Former Jeremy Kyle guest 'glad it got cancelled' after producers 'twisted' his words

A man who appeared on the Jeremy Kyle Show when he was just a teenager says the show left him with anxiety after producers "twisted" his words and warned him "Jeremy doesn't want a boring show" before he went on stage.

Kane Manning, 26, appeared on a segment called 'You're obsessed with my brother, he's not your baby's dad!' aged 19 in April 2017. He was a guest alongside his big brother who underwent a DNA test to see if he was the father of an unborn baby.

Kane appeared on the show at the request of his brother, who appeared after his then partner said she would be going on the show to find out who the father of her baby was.

Security guard Kane, from Brighton, Sussex, said producers "twisted" his words and warned him "Jeremy doesn't want a boring show" before he went on stage. He claims members of the audience booed and laughed - while guests, like him and his brother, were going through difficult life experiences.

He's speaking out after Steve Dymond, 63, from Portsmouth, killed himself seven days after he recorded an episode of the ITV programme in May 2019. It has been ruled that there was "no causal link" between Steve's appearance on show and his death.

The coroner said: "There is insufficient evidence for me to be satisfied that this was the direct cause of Steve's death". The inquest had previously heard that Steve's appearance on the show left him “broken.”

Kane was grilled by Jeremy Kyle because of his belief that the father of a then unborn child was no relation to his brother. The show climaxed with the results of a DNA test being read out, revealing Kane's brother was the father to the baby.

Kane said: “Before the show we had four different producers all talking to us. They try and twist what you say constantly, they pretend people like my brother have said different things to what they have.”

Kane said his experience of going up on stage in front of everyone was traumatising. He said: “I was on stage and we kept being told before that Jeremy doesn't want a boring show. I felt very under pressure – it wasn’t easy.”

Kane says at the time he thought the child wasn’t his brothers. He said: “No one believed it – in the end it was his child, but I had thought it wasn't"

Immediately after the show Kane claims he suffered with anxiety - though Kane says his brother didn't hold it against him. Thankfully, the pair are now on “good terms” but Kane says it’s “good riddance” to the show which has been scrapped.

"Jeremy was constantly making digs at everyone and people in the audience were booing and laughing," he said.

"It was a horrible show and hearing about Steve who also went on the show before taking his own life was awful. I’m glad it got cancelled.”

Kane said the show paid for him to travel from Brighton to Manchester where the show was shot and put him up in a hotel the night before, but says both he and his brother received no payment for going on.

ITV said: "We extend our deepest sympathies to those close to Mr Dymond and recognise how difficult the inquest and the past five years have been for them. The Coroner did not find any causal link between Steve Dymond’s appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show and his death.

"In the Coroner’s findings of fact he confirmed that The Jeremy Kyle Show had comprehensive Duty of Care processes covering the selection of contributors who appeared on the show and their care both during and after filming. The Coroner described how these processes were followed with Steve Dymond including the offer of follow up Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support.

"ITV is committed to continuing to evolve and strengthen the care given to all those who take part in our shows which we believe set industry leading standards for the selection, protection and support of participants."