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Steve Wilkos is speaking out.

The 59-year-old TV personality, who worked on The Jerry Springer Show as a security guard from 1994 to 2007, spoke to TMZ following the news of Jerry Springer‘s death on Thursday (April 27).

During his appearance on TMZ Live, he revealed that the two hung out about a month ago, although the TV host did not mention his pancreatic cancer diagnosis at the time.

Steve says he felt that Jerry might have “been saying goodbye to me,” adding that Jerry “hugged me like he never hugged me before,” and they reminisced about their times together, which is not something they usually did.

Steve added that no one had a bigger impact on his life other than his father, and credited him for his career, and even meeting his wife.

His popularity on The Jerry Springer Show led to his own The Steve Wilkos Show, which is still on air in its 16th season.

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Jerry Springer has sadly died.

The Jerry Springer Show host, which ran for 27 years on television, passed away at the age of 79, a family spokesperson confirmed to TMZ on Thursday (April 27).

The influential talk show was known for its outlandish guests, wild fights and chase scenes, and audience cheers of “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!”

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Judge Jerry is coming to an end.

The NBC Jerry Springer-led court show will not be moving forward with a fourth season, Deadline confirmed.

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Jerry Springer is moving from the stage to the bench for his new show Judge Jerry.

The longtime talk show host will be settling disputes by using the law from now on. Jerry will take on actual cases from real people. In each episode, Judge Springer will hear cases and render a verdict with a fair yet firm hand and always leave litigants with a dose of classic Springer wisdom.

“For the first time in my life, I am going to be called honorable,” Springer said in a statement. “My career is coming full circle and I finally get to put my law degree to use after all these years.”

Judge Jerry, which will premiering in national syndication in fall 2019, will be taped in front of a live studio audience in Connecticut.

It looks like The Jerry Springer Show is coming to an end.

NBCUniversal has stopped production of the syndicated daytime talk show and will air pre-taped episodes and reruns in its move to the CW this fall, Deadline reports.

Under a multi-year deal, the CW may order new episodes in the future, but for now production has ended.

The Jerry Springer Show debuted back in 1991 and became a huge success with its controversial guests and on-set fights.

The show has aired more than 3,800 episodes in over 28 seasons.