Chris Maloney believes he will star in the last ever episode of The Jeremy Kyle show, along with Danniella Westbrook.
Chris and Danniella filmed their episode earlier this year, before the show was axed for good - but Chris claims producers have told him his episode may still be aired as a "final goodbye."
Chris told Mirror Online: "Word on the grapevine is that it could come back as a final show with me and Danniella, sort of like a final goodbye.
"I went on to talk about mental health, so this could be a fitting way to end the show. I was talking about being catapulted to fame and all the online trolling and abuse that comes with it."
Jeremy Kyle was taken off air on Monday after the death of guest Steve Dymond.
After investigating ITV decided to pull the show for good on Wednesday - but Chris thinks it was the wrong call.
He said: "My heart goes out to that poor man and his family.
"The aftercare for my mum and me was amazing. The show's been going on for 14 years and there's never been an issue until now.
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"I think it's great, it really gets the nation talking. The aftercare for us was brilliant, but maybe you need to reach out and ask for it."
Producers he has spoken to at the show were left "speechless" by the decision to axe it, with nobody seeing it coming.
He said: "They're all totally shocked, I was talking to people in ITV and everyone seemed to think the show would take a bit of a break then come back in a couple of weeks.
"Axeing the whole show means around 100 people are out of a job now. Most are freelancers so they're not on ITV's payroll. That's security guards, cameramen, production staff...
"I know how Steve was feeling because I've been there. I've contemplated suicide too.
"There's various factors involved, it's never just one cause so it's unfair to blame the show.
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"When I've been on it, it's been great - of course it's controversial , it's the highest-rated ITV daytime TV programme with a million viewers.
"I feel for the family, you don't know the circumstances but there's a lot going on."
Chris also has a radical theory for Jeremy Kyle's slot replacement - and it's none of the ITV talent that have so far been suggested.
He said: "I had a mad dream that Judge Rinder [barrister Rob Rinder] could take over that slot. He's so lovely, he's got a really relatable side.
"It's going to be really tough now for reality TV, there's no guidelines about how you offer aftercare, it's not set in stone."
His pal Danniella - who counts Jeremy as a close friend, and was put through rehab by the show - now "looks and feels great" - and Chris says she couldn't have beaten her cocaine addiction without the help of the ITV programme.
He said: "It was the show that did it [got her clean], she's so thrilled with her progress. That just shows how much positivity The Jeremy Kyle Show spread. I don't think she'd have gone to rehab without it."
