ITV Jeremy Kyle Show guest Steve Dymond's heartbreaking final messages seen for first time in new documentary
11.03.2022 - 14:19
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Messages sent by a Jeremy Kyle Show guest before he took his life have been shown for the first time.
Steve Dymond, a 63-year-old construction worker, was found dead at his home in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on May 9 2019, shortly after attending a recording of the former ITV show.
The popular talk show, hosted by Jeremy Kyle and filmed at Salford's MediaCity, was suddenly pulled off air in May 2019 after 14 years and suspended indefinitely following Dymond's death.
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During the filming for the reality programme he had taken part in a lie-detector test to determine whether he had cheated on his ex-fiancee.
He died of a suspected morphine overdose and a heart problem, a pre-inquest review heard last year. The inquest remains ongoing this month.
Dymond died aged 63 in 2019 after he was filmed trying to show fiancee Jane Callaghan, 51, he hadn't cheated on her.
But the tests, which are not 100% accurate, said he was lying and their relationship ended, then 10 days later he took his own life, the Mirror reports.
His final texts, which are shown in a new Channel 4 documentary to air next week, read: "I hope the Jeremy Kyle show is so happy now.
"They are responsible for what happens now. I hope this makes good ratings for them. I bet they keep this quiet. Never never never did I cheat on you. Never never. My final words."
Channel 4 said of the two-part documentary, Jeremy Kyle Show – Death on Daytime, which airs on Sunday and Monday next week: "Jeremy Kyle was approached for a response to the series. He did not provide a statement for broadcast. We will reflect his position in the film.”
Ahead of the doc, ITV has