Article: 'My show is a circus. I don't even watch it!'; He makes his living out of airing other people's dirty laundry, yet is fiercely private and his new film even condemns trash TV. So will the real Jerry Springer stand up?

Byline: LUCY CAVENDISH

JERRY Springer, according to his PR person, never talks about his private life. Not even about his daughter?

"Especially not his daughter." But he has talked about her so much in the past, I say. About how she was born with severe sight-and-hearing difficulties and how, now, she is cured. It's almost a miracle. It would be a great programme for his show. I was blind, but now I can see. I was deaf, but now I can hear. That's what his programmes are like, aren't they? Just as the PR is about to answer, the door opens and in bounds Springer himself. He's a big, bouncy, perky-haired man, followed by an even bigger bodyguard. "Hey, hi, ...

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