Jerry Springer Didn't Tell Others He Was Sick But Was 'Saying Goodbye,' Says Steve Wilkos (Exclusive)
etonline.comJerry Springer and he's still in shock that the man who changed his life is gone. While reflecting on Springer's legacy, Wilkos tells ET that their get-together about a month ago now all makes sense.
Wilkos says Springer was saying «goodbye» without officially saying goodbye.Wilkos, a longtime fixture on as head of security before his own spinoff show, spoke to ET's Kevin Frazier and recalled that fateful afternoon when he said Springer called him about getting together for cigars.
The former Chicago police officer had just gotten done taping his show, (now in its 15th season) and he was tired, but he couldn't say no to the man who had such an impact on his life.«I really didn't want to go, but it's Jerry and I'm like, 'I want to see the guy and I love him,'» Wilkos recalls. «He never told me he was ill.
And now, I think that night I saw him was his way of saying goodbye to me without saying goodbye. I wish I would have known.
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