Why I Love The Jeremy Kyle Show

Everyone loves a clown, and on The Jeremy Kyle Show (TJKS for short) there are enough of these clowns for each and every one of us. They are better knows as Chavs, numpties, idiots, under-achievers and layabouts. This isn't true for every guest on his show, some are genuine and have a purpose such as the second episode I watched today. She is a young woman who is there to find out whether the man she has known as her father for 19 years really is her father. This is a nice story, a genuine piece showing that Britain has faltered but that families do still exist. She wants the truth about this man, and you find yourself hoping and wishing her the best. And was he? This drinking man, who had a (by all accounts) disastrous and violent relationship with her mother? Yes. He is, and best of luck to her.

The first episode, unfortunately had no such hope stories. A couple and her ex taking DNA tests to prove which one is the father of her poor baby. I found myself guessing which one it would be. Then he read out the results and, again, I found myself hoping that now it would be neither. I was right. It can't be good if I can guess it after listening to the for ten minutes, can it? This show is just that, a show. People airing their dirty laundry on television for the sake of attention and sometimes answers. People are divided on Jeremy himself: some feel that he is some sort of genius; never wrong; saving Britain etcetera. Others feel that he is a hypocrite as there were some reports of spousal abuse and an large age difference between him and his wife.

Sorry, but what does that have to do with anything? It doesn't matter about his personal life, it matters that he is doing this for Britain. He is giving families answers so that they can change for the better; help young mothers/parents to get the best out of life and even allow people to reconnect after many years. He isn't just a 'chat show host', he's doing something to highlight the issues in this country related to many under 30s. He has little to do with racism issues unless it is directly linked to a guest. He's no saint but he's doing something to teach kids sex education because God knows no-one else will.

Watching TJKS, you can see his anger and he has told guests to get off his stage before now, as they have been so useless or abusive, and it's not right. Why should it be down to one man to save our teens? He said today that 'kids jumping into bed with each other' is a big problem and needs fixing now. The disgust on a great-grandmother's face when she was told the father was the little chav next to her was classic. If you don't want to be a great-grandmother, make sure your kids and grandchildren know the facts.

I remember being told the facts at my Catholic junior school and being embarrassed at having been handed pads and tampons and being told what they were for. I got to senior school (another Catholic school), and being told how a baby is made. Biologically. We were encouraged not to have sex/contact with boys until we were married. I can't say that it worked as a lot of my former classmates have got families outside of wedlock. But they're happy. That's what we want from life, not necessarily marriage but happiness nonetheless. We weren't given the proper 'sex talk' with condoms and cucumbers but what I learnt was from friends who had had the experience already and from friends in a non-denomination boys school.

We need more people like Jeremy Kyle who tell the truth and don't shy away from biology. My fiancee and I want a family but know that until we have somewhere of our own to live, jobs and significant savings for a rainy day, we won't be ready. We want a good life for our family and we aren't afraid of hard work to get those things. If Jeremy Kyle can teach young people about the dangers of unprotected sex while on TV, then why can't he be sent around the country to do school visits? He could be popular and he isn't afraid to ask those questions and get the answers. He isn't scared if people cry, he is unapologetic and honest and that's what we need. A kick start to to lower the teen-pregnancy rate in the UK.

Today he said the best phrase he could say to get kids to think about what they do when they have sex. While talking to two 16 year olds, he says "this boring old git's told you to use something". He could play on that and use it to show kids that he is old but he knows this stuff, he's been there. He went even higher up in my estimation when, still with the kid who wasn't the baby's father, said that the kid did good, especially when you "hear a sixteen year old try and do the right thing, fair play to you."

Fair play to him, telling the kid he was doing good and reassuring them that he still believes that love conquers all. He isn't the only one.