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Where is Jeremy Kyle now? Anxiety diagnosis, radio comeback and damning Channel 4 documentary

On Sunday night, viewers will got their first look at a damning two part new documentary about The Jeremy Kyle Show.

The long-running ITV programme was pulled off air in 2019 following the suicide of guest Steve Dymond, who had been left troubled after a lie detector taken on the show strongly suggested he's cheated on his fiancee.

Steve died at the age of 63, of a morphine overdose and heart problem at his home in Portsmouth, Hampshire, just seven days after he appeared on the show.

READ MORE: Steve Dymond's heartbeaking final texts after Jeremy Kyle appearance

While it had always proved to be outrageous viewing, especially given its morning slot on the ITV schedule, Steve's death was the show's darkest moment and led to its demise after 14 years on screen.

The Jeremy Kyle Show replaced Trisha as the channel's flag daytime dilemma series, with Jeremy even going over to America to host two series there in 2011.

Channel 4’s Jeremy Kyle: Death On Daytime with look into the scandal surrounding and the events that led up to Dymond's death

What happened to Jeremy Kyle?

TV Presenter Jeremy Kyle (Getty Images)

Prior to landing his own ITV show, Jeremy Kyle had worked on a number of big radio stations in the UK, including Century and Classic FM.

And, after The Jeremy Kyle Show took off, Jeremy hosted a string of other ITV shows including The Kyle Files, Jeremy Kyle's Emergency Room and even Good Morning Britain, where he had a stint as guest presenter at various times between 2016 and 2018.

After The Jeremy Kyle Show was cancelled, Jeremy, now 56, began working on a new programme for ITV, but that has yet to come to air.

Jeremy has since revealed he was diagnosed with anxiety disorder in the aftermath of his show being cancelled.

He told The Sun newspaper : “I used to think ‘get a grip’ when some celebrities talked about those sort of problems.

“But suddenly I realised first-hand you can’t always do that. I never thought they would affect me like they did.

A doctor diagnosed Jeremy Kyle with an anxiety disorder after the former Jeremy Kyle Show presenter felt unable to leave the house following the cancellation of the ITV series (Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

“That was a shock — but I’ve always said, ‘If you have a problem, admit it, and then seek the proper help’. So that’s what I did.”

He added: “Critics will say I got a taste of my own medicine but I’d been through a fair amount up until that point — and I guess it all caught up with me at once.”

Jeremy returned to the spotlight last year, but not on TV but on the airwaves, as he launched a new Drivetime show on talkRADIO.

Months before The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed, Jeremy was made a patron of North East charity The Graham Wylie Foundation, having been a long supporter of the cause.

And, months after his series was cancelled, Jeremy was spotted alongside founder Graham at Close House in Northumberland, a place he'd visited on numerous occasions to play in celebrity golf tournaments.

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