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Rebecca Koncienzcy

The Jeremy Kyle Show still advertising for contestants despite being cancelled following death of guest

The Jeremy Kyle Show is still advertising for contestants to take part despite being cancelled following the death of a guest.

Steve Dymond was found dead days after recording with the show on May 1, he appeared on the show to try to clear his name of cheating accusations.

ITV axed the programme indefinitely following Mr Dymond's death meaning the episode with Steve defending ­claims he was unfaithful to his fiancée Jane Callaghan will not be aired.

But the Jeremy Kyle website appear to be still inviting people to apply to the show.

It reads: "Would you like Jeremy's help? If you'd like to be a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show please check the list below, and don't forget to include your telephone number in your email so we can contact you as soon as possible! Thank you."

A statement released by ITV on Monday said: “Everyone is shocked and saddened at the news of the death of a participant in the show.

“ITV will not screen the episode in which they featured. 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.”

The Jeremy Kyle Show has been pulled following the death of a guest (ITV)

The UK's communications regulator, Ofcom confirmed they were speaking with the channel, saying: "This is clearly a very distressing case.

"Although we can only assess content that has been broadcast, we are discussing this programme with ITV as a priority to understand what took place."

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Mr Dymond's friend Michael Bradley spoke exclusively to Mirror Online, claiming Steve was left feeling desperate after failing the lie detector test and expressed fears he may have taken his own life.

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Michael said: “He got made out to be wrong but he wasn’t. Those lie detector tests aren’t 100%.

“Steve said he’d recently split with his fiancée but was getting ­reconciled. He contacted Jeremy Kyle himself to prove he was innocent. That’s how confident he was that he hadn’t done anything.”

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