Arachnophobia Cured Live on Air! | Good Morning Britain

James Jordan, former 'Strictly Come Dancing' star, overcomes his fear of spiders by holding a huge Tarantula live on Good Morning Britain.
Broadcast on 21/09/2017

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[Lynsey]

I personally find smaller spiders scarier than the big fluffy spiders, I would never in a million years be able to hold the spider that the lady held 😱

[xenonomy]

Humans crave certainty
Spiders are unpredictable
Unpredictable = not certainty
That’s why it’s the number 1 fear

[Ṽïkiṇḡ--ṝ-w]

Not real, anyone with a real arachnophobia would never even try this! And you can't cure a phobia in 4 minutes. I wouldn't do it for a million dollars.

[sarahwillis]

If this is arachnophobia... I must have the worst form of it ever cuz every time I see or meet or know someone who says they're afraid of them... Is still able to do stuff I can't and they're always suprised to find out how bad I am and how much better they are compared to me... I watch these shows to see if it's possible to cure the fear actually cure it... But everyone is already way ahead of me when they begin on these shows and challenges so I'm guessing unless I see someone as bad as me actually get through it then I have no hope for myself 😬

[thewelshtarantula]

I'm sorry but having people who have arachnophobia handle a tarantula while standing is very poor judgement. It took me months to get the courage to hold my tarantula, I sat down on my sofa so it wouldn't hurt itself if it chose to run. Please stop doing this just to get your viewer count up itv.

[gx_pro]

I have arachnophobia but i really wanna face my fear and handle one i feel like id be a lot less scared

[theeightleggedmachine]

With 1 you are here with me, with 2 I behold you, with 3 I tie you too... with 8 I take control of you!

[ronhoek]

They should have used a Brazilian wandering spider

[einaleMelanie]

I’m most scared of these mid-sized black ones. Those that surprise you in the bathroom and move fast