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Jeremy Kyle
Jeremy Kyle at Radio Festival 2010
Born (1965-07-07) 7 July 1965 (age 59)
Reading, Berkshire, England
EducationReading Blue Coat School
Alma materUniversity of Surrey
Occupations
  • Presenter
  • talk show host
  • radio personality
  • writer
  • journalist
Years active1996–present
Known forThe Jeremy Kyle Show
High Stakes
Jeremy Kyle's Emergency Room
The Kyle Files
Spouses
Kirsty Rowley
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(m. 1989; div. 1991)​
Carla Germaine
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(m. 2003; div. 2016)​
Children4
Signature
File:Jeremy Kyle Signature.svg

Jeremy Kyle (borns 7 July 1965)[1] is an English television host, journalist, and writer. He was known for hosting the tabloid talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show on ITV from 2005 to 2019.[2][3] Kyle hosted a U.S. version of his eponymous show, which ran for two seasons beginning in 2011.[4]

Early life

Kyle was born in Reading, Berkshire,[1] and is of Scottish descent.[5] His father was an accountant and personal secretary to the Queen Mother for forty years. Kyle has an older brother, Nick, who Kyle said later became a drug addict.[6]

He attended the Reading Blue Coat School, a boys' independent school in Sonning, Berkshire.[7]

Kyle's first job was at Marks & Spencer.[8] He studied History and Sociology at the University of Surrey in Guildford.[9]

Radio career

From 1986 to 1995, Kyle worked as a life insurance salesman, recruitment consultant, and radio advertising salesman.[7] He then became a radio presenter and after working at Orchard FM in Taunton, Somerset, and Leicester Sound in Leicester, he was signed by Kent's Invicta FM in 1996. In 1997, he joined BRMB in Birmingham, presenting the shows Late & Live and Jezza's Jukebox.[10]

In 2000, Kyle moved to the Century FM network, taking this format with him. The show was called Jezza's Confessions. It was broadcast between 9 pm and 1 am. He won a Sony Award for Late & Live in 2001.[7] On 1 July 2002, he made his first broadcast on Virgin Radio, presenting Jezza's Virgin Confessions every weekday from 8 pm to midnight. In mid-2003, he broadcast the show from 9 pm to 1 am every weekday, and in January 2004 the show went out from 10 pm to 1 am, Sunday to Thursday. He left Virgin Radio in June 2004. From 5 September 2004, Kyle presented the Confessions show on London's Capital FM. The new programme aired Sunday to Thursday from 10 pm to 1 am with live calls on relationship issues of all kinds. Capital Confessions came to an end on 22 December 2005 to make way for The Jeremy Kyle Show, a similar show which ran from January 2006 to December 2006.

In late 2007, Kyle began a new show (The Jeremy Kyle Show), broadcasting across GCap Media's One Network, of which Orchard FM, Invicta FM and BRMB, his previous employers, were a part. The programme differed from his previous shows in that he interviewed celebrities. Kyle also began broadcasting a new programme, on Essex FM, in November 2007. Kyle joined Talksport on 21 September 2008 to present a lunchtime sports show every Sunday called The Jeremy Kyle Sunday Sports Show. As a result of Talksport's Premiership coverage on a Sunday, Kyle's show was cancelled, and he left the station.[11]

Television career

In 2005, Kyle moved his format to ITV with a programme also entitled The Jeremy Kyle Show.

In September 2007, Manchester judge Alan Berg[12] described The Jeremy Kyle Show as trash which existed to "titillate bored members of the public with nothing better to do". He went on to say: "It seems to me that the purpose of this show is to effect a morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people whose lives are in turmoil. It is human bear-baiting."[13] The judge characterised it as such "after a husband was provoked into headbutting his wife's lover in front of Kyle's studio audience".

In February 2008, The Jeremy Kyle Show was again criticised in court after a man who found out during the recording of a show that he was not the father of his wife's child later pointed an air rifle at her.[14] Other shows Kyle is involved with include Kyle's Academy, a ten-part series for ITV daytime which first aired on 18 June 2007.[14] A team of experts (life coaches and psychotherapists), headed by Kyle, takes five people and works with them over an intensive fortnight to help them on the road to a happier more fulfilled life. Kyle has also presented Half Ton Hospital, a show about morbidly obese people in the United States.[citation needed]

On 19 April 2011, Kyle began presenting a documentary series called Military Driving School, where he visited the Defence School of Transport in Yorkshire, following a group of new recruits as they undergo training as front line military drivers. In 2011, he was the presenter of the ITV game show High Stakes. Billed as a game of "knowledge, risk, and tension", the show involves participants answering questions and stepping on the correct six squares on a grid in order to avoid trap numbers.[15]

Since 2015, Kyle has presented two series of The Kyle Files, a primetime show on ITV.[16] In 2015, he fronted a ten-part daytime series called Jeremy Kyle's Emergency Room. The show returned for a second series in March 2016.[17][18] Since March 2016, Kyle has guest presented ITV's breakfast programme Good Morning Britain.[19][20]

In May 2019, the recording and broadcast of The Jeremy Kyle Show was suspended after a guest died shortly after appearing in an episode of the series. A review of the episode occurred before any resumption of the programme's transmission,[2] and on 15 May 2019, ITV confirmed that the series had ceased production with immediate effect.[21] It has since been revealed that more guests had committed suicide following their appearances in this and another programme hosted by Kyle on Channel 5, Britain's Worst Husband.[22]

Writing career

Kyle writes a column for Pick Me Up, a women's weekly magazine published by IPC.[23] In his column, titled "Jeremy Kyle Says...", Kyle adopts a frank style in responding to readers' problems that at times resembles the approach he takes on The Jeremy Kyle Show. In 2009, Kyle wrote his first book, I'm Only Being Honest, about Britain's social problems and his views on how to solve them including recounts of his past and personal life.[citation needed]

Personal life

Kyle is a supporter of West Ham United.[citation needed] He stated in his book I'm Only Being Honest, published in 2009, that he suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder.[24]

Kyle's first marriage to Kirsty Rowley in 1989 was short-lived because of his addiction to gambling.[25] From this, he accumulated a debt which peaked at £12,000, and took some years to pay off.[6][24] He married Carla Germaine in 2002. The couple separated amicably in 2015; they had three children.[26] Their divorce was confirmed the following February.[27] Kyle also has a daughter from his first marriage.[25]

In late 2012, Kyle was diagnosed with testicular cancer.[28] He received chemotherapy and underwent surgery to remove the affected testicle. He was given the all-clear following surgery and returned to presenting The Jeremy Kyle Show; the recording of the show had been put on hold while Kyle underwent treatment. Kyle has also had a burst appendix.[8]

In February 2018, Kyle announced his engagement to Vicky Burton, his children's former nanny.[29]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2005–2019 The Jeremy Kyle Show Presenter
2006 An Audience with Coronation Street Guest
2007 Coronation Street Confidential
2009 The Fattest Man in Britain Presenter
2010 This Morning Summer
2011 Military Driving School
2011 High Stakes
2011–13 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA
2013 Sunday Scoop Guest presenter
2013–15 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Various roles
2014 Celebrity Jeremy Kyle Presenter
2015–17 Jeremy Kyle's Emergency Room
2015–present The Kyle Files
2015 World Championships Snooker Celebrity Player
2016–present Good Morning Britain Stand-in presenter
2019 Kyle's House Presenter

References

  1. ^ a b Philby, Charlotte (12 June 2010). "My Secret Life: Jeremy Kyle, chat show host, 44". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Jeremy Kyle Show taken off air after participant dies". Sky News. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ "ITV axes Jeremy Kyle Show after death of participant". The Guardian. 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Will Jeremy Kyle's talkshow cut it in the US?". The Guardian. 2011.
  5. ^ The Jeremy Kyle Show (22 April 2017). "Best of the Scottish – The Jeremy Kyle Show". Retrieved 8 February 2018 – via YouTube. I'm half Scottish.
  6. ^ a b "Interview: Jeremy Kyle". The Scotsman. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Silver, James (29 May 2006). "Call me Jezza". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b Greenstreet, Rosanna (2 July 2010). "Q&A: Jeremy Kyle". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  9. ^ Burrell, Ian. "Jeremy Kyle: Judge, jury and exploiter?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Jeremy 'Jezza' Kyle". NMP Live. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  11. ^ Radio Shows Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. talksport.co.uk
  12. ^ Burrell, Ian (3 April 2013) The Jeremy Kyle show 'turned Mick Philpott into a celebrity', The Independent; accessed 6 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Judge blasts Kyle show as 'trash'". BBC News. 25 September 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  14. ^ a b "Attack after Kyle show 'tragedy'" Archived 17 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News, 13 February 2008; retrieved 24 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Jeremy Kyle to host ITV1 gameshow 'High Stakes'" Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Metro.co.uk, 19 July 2011; retrieved 24 August 2011.
  16. ^ "The Kyle Files". ITV Press Centre. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Jeremy Kyle to host medical show The Emergency Room". Digital Spy. 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  18. ^ "Series 2 – Episode 1 – Kyle Files – The ITV Hub". 13 January 2016.
  19. ^ Jeremy Kyle is replacing Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain over Easter Archived 5 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine Sam Warner, Digital Spy, 24 March 2016
  20. ^ Jeremy Kyle, Richard Madeley and Eamonn Holmes will replace Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain this summer Archived 29 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Joe Anderton, Digital Spy, 28 July 2017
  21. ^ "The Jeremy Kyle Show axed by ITV". BBC News. 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  22. ^ Walker, Amy (19 May 2019). "Jeremy Kyle: more TV show guests killed themselves, it emerges". The Guardian.
  23. ^ "Jeremy Kyle". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  24. ^ a b "Jeremy Kyle: I lick phones". Manchester Evening News. 6 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  25. ^ a b "Jeremy Kyle's controversial talk show made him a daytime TV stalwart". ITVB. 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  26. ^ O'Neill, Sean (25 September 2015). "Don't pry into my life, pleads Jeremy Kyle". The Times. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.(subscription required)
  27. ^ "Jeremy Kyle and wife Carla divorce". ITV News. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  28. ^ Gladwell, Amy "Daytime TV host Jeremy Kyle is treated for cancer" Archived 4 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine, BBC Newsbeat, 30 January 2013; accessed 6 October 2014.
  29. ^ Kazi, Safeeyah (12 February 2018). "Jeremy Kyle and Vicky Burton: TV host admits he's 'very happy' after confirming engagement to children's former nanny". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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