Jermaine Jenas recalls 'embarrassing' moment BBC read out sexual messages amid fears over his family
Jermaine Jenas was axed by the BBC last week
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Jermaine Jenas opened up over the embarrassing moment his sordid texts were read back to him by BBC chiefs.
The former England international was axed by the BBC last week after an internal investigation found that he had sent unsolicited text messages to two female colleagues on The One Show.
It has seen the 41-year-old stood down from his roles on the BBC on The One Show and Match of the Day.
Jenas found out about the decision last Monday while he was on holiday with his wife, Ellie Pinfold, and his children.
Jermaine Jenas has been axed by the BBC after sordid texts to female colleagues
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It came during an excruciating meeting with BBC executives and HR staffers, where his x-rated texts were read back to him.
Jenas told The Sun: "It was just a grim situation. You’re having to sit there and listen to what you’ve said. I’m not proud of anything.
“It’s embarrassing, and obviously there’s four people there on a Zoom call, basically, just listening to all of this, and reading out my messages. I think I was in shock at the time, there was a lot to process.
“But I’m the married one, I’m at fault, and I was sort of playing this blame game in my head.
“The overriding panic by a mile was that I could lose my family.
“There’s something in me that’s praying there is some level of mercy or understanding of the fact we’re human beings and we all make mistakes, some bigger than others and mine is a big mistake.
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“But that didn’t happen, and yeah the whole situation was pretty hellish — and right now I’m not quite sure what I’m feeling, but I don’t think I have ever been lower.”
Jenas' wife, who has thrown him out of the bedroom, could reverse her decision on whether or not she will stay with her husband, who she has been married to since 2011.
The former Tottenham star added: “I had to tell [Ellie] by Monday evening because I knew then that I’d been fired.
“I just said, ‘I’ve been sacked from the BBC’.
Jermaine Jenas works for several broadcasters, including TNT Sports and talkSPORT
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“She said, ‘What for?’, and I said, ‘For sending text messages that weren’t appropriate to two girls’.
“Ellie is absolutely raging. She’s human.
“We’ve not really spoken properly since. She’s absolutely raging.”
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The BBC has not commented on Jenas' sacking since his interview with The Sun.
Last week, the Beeb had confirmed in a statement: "We can confirm Jermaine Jenas is no longer part of our presenting line-up."