Jermaine Jenas has instructed the Solar newspaper he’s “ashamed” and has “let all people down” after being sacked as a BBC presenter.
He instructed the paper he despatched “inappropriate messages” to 2 colleagues on the One Present, however insisted he “did nothing unlawful” and mentioned they had been despatched to “two consenting adults”.
The previous Match of the Day and One Present host had his contract terminated this week for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to a feminine colleague.
The BBC has not disclosed additional particulars in regards to the allegations in opposition to him.
He instructed the Solar the texts had been a “enormous error of judgement” for which he was “deeply sorry”, including that he was “not a intercourse pest”.
Jenas, who’s married with 4 youngsters, instructed the paper he’s receiving remedy and accepted he “fell under [the] requirements” of the BBC.
The 41-year-old continued: “I really feel so ashamed. I’ve let all people down – my colleagues, my buddies and, most significantly, I’ve let my household down.”
The difficulty was dropped at the BBC’s consideration a number of weeks in the past. The company introduced his departure on Thursday.
A BBC spokesperson mentioned: “We will affirm Jermaine Jenas is now not a part of our presenting line-up.”
The BBC has not commented since Jenas spoke to the Solar.
Jenas mentioned he was sacked throughout a video name on Monday whereas on a household vacation, 5 days after being instructed of the allegations in opposition to him by the BBC.
In a prolonged and at occasions tearful interview on digicam with the Solar, Jenas mentioned “nothing bodily ever occurred” however mentioned he thought-about what he did “dishonest”.
He continued: “I used to be given an unimaginable alternative and I do know it’s on me that proper now I really feel I’ve misplaced every part.
“I really feel like persons are judging me and that I’m the primary goal proper now within the nation.”
Jenas mentioned he owed “everybody an apology, particularly the ladies” he was messaging, and added: “I’m sorry for what I’ve put them by way of.”
He denied sending any express photos or video, the Solar reported.
Jenas was presenting on talkSport Drive when the information of his BBC dismissal broke on Thursday.
Requested in regards to the allegations on air, he repeatedly refused to be drawn on why he had been sacked and mentioned he was “talking to legal professionals”.
On the identical day, his profile was faraway from his agent’s web site.
Jenas earned between £190,000 and £194,999 on the BBC within the final monetary 12 months for his work on protection of soccer together with the FA Cup, Match of the Day and the World Cup.
His wage for his work on The One Present has not been made public as a result of it’s paid by BBC Studios, the BBC’s industrial manufacturing firm, which does not reveal how a lot it pays presenters.
Jenas made his footballing debut at 17, and performed for his boyhood crew Nottingham Forest, adopted by Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.
He made 21 appearances for England and retired in 2016 earlier than starting a profession within the media.
The ex-Premier League footballer additionally works for TNT Sports activities as a pundit and co-commentator, and fronts their System E racing protection.
A System E spokesperson mentioned Jenas was a part of the System E presenting crew for season 10, which resulted in July, and the presenting line-up for the following season shall be introduced “sooner or later”.
They continued: “This determination shall be fastidiously thought-about, considering the excessive requirements we count on to be upheld at System E.”
TNT has not commented about his future with the broadcaster.
Jenas’s company, MC Saatchi, now not represents him and his profile on the location now shows a “web page not discovered” discover.
