Jeremy Kyle 'unable to leave house' due to anxiety disorder after show was cancelled; The former Jeremy Kyle Show presenter says he felt 'hunted' after his long-running ITV show was taken off the airwaves following Steve Dymond death.

Byline: By, Simon Meechan

TV show host Jeremy Kyle says he has been diagnosed with anxiety disorder and was left unable to leave the house after his TV show was axed following the death of a guest.

The Jeremy Kyle Show host was suspended indefinitely by ITV in May 2019 after participant Steve Dymond died a week after the programme was filmed.

The series, an ITV staple since 2005, was axed for good after the incident and calls to bin the show from MPs and members of the public.

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Mr Kyle told the Sun newspaper : "I used to think 'get a grip' when some celebrities talked about those sort of problems.

"But suddenly I realised first-hand you can't always do that. I never thought they would affect me like they did.

"That was a shock -- but I've always said, 'If you have a problem, admit it, and then seek the proper help'. So that's what I did."

He added: "Critics will say I got a taste of my own medicine but I'd been through a fair amount up until that point -- and I guess it all caught up with me at once."

The TV presenter acknowledged that what happened to Mr Dymond, who died of a morphine overdose and heart problems after facing a lie detecter test on the Jeremy Kyle show, as a "terrible tragedy", and said he does not want to sound "woe is me", but said Mr Dymond's death and fall out "hit me hard". After feeling unable to leave his home, a doctor diagnosed Mr Kyle with an anxiety disorder.

He added: "And it's been awful to feel so scapegoated, and without being able to have my say about the...

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