Jeremy Kyle told guest to ‘grow a pair of balls’, unaired footage reveals at inquest

Jeremy Kyle leaves Winchester coroner’s court in Hampshire. The presenter defended his conduct on the show saying: ‘It was direct, but it was empathetic.’ Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

The presenter Jeremy Kyle told a guest on his TV talkshow to “grow a pair of balls” days before the man is thought to have killed himself, footage at the inquest shows.

Steve Dymond, 63, was found dead at his flat in Portsmouth, Hampshire, seven days after filming the ITV programme in May 2019.