Maury Povich offered up kind words and remembrance for his late colleague Jerry Springer.
Springer passed away April 27 at 79 following a battle with cancer.
Legendary TV personality Povich told PEOPLE he was “absolutely shocked” learning about Springer’s death. He said their relationship started as “friendly rivals” while they were both big time daytime television hosts.
"We were all rivals, but at the same time, Jerry and I, because for the last 20-odd years, we both worked for the same company, we had the same bosses," he told the publication. "We also taped in the same studio for the last 10 or 12 years. So we would see each other, and we would reminisce."
He also commented on Springer’s interesting humor.
“He always loved to tell jokes. And some of the jokes were terribly stale,” Povich recalled.
"People always ask, you know, you and Jerry are the same kind of show," he said. "Jerry used to say to me, he says 'Here's the thing, Maury. You're the real deal. And I'm just the deal.' I said, 'Jerry, I might be the real deal but you're your deal, okay?' And he always said, he said, 'You got it right,' when some of the media asked me one time the difference between you and Jerry. I said, 'Well, I do real people's stories and he, he's doing WWE.' And he says, 'You're right! It's wrestling on my show.'"
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“Jerry didn’t change TV, he radicalized it,” he concluded.
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