Jeremy Kyle and his security guards clearly have a very close relationship, as evidenced by some antics on today's (May 30) episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show.
The episode saw guest James try to convince his sister Jenny that her boyfriend Simon was a cheat and that she should leave him.
However, at one point, James accused Simon of slapping his own girlfriend on the bottom, the latter admitting he did it as a "joke" after Jeremy noted it was "inappropriate".
It then got weirder as Simon said they were "all doing it" to each other, with James admitting that he and Simon "used to slap each other's bottoms".
A confused Jeremy then got up and went over to one of his security guards, proceeding to slap him on the bum... before he then got his own backside smacked back.
The host then did the same to another of his security team, before once again getting his bottom slapped. Crikey.
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"That happens everywhere, we're all friends together," Jeremy said sarcastically, before calling it "ridiculous".
He also told one of the guards: "That hurt, Dan!"
In other peculiar Jeremy Kyle news, the ever-shouty host recently welcomed a guest who had a zombie fetish. As you do.
Oh, and there was that time he punished his cameraman for laughing at him, proceeding to sabotage his packet of sweets.
Stay weird, Jeremy.
The Jeremy Kyle Show airs on ITV.
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