ITV bosses have confirmed The Jeremy Kyle Show has been cancelled 'with immediate effect' following the death of guest.
The TV channel have said they are treating the incident seriously and offered their thoughts to the family and friends of the participant.
The show was scheduled to be on ITV1 this morning in its usual 9.25am slot after Lorraine, but an episode of Dickinson's Read Deal was shown instead.
A spokesperson for ITV said: “Everyone at ITV and The Jeremy Kyle Show is shocked and saddened at the news of the death of a participant in the show a week after the recording of the episode they featured in and our thoughts are with their family and friends.
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“ITV will not screen the episode in which they featured.
“Given the seriousness of this event, ITV has also decided to suspend both filming and broadcasting of The Jeremy Kyle Show with immediate effect in order to give it time to conduct a review of this episode of the show.”
