The Jeremy Kyle Show became recognised and controversial for placing guests in confrontational scenes, with Kyle often verbally chastising guests whom he felt had acted in morally dubious or irresponsible ways and stressing the importance of traditional family values, while guests frequently displayed strong emotions such as anger and distress. Despite ITV disputing claims that guests were mistreated on the programme and misled by researchers,[1][2] a judge described the programme as "human bear-baiting" during a prosecution of guests that had a violent altercation on the programme.[7] On 15 May 2019, the programme was officially cancelled after the death of a guest, whose appearance had been filmed the week before but not aired.[10]