Jeremy Kyle has claimed that Piers Morgan and Kate Garraway supported him after his TV show was axed.
ITV's The Jeremy Kyle Show was cancelled in 2019 after guest Steve Dymond died just days after recording an episode.
Speaking out for the first time since the show was dramatically pulled off air, Jeremy has said that many of his famous friends and senior TV executives he'd known for years were quick to distance themselves from him after the cancellation.
But he says Kate and Piers and other stars including Robert Rinder, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford reached out to him.
Jeremy told The Sun: "It didn't take long for some people I've known for many, many years to just disappear. Some people were brilliant — Piers Morgan reached out straight away because he's that sort of guy, and he was brilliant.
"Kate Garraway, who is just extraordinary and has been through the most awful time herself recently, still takes time to get in touch, and I've helped her with her kids, too. Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford were amazing, so was Rob Rinder, and Declan Donnelly.
"But there were also lots who just never got in touch again even though we had worked together for so many years — it's very, very telling."
The Jeremy Kyle Show had been airing for 17 series when Mr Dymond tragically died before his episode was due to air.
He had been on the show to take a lie detector test to prove that he hadn't been unfaithful to his partner - but failed.
The construction worker died of a morphine overdose, and also suffered from an underlying health problem.
Since his death, his family has claimed that his appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show was too much for him to cope with.
The inquest into My Dymond's death is still ongoing, which means Jeremy is unable to speak in detail about it.
In the interview he said he'll have his say when the "time is right and it is appropriate".
He also said he feels he was used as a "scapegoat" and called what happened a "double tragedy", saying it was terrible for Mr Dymond's family and for all the people who worked on the show.
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