This may (or may not) explain a few things

Lost in translation. "American chat show host Jerry Springer struggles to understand the majority of guests on his British TV show because of their regional accents. The Springer Show--which looks at relationship issues--attracts guests from a variety of backgrounds from all over the UK, and Springer has difficulty translating the diverse native tongues ... 'They have all these really low class Brits with 'chav' accents and some of them are form Scotland and half the time he's like 'What? What did you say?'"

Springer can't understand British guests [contactmusic.com]