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Boyle's Kyle cancer tweet sparks anger

COMIC Frankie Boyle has made a cruel swipe at cancer sufferer Jeremy Kyle.

The controversial Scot was branded "vile" on Twitter after poking fun at the chat show host, who confirmed he was recovering from testicular cancer earlier this week.

Boyle, who has previous form for making light of cancer victims, sent the Jeremy Kyle joke to his 1.2 million followers yesterday.

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