · 04/04/2019 20:59

I just thought, well.....

^

Sorry but this thread is brilliant

bugeyedbarber · 04/04/2019 21:11

@AngelinaNeurosurgeon

alittlesnow · 04/04/2019 21:12

@Villanellesproudmum

I used to watch it years ago and thought it was hilarious when he tried to befriend them “I like you” “you’re alright you are” usually to a completely useless parent or something similar? Does he still do that? It was totally patronising and the recipient seemed to think they were best buddies.

I hate that too. It's as bad as the ridiculous 'Steve' banter that is on virtually EVERY show!

I also hate it when KYLE pretends he has never heard of facebook and twitter and instagram. Do us a favour.

MsTSwift · 04/04/2019 21:16

Gives me flashbacks to my first job people like that were my clients I would half feel sorry for them and half utterly horrified at the behaviour

Sarcelle · 04/04/2019 22:16

Years ago I went on a marketing course and there was an expert there from a tv production company. He said there was an agency who specialised in supplying "guests" for this type of show. They called the "guest" the pond lives. As I say this was years ago when people willing to appear were in short supply and were paid to debase themselves. I suspect these days people are falling over themselves to appear, no agency needed.

Lifecraft · 04/04/2019 22:28

It's not been the same since Jeremy Kyle took over from Sir Lawrence Olivier.

alittlesnow · 04/04/2019 22:53

@Lifecraft

It's not been the same since Jeremy Kyle took over from Sir Lawrence Olivier.

LOL

alittlesnow · 04/04/2019 22:54

@Sarcelle

Years ago I went on a marketing course and there was an expert there from a tv production company. He said there was an agency who specialised in supplying "guests" for this type of show. They called the "guest" the pond lives. As I say this was years ago when people willing to appear were in short supply and were paid to debase themselves. I suspect these days people are falling over themselves to appear, no agency needed.

I know right. Selling your soul for £450 and a free night at a Travelodge!

littledoll33 · 04/04/2019 23:13

Awful show. No idea how it's still on to be honest.

littledoll33 · 04/04/2019 23:13

Awful show. No idea how it's still on to be honest.

littledoll33 · 04/04/2019 23:14

Oops, don't know why that posted twice. Sorry.

TheSandman · 04/04/2019 23:21

'Gone downmarket'? Are you serious? How can you get downmarket from the pondscum piece of crap purulent piece of car crash TV it always was? Are they actually having audience members killing each other on stage or having sex with chickens live?