Dianne Healing said she spent 15 years so 'terrified' of her husband Stephen Dymond, 63, that she is now a recluse
The ex-wife of the man who is feared to have killed himself after failing a lie detector test on Jeremy Kyle has claimed he was a paedophile and 'far from an innocent man.'
Dianne Healing, 48, was briefly married to Steve Dymond 15-years ago but told MailOnline how she is 'celebrating his death' because of the abuse she says he put her through.
The 62-year-old died less than a week after filming an episode of the controversial ITV daytime chat show, which he had gone on with his on-and-off girlfriend Jane Callaghan.
Dymond had failed a lie detector test taken on the show to prove he had not been unfaithful and the couple split soon after.
Unemployed Dianne told MailOnline: ‘The truth is, he was a paedophile, and I want people to know the truth. He was a prolific liar – to see people feeling sorry for him is horrible. What he did was disgusting.'
A week after filming the episode on May 2, his body was found at a block of flats in Portsmouth.
Friends fear Mr Dymond took his life due to the stress of the break-up and from the fall-out from being on the show. ITV bosses earlier today made the decision to cancel the Jeremy Kyle Show for good.
Yet Diane from Poole in Dorset claims her former husband is far from being a victim.
She said: 'He was a bullying, controlling man who tried to take over my life and those of my children. 'What he put us through was hell. I used to think he was a gentle giant when I first met him but it couldn't have been further from the truth.
'On one occasion, I was standing on the doorstep by the patio door at home and I was challenging him on his behaviour.
'He grabbed me around the shoulders and lifted me up as though I was as light as a feather and then hurled me onto the ground.
'From that moment on, I knew he wasn't to be trusted and I left him.'
The couple had married in October 2004 after only meeting earlier that year.
Dianne Healing on holiday in Devon with Steve Dymond in 2004. Yesterday it emerged the pair married in 2004 after Mrs Healing uploaded a marriage certificate to social media, with the caption: 'For the doubters out there', which she said proved her claims
Steven Dymond, 62, (pictured) was said to have been left in tears and feeling suicidal after filming for the show, hosted by Jeremy Kyle (pictured on Tuesday at his home in Berkshire)
Kyle is a father-of-four who became engaged to Vicky Burton, 37, his children's former nanny, in February 2018. They are pictured together at the Cheltenham Festival the following month
Steven Dymond was said to have been left in tears and feeling suicidal after filming for the show with his on-and-off girlfriend, Miss Callaghan (pictured)
Dianne Healing's wedding certificate showing her betrothal to Mr Dymond in October 2004. Dianne met Mr Dymond when she was in her early 30s
She said: 'I met Steve when I was in my early 30s. I used to take my daughters to a park near to where he used to live.
'He approached me and asked if he could take me out, I wasn't sure about him to be honest but my friends encouraged me to take the plunge.
'Steve came across as a gentle giant and I did feel protected by him and to begin with safe.
'I was abused as a child and I told him fairly early on about this. He told me that he would always be there for me.
'We married in October 2004 months after first meeting, it was really quick.
'It was only a few months into our married life when I began to have my suspicions about him.
'From that point on I never trusted him, I used to look through his phone and ask his friends about him.
'His manner began to change when I started to challenge him on his behaviour. He got snappy and irritated.
'He'd try and say that I was imagining the worst because of what I went through as a child.
'On one occasion, I was standing on the doorstep by the patio door and he lifted me off my feet and hurled me onto the ground.'
However, just four months after their wedding day, Dianne said she and her daughters had to flee to a woman's refuge because of his volatile behaviour.
Dianne Healing on holiday in Devon with Steve Dymond in 2004. Just four months after their wedding day, Dianne said she and her daughters had to flee to a woman's refuge because of his volatile behaviour
She added: 'There was a time just after I'd left him that I'd gone to get some stuff from the marital house.
'I asked my former partner, the father of my youngest daughter, if he could give me a lift.
'When I got the house, I got what I needed quickly and was heading out but Steve was at home and he heard me and chased me out.
'He was holding a section of scaffolding pole. He looked like he wanted to kill me. 'I jumped in to my former partner's van and we drove off.'
Diane added: 'Now he is dead, I want people to know what happened and how he was far from an innocent man.
'I'm glad he's no longer here and I believe he took his own life because he was worried what was going to come out after he appeared on Jeremy Kyle.'
Jeremy Kyle Show's 'most hated guest ever' reveals he's struggled for work, is mocked in the street and even tried to kill himself after public shaming over 'worst thing that's happened in my life'
By Mark Duell and Joseph Curtis for MailOnline
A man said to be the most hated guest ever on The Jeremy Kyle Show has told how he tried to kill himself after being publicly shamed on the ITV programme.
Dwayne Davison, 27, of Nottingham, revealed he has struggled for work and been mocked in the street following the 'worst thing that has ever happened in my life'.
The guest said his treatment at the hands of the chat show's producers and the subsequent YouTube clips of his appearance have caused him grief for five years.
Mr Davison spoke out following the death of show participant Steve Dymond, 63, who apparently took his own life one week after appearing on the programme.
Meanwhile self-confessed 'sex addict' father-of-eight Danny Fuller, who has appeared on the show five times, has claimed bosses deliberately 'wind up guests' and 'fail to provide aftercare'.
Dwayne Davison, 27, of Nottingham, appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show five years ago
Mr Dymond took a lie detector test on May 2 to convince fiancée Jane Callaghan he had not been unfaithful, but failed and was found dead in Portsmouth on May 9.
Yesterday, Mr Davison told the Guardian: 'I've had loads and loads of abuse and in 2018 I decided I'd had enough. My girlfriend had some toothache medication.
'I took a load of it, and I can't remember the
