The sad reason people still go on the Jerry Springer show

The Jerry Springer Show has been bringing its unique brand of trainwreck to televisions around the world for 26 years now!

But why are people still willing to embarrass themselves on the show?

Springer said that his provocative guests are never after fame.

“They’re not coming on to be famous, and they don’t even use their real names in most cases,” he said. “They’ll wear disguises — though the wigs do come off.”

So what is it then?

"If I had to guess, for so many of our guests, no one ever asks them a question," 73-year-old Springer said on Today.

"They live their lives - they don't have kids who ask them their opinion, they don't have parents who ask them their opinion, they're not in a job where their opinion is valued - for one day in their life, people are really paying attention. They're talking about something that is important to them. We take it for granted."

“Every day of your life, someone asks, ‘Hey, what do you think?’ or says, ‘Nice job,’ ” Springer continued. “So many of these people, no. We don’t deal with serious issues. Truthfully, we don’t do pregnancy tests or any of that stuff. So they’re angry, and that’s legitimate. But the next day, they’re dating someone else. It’s not a life-changing issue that we do on our show. It’s just a circus.”

"No one is watching because of me, they're watching because the stories are crazy and the people are outrageous," Springer said.