Jerry Springer wakes up to an important transgender issue

TMZ.com

Jerry Springer will always be remembered for the wacky topics and crazy guests on his talk show, but 9 years ago he made a major change in the way he tackled transgender issues on this show.

Jerry's awakening returned in 2014, when he was a guest on "TMZ Live"...we had him on our show to discuss the backlash he and his producers were receiving at the time. "The Jerry Springer Show" had aired an episode called "Tr***ies Twerk It Out," and the LGBTQ community was outraged.

We asked the host to use the T-word, and he told us he had just "been educated" on the subject. The clip is super interesting...Jerry said, "I'm not interested in offending people" - which in itself might surprise critics and long-time "Springer Show" fans.

Jerry has sworn to stop using this term in all future shows. Now, we can't confirm it was never used again, but check out the clip...he seemed totally serious about his plan to ban it.

9/11/19 TMZ.com

Additional note: Apologies for the video quality of 2014: Wi-Fi just wasn't what it is today. Hell, we were only on iPhone 5s back then!!!