Jeremy Kyle ‘collapsed and thought he was dead’ after terrifying cancer diagnosis-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Jeremy Kyle has revealed he ‘collapsed’ into his doctor’s arms and feared he was ‘dead’ after hearing the news of his cancer diagnosis.

The former ITV chatshow host, 59, was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, undergoing surgery just before Christmas that year to remove one of his testicles.

He’s since been open about the ‘horrific’ time hearing of his cancer diagnosis, and later said he felt ‘lucky to be alive’.

During an upcoming appearance on Kate Garraway’s Life Stories, Kyle has now recalled hearing the news, explaining he put off going to the doctors for weeks after having a ‘feeling’ that something wasn’t right.

‘I got to the hospital and I was on my own,’ he says.

‘I remember walking down this corridor and this huge bloke opened the door. 

‘He was an anaesthetist, he was about 11ft tall.

‘I collapsed into his arms and started crying. I remember thinking, “I’m dead”.’

Jeremy Kyle has recalled hearing the news of his cancer diagnosis (Picture: ITV)

According to The Sun, Kyle goes on: ‘I remember waking up to this amazing nurse, who stayed with me all night and held my hand. 

‘I was terrified. I thought if she went out of the door and the light went out, that was it. I thought I was dead.’

He discovered his testicle was ‘95% toxic’ after they took it out and that the cancer would have spread.

‘I was very lucky,’ Kyle tells Good Morning Britain presenter Kate.

He later went on to have rounds of chemotherapy before being given the all clear, and returned to work on The Jeremy Kyle Show four months later.

Kyle fronted his controversial programme between 2005 and 2019, creating 3,320 episodes across 17 seasons.

The former ITV chatshow host was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery in 2012 (Picture: PA)

It saw families reunited and torn apart over numerous scandals involving drugs tests, paternity tests and lie detectors.

It was taken off air permanently in May 2019 after the death of guest Steve Dymond, whose episode never aired.

Dymond died by suicide, and though The Jeremy Kyle Show was cleared of any connection to his death after an investigation, its reputation was tarnished.

Kyle, speaking in his first-ever TV interview which was recorded just weeks after he was exonerated in the inquest last September, elsewhere admitted to Kate: ‘I understand entirely that The Kyle Show had to fall on its sword because of that.’

Kyle did state that he accepts his show and those who worked on it had to take responsibility after the tragic nature of Dymond’s death, who failed a lie detector test while filming the show six years ago.

Steve Dymond, who was a guest on the show, died by suicide in 2019 (Picture: ITV/PA Wire)

The test was administered to prove whether Dymond was cheating on his partner Jane, and it was later revealed that during his time on the stage, Dymond was urged to ‘be a man’ and ‘grow a pair of balls’ by Kyle, who told him he was a ‘serial liar’.

Dymond was found dead aged 63 seven days later after an overdose, and his son, Carl Woolley, has previously expressed his belief that Kyle was directly responsible for his father taking his own life.

‘Anyone watching the clips of the show can see that he was in tears and was spoken to in the most brutal way by Jeremy Kyle,’ he previously said in a statement.

‘The only good thing that came of my father’s death is the Jeremy Kyle Show is cancelled.’

Despite the tragedy and criticism he’s faced over the years for shouting at guests, Kyle elsewhere tells Kate he’s proud of that chapter of his life.

‘It was a juggernaut,’ he said. ‘You’d look now and go, “It’s a bygone era.” We launched in 2005, just before the advent of social media, and I think that changed everything.’

Kyle speaks about his ‘juggernaut’ show’s fall from grace in an interview with Kate Garraway (Picture: ITV)

‘People watched to make themselves feel better about their own lives, but the world has changed dramatically—you can’t say boo to a goose now, can you?

‘So, understandably, shows like that have gone by the by.’

He added: ‘I’m immensely proud of the 17 series, of taking it to America, and the people that we genuinely helped. 15 years is a long time.’

He did however admit the scrutiny took a toll, saying: ‘You can be the king of the castle one day, and the next day you’re not allowed in the castle grounds.’

Returning to the public eye, Kyle hailed ITV as ‘really supportive’ since his show was cancelled, having been diagnosed with anxiety in the wake of the scandal.

The dad-of-six has returned to TV screens in recent years presenting on the channel Talk since 2022.

Life Stories: Jeremy Kyle airs on Tuesday, April 1 at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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