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  • X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan speaks out against ITV’s reality TV aftercare

    X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan speaks out against ITV’s reality TV aftercare

    Lucy Spraggan claims “suicides won’t stop” after ITV cancels the Jeremy Kyle show.

    Lucy Spraggan took to social media to put ITV on blast following on from the broadcaster’s decision to cancel the Jeremy Kyle show following on from the suspected suicide of one of its guests.

    Lucy who starred in another ITV reality show, the X Factor, the singer wrote, “It’s not about axing shows. Love Island is about to start again. It’s about ITV actually caring about guests/contestants/reality TV stars”.

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    Adding insight into aftercare for reality stars, Lucy continued, “As soon as the show is finished, that’s it. Why isn’t there support? Does it cost too much? More than a life? The suicides won’t stop.”

    “Lonely”

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    Speaking out on her own reality show experience, she added “ITV, change the way you see your responsibility to the people on your shows. Start/improve aftercare, accept responsibility, give them HELP.

    “As one show is axed another will begin and the perpetual process will start again. I’ve been there, it’s f***ing lonely.

    “And believe me, I have a lot more to say about it. Which I will. It’s a f***ing tragedy and seemingly ITV will not learn. They have had plenty of opportunities to.”

    Love Island, which is due to air a new series has had under 100 contestants over its 4 series, two of whom have died, by suspected suicide.

  • Hunks Of Daytime On ITV

    Ah, daytime TV – a guilty pleasure in TheGayUK office. It occurred to us that the day time team on ITV, is particularly hot.

    Men of daytime, we salute you, from Phillip Schofield to Judge Rinder, these are our top Hunks of Daytime TV on ITV.

    Philip Schofield, ITV, This Morning

    The original silver fox, many will know Phillip from his original stint on Going Live, however, he’s now firmly embedded in the daytime schedule at ITV, one of their enduring and successful hosts.

    Jessie Pavelka, ITV Good Morning Britain

    He’s fronted numerous health magazines and apparently smokes cigars (well according to Wikipedia). He’s a trained fitness expert and specialises in extreme weight loss. Here in the UK he also fronts the popular programme: Obese: A year to save my life, on Sky 1. He is married to actress Sitara Hewitt.

    Ben Shephard, ITV, Good Morning Britain and Tipping Point

    Forty-four-old Ben Shephard is the current presenter of Tipping Point on ITV Daytime. His career in television started in 1998 when he began hosting the Channel 4 spin-off show, The Bigger Breakfast along with Melanie Sykes and Dermot O’Leary. He’s married to Annie Perks and the couple have two children, Jack and Sam.

    Robert Rinder, ITV, Judge Rinder

    Robert Rinder has been making waves with his daytime jewel, Judge Rinder. Benedict Cumberbatch married him to his husband in 2013. His first series had 20 episodes; it was so successful that ITV ordered 50 more.

    Sean Fletcher, ITV, Good Morning Britain

    40-year-old Sean is an American-British journalist and grew up in Essex and Zimbabwe. although he was born in New York. In 2014 he became a celebrity ambassador for the UK charity, Balls To Cancer. He learnt to speak Welsh because his wife is from Wales.

    Jeremy Kyle, ITV, The Jeremy Kyle Show

    There can’t be anyone in the UK who doesn’t know the name, Jeremy Kyle. 49-year old Kyle was born in Reading and is married to Carla Germaine. He has 4 children. He started his career as a radio presenter for Orchard FM in Taunton, before being signed by Kent’s Invicta FM in 1996.

    Vernon Kay, ITV, 1000 Heartbeats

    40-year-old Kay is famous for his presenting of All Star Family Fortunes, Beat the Star and Tom Daley’s Splash!. One of his first TV gigs was Fully Booked for BBC one followed by a five-year stint with T4 on Channel 4.

    Jeff Brazier, ITV, This Morning

    Born in 1979, Jeff was former partner to Jade Goody and is the father to their two children Bobby and Freddie. He made his television debut in Channel 4’s reality show Shipwrecked. Jeff’s father was Stephen Faldo, who was the skipper of the Thames pleasure boat Marchioness, which sank in 1989 after being hit by a dredger. He was killed along with 50 other passengers.

    Matt Johnson, ITV, This Morning

    32-year-old Welsh-born Matt Johnson is currently dating Ashley Robert former singer with The Pussycat Dolls. His TV career begun in 2009 when he joined ITV Wales.

    Phil Vickery, ITV, This Morning

    Married to Fern Britton, Phi, 53, is a noted celebrity chef, who has written 14 books, including the enticingly named Cooking Naked, which was released in 2007.