Never-before-seen footage of a Jeremy Kyle Show guest who died days after appearing on the programme has been played at an inquest into his death. Steve Dymond, 63, from Portsmouth, is believed to have killed himself seven days after filming the Jeremy Kyle Show in May 2019.
The former ITV presenter, 59, was accused of “throwing Mr Dymond under the bus” and “egging on” the audience on his show to boo at him after lie detector results concluded he was unfaithful.
And, today, at Winchester Coroner’s Court, they were shown clips from the unaired episode, with one showing Kyle saying to Mr Dymond: “The truth of the matter is you, mate, you did make up a cacophony of lies, you can sit there looking upset, people could look at this and think it’s dodgy.”
Kyle replied in the footage: “The studio thought you were telling the truth, I wouldn’t trust you with a chocolate button mate.”
Kyle: “Grow a pair of balls and tell the truth.”
Another clip featured Kyle telling Mr Dymond: “Be a man, grow a pair of balls and tell her the goddam truth.”
While another clip featured the presenter asking, “has anyone got a shovel?” as Mr Dymond attempted to explain why he had been messaging another woman.
Mr Kyle told Winchester Coroner’s Court that clips from the programme featuring the case of Mr Dymond and his partner, Jane Callaghan, showed he had “de-escalated… calmed it down”.
He also denied encouraging the audience to take against 63-year-old Mr Dymond, telling the inquest: “Not at all – I asked them to give them a round of applause.”
Mr Dymond had taken a lie detector test for the programme after being accused of cheating on Miss Callaghan, from Gosport, Hampshire.
My Kyle also suggested he was not given guidance by the production or aftercare teams to “modify” his presenting style.
Rachel Spearing, counsel to the inquest, asked Mr Kyle on Thursday: “Do you believe he was humiliated?”
The broadcaster replied: “I do not, and I have read over time apparently I called him a traitor – I didn’t – that he was cowering. I did what I always do and always did, it was what the show… as I understood the show is, sad as it might sound, it was a typical part.”
He added: “It was a show with my name on it, with a production team and an aftercare team behind it.”
The inquest continues.
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