Jeremy Kyle
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Jeremy Kyle (born 1965 in Reading or London) is an English radio and television broadcaster, best known for his own daytime talk show on ITV1, The Jeremy Kyle Show. He has a degree in sociology[citation needed].
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[edit] Radio career
Kyle began his broadcasting career in 1995 at Orchard FM where he worked in the Sales department. After a brief stint presenting, he was signed by Kent's Invicta FM in 1996. In 1997, he joined Birmingham's BRMB, presenting Late & Live every Sunday - Friday from 10pm - 1am. He also presented Jezza's Jukebox.
In 2000, Kyle moved to the Century FM network, taking this format with him. The show was called Jezza's Confessions. It broadcast between 9pm and 1am. On July 1, 2002, he made his first broadcast on Virgin Radio, presenting Jezza's Virgin Confessions every weekday 8pm - Midnight. In mid 2003 he broadcast the show from 9pm - 1am every weekday and, in January 2004, the show went out 10pm - 1am Sunday - Thursday. The beginning of June 2004 saw his unexplained disappearance from the Virgin Radio schedule. Amongst the various rumours, it was suggested he was axed when a telephone call to the show on 31st May 2004 in which Kyle talked the caller out of committing suicide was found out to have been staged[citation needed]; others suggest he went as part of a summer clearout, whilst alternative theories postulate that Virgin Radio bosses grew tired of his constantly irritating demeanour and wide-boy dress sense[citation needed].
In July 2004, Capital Radio announced it had signed Kyle to present the Confessions show on London's Capital FM from September 5, 2004. The new programme aired from Sunday to Thursday 10pm - 1am including live calls on relationship issues of all kinds. Capital Confessions came to an end on December 22, 2005. He now presents The Jeremy Kyle Show, which airs on Sundays 9pm to midnight on Capital Radio.
[edit] TV career
In 2005 Kyle moved his format to ITV1, with a program titled The Jeremy Kyle Show. Here Kyle has reached his widest audience to date. His often aggressive manner with guests (parodied by Dead Ringers [1]) has been the source of both popularity and criticism. He is seemingly unafraid of reprisal from his guests, believing that speaking his mind is better than holding his peace. Guests sometimes take offense at Kyle's comments, but he usually justifies his criticism by claiming that he only wants to help them. He (Kyle) recently claimed on air that his show was watched by 1.8million viewers, a very high figure for a "daytime" chat show.
[edit] Family life
He used to mention regularly on air in his programme on BRMB how his wife had cheated on him with a gay friend while his young daughter was sleeping in the same room. This story is regarded as apocryphal. This marriage ended in divorce, and Kyle has one daughter from this marriage, Hattie, 16. Jeremy married his second wife Carla Germaine in 2003; they have two daughters together named Alice and Ava. Germaine had previously become known to the public for marrying a complete stranger Greg Cordell, as part of an on-air competition on BRMB in 1999. The wedding was held just minutes after the couple first met, the marriage lasted three months. Kyle had worked at BRMB at the time. Kyle also had a sexual addiction in his late teens which he seems to have overcome, after being arrested after being caught receiving oral sex from a 9 year old boy.
Kyle also has a brother who was previously a heroin addict. Having overcome his addiction, he now resides in New Zealand and is an employee of the National Ballet.
