Jeremy Kyle’s dark past – affair with nanny, gambling addiction and heavy debt

Former ITV host Jeremy Kyle has lived a colorful life with a dark past as he has been married three times and divorced twice, after battling a gambling addiction.

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The Jeremy Kyle show is recognized as one of the most tumultuous and controversial shows in British television history.
The ITV show was canceled in May 2019 after a troublesome guest claimed his life after appearing on it a few days earlier.
Jeremy’s sensational show features guests in all sorts of dilemmas, from spousal cheating and paternity testing to infamous lie detectors and nail biting. wait for the results then.
But away from the drama of the ITV reality show, Jeremy’s life is also quite chaotic.
While he regularly interviews guests who have fallen into a downward spiral, at one point, the 56-year-old presenter also had to battle addiction.
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The controversial presenter battled a gambling addiction and was once in debt of £12,000.
He has also been married and divorced twice and is the father of five children.
In October 2021, Jeremy finally married his partner of 4 years Vicky Burton despite having to postpone their wedding several times.
As it turns out, Vicky happens to be the former nanny of Jeremy’s children.
Marriage, crisis and addiction
Jeremy met his first wife, Kirsty Rowley, in 1988 before he was famous and was working when he got a job as an accountant.
Their daughter, Harriet, 31 years old, was born in June 1990, but his marriage broke down just a year later.
After their failed marriage, Kirsty claimed that Jeremy had taken money from her bank account to fund his gambling addiction.
Jeremy has responded to Kirty’s claims by saying his struggles began when his first marriage was ‘falling apart’ around him.
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The turning point came for Jeremy when he discovered he was in debt of £12,000.
The TV presenter found himself at a low point during this time, but luckily, he was able to turn his life around.
Jeremy wrote about his battle with addiction in his 2009 book, I’m Only Being Honest, admitting that the idea of gambling had ‘charmed’ him.
“Gambling is the mistress that really captivated me. I’ll never understand what it’s like to be addicted to heroin, but gambling is what I get.
“So many days I can remember withdrawing money out of cashpoint and going to the bookies, then lost and back into cashpoint – and back again and again.
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“There was this traction and all of a sudden I was chasing money, trying to achieve something that had never been achieved: making a bookie poor.”
After going through some of the darkest times of his life, Jeremy was finally able to overcome his life-changing addiction.
In the end, he decided to go straight for the alley, and soon after, he met his second wife – former model Carla Germaine in 1999 – while giving a presentation on the Birmingham-based 96.4 BRMB radio station. .
Another broken marriage
However, Jeremy’s love story with Carla did not last long.
After the couple first met when Carla entered a wedding dating competition – called Two Strangers And A Wedding – the loving couple welcomed three children together.
However, after several happy years together, their romance began to dry up – with Jeremy admitting he hadn’t had sex in months, which led to the end of the marriage. your man.
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In 2015, the star couple announced their separation after 13 years of marriage.
At the time, Jeremy said: “Sadly we have been apart in recent years and have been living apart since the beginning of this summer.”
The couple had previously been approved for a ‘quick divorce’ in February 2016 and the trial lasted only 20 seconds.
Carla blamed Jeremy’s ‘absurd behavior’ as the reason their marriage fell apart.
‘Make love’ with nanny
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Before Jeremy and Carla officially divorced, it was reported that the TV presenter had been dating their child’s nanny Vicky Burton for two months – Carla did not know.
Vicky took care of Jeremy and Carla’s children: Alice, 16, Ava, 14, and 11-year-old Henry.
After two years of dating, Jeremy got down on one knee and questioned Vicky in 2018.
When is it romantic, Jeremy asks the question on Valentine’s Day.
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The couple welcomed Jeremy’s first and fifth child together in February 2020.
The couple were married in October 2021 in a romantic ceremony at All Saints Church in Windsor, Berks.
Speaking to The Sun, he said: “Vick was my rock in my darkest times.
“So to see her today, happily enjoying her dream wedding, is just perfect.
“Thankfully, with our sixth attempt after all of the Covid cancellations and postponements, we’ve enjoyed the big day we’ve both been looking forward to.”
The End of The Jeremy Kyle Show
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The Jeremy Kyle Show was halted in May 2019 after guest Steve Dymond died just days after taping an episode.
After Steve’s death, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee held reviews and decided to pull the popular morning show into the air for good.
Jeremy is yet to address the tragedy, but has revealed he will deal with Steve’s death “when the time is right”.
Last year, Jeremy admitted he has battled anxiety and depression since then and has had to take medication to treat mental health conditions.
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