Discussing your personal life on television

[naomi24]

Have you ever taken part in television programmes like Tricia or Jeremy Kyle's show - and if so, why? Personally, I can't understand people who go to sit in the audience at these things, let alone those who take part, arguing, shouting and swearing, and telling the world they're incapable of resolving their own problems. Why on earth would anyone want to do that?

[Beads]

No. And nor would I. On the rare occasions I watch the proggy's the people are terrible! I can never work out if it's made up!!

I know two people who went on Tricia though (few years back), one telling the other to get a job!

[Libellule77]

Hi naomi24 - Very unlikely that you will get a response from anyone who has really been on shows like Jeremy Kyle, as they are highly unlikely to be able to read your question in the first place ! LOL ! ;-)

[bellerby]

possibly for the rewards. B

[monkeyeyes]

I'd be mortifed if I thought the neighbours knew my business, let alone the nation !!

[confused79]

Hi, i have never been on one like this, but i have been on kilroy and a show about 2 years ago, that was more a research thing to try and ersolve marraige problems.

Kilroy was cos i hadn't spoken to my mum in 3 years and actually got us talking again and we have never looked back, it wasn't all about the ins and outs though and it was too intrusive, looking back im glad i done it other wise i would probably not be speaking to my mum still

[confused79]

i meant it wasn't too intrusive i kept lots of things private

[Beads]

confused 79 I do like a happy ending :-)

[confused79]

and for bellerby i didnt get any rewards atall, apart from speaking to my mum again

[confused79]

my marriage one which was call secrets of the sexes, was more to me like a chance to try and make things work in my marriage it was daunting, we never told anyone we was doing it and dreading it the day they showed it on tv friend just knew we had got back together.

Now though after all that we are nearly divorced!!! lol

[society]

Many people now-a-days lack pride, modesty and shame.
I think it depends on their upbringing.

Even on here some of the stuff people post is shameless ....
I feel embarrassed for them.

[jojojojoanne]

just thinking about the idea that everytime we communicate i.e netiquette, we could be seen to be giving something 'away' so to speak,( though maybe cyber talk is a more guarded viewpoint) both spoken and written language are/can be analysed on the surface.

[naomi24]

These people are just incredible, aren't they? I was hoping that someone on AB would confess to having taken part in one of these shows, and explain why, but apparently not - so where do the television people find them?

Perhaps the idea of being 'on the telly' attracts them initially, and maybe the idea of having their '15 minutes of fame' . It seems the more they shout and swear, and the rougher and tougher they try to appear to be, the more they feel they're impressing the viewers. Sad. Whatever happened to the notion of 'dignity' - or is this sort of thing a sign of the times?

Libellule, good point.

Confused, Kilroy wasn't really quite the same, was it. It was at least half respectable with a modicum of intelligent debate going on occasionally.

Mani, I have an awful feeling that whatever help these people were given would make no difference at all to their mentality.

Society, I agree with you totally.

[hippyhoppy]

Isn't that Jeremey Kyle (who incidently married the woman, who married the man (who swallowed fly -just kidding) on a Birmingham radio station a few years ago... and if we all "got a job" who would watch his pointless programme? Give me Diagoniss Murder any day...

[flip_flop]

They're all thick pikeys and chavs - our UK burgeoning underclass who think nothing of popping out kids willy nilly with all and sundry, not working and expecting those that do to pay for their laziness and generally being a horrible anti-social sub-race.

They are scum bags, one and all.

[theonlyone]

The tv companies advertise for people to go on these shows , and as flip_flop said ,if they they thick they will have no qualms about airing their lives to the nation . If they live on benefit the company will pay them in kind rather than cash , so that's how they get a 42 inch tv , also a night in a nice hotel etc .

[lotdot]

Before I reply as to my possible motivation for taking part in one of those television programmes, I am curious and would like to understand the reason you want to know more about the type of person, you claim you can not understand.

Is it that you are genuinely interested in an aspect of life you are not familiar with and would like to know more about?

Or is it, as appears to be a sub text of your question, that you think people who do so, are in some way deficient in morals and manners, unlike yourself. In which case are you asking so that my responses can be ridiculed?

[puddicat]

yep so agree, but watching is self righteous attitude, and is obvious brief is to instigate ructions is so obvious to us but not to the poor peeps that he uses for his own ends, he is no bleeping prophet, he left is wife for someone else and there are rumours that he propositions researchers from that show, this form of voyerism does my head in!

[lotdot]

Hey flipfop
you were at the front of the queue when the milk of human kindness was handed out

I acknowledge that this response is somewhat a digression from the original question

[flip_flop]

I speak the truth though.