The estranged wife of tragic Jeremy Kyle guest Steve Dymond launched a blistering attack on her former partner after hearing of his death.
Dianne Healing is believed to have still been legally married to Dymond, 63, at the time of his death, which came days after he filmed his appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show.
He's said to have taken his own life after failing a lie detector test which he'd hoped would prove he hadn't cheated on his fiancee.
It has now emerged that Steve was reportedly still married to Healing, 48, who went online to slam her ex.
She posted allegations he'd been abusive to her and her family and she'd been "terrified" of him.
According to Mail Online , she posted a reference to his death, writing: "I’m a widow folks but it isn’t official yet!
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"I hope you burn in hell for what you put my family through Steve Dymond.
"This is how I find out my husband is dead? Not that I care. He was a vile man."
Healing, who married Dymond in 2004 after nine months of dating, told the publication: "I have hardly left my house in the last 15 years because of this man.
"I am quite angry he has been portrayed this way.
"I don’t get it. I have been through a lot, me and my family. My daughters and I have been distraught over him."
She added: "We have spent the last 15 years terrified of him. We are relieved he is dead."
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Steve took part in The Jeremy Kyle Show to prove he hadn't cheated on on-off fiancée Jane Callaghan.
But he failed the lie detector test, allegedly prompting host Jeremy to"'rip in to him'" and for Jane to end things for good.
Just days later he was found dead in his rented bedroom surrounded by letters written to loved ones.
According to his landlady Shelly, 55, who made the grim discovery, he was "sobbing and distraught" when he returned from filming on May 2.
ITV have since cancelled the show with immediate effect,
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