Set down your lie detector tests, your DNA results and say a temporary goodbye to your dysfunctional relatives for a second. Because we have some groundbreaking Jeremy Kyle-related news. We’ve discovered, that AT THE END OF THE DAY, Jeremy actually possesses the wonderful skill of self awareness – but doesn’t give a toss that people don’t like him.
Jeremy, who’s stepping out of the world of mid-morning must-see television and becoming a game-show host on ITV1’s High Stakes, isn’t worried about being a figure of hatred. In fact, we secretly think he loves it a bit.
“I'm already the most hated man in the UK and possibly the world”, he says, even though he once only came second in a Most Hated Person poll. "My agent said at the time, 'You can't even win the most hated man poll'," he joked. "But I think if they did the poll again I might win it as Bin Laden's gone.
"People have opinions. It's water off a duck's back. But there are a lot of people out there who say they don't watch [The Jeremy Kyle Show] and do. It's a guilty pleasure for lots of people. It's worked for six and a half years. It's on four times a day so I'm probably on television more than anyone else in this country. So I must be doing something right."
Well exactly. When we’re off sick (which isn’t very often, if you’re reading this, Lucie Cave), we’d have nothing else to watch if it wasn’t for Jezza Kezza.