Jermaine Jenas has mentioned former employers BBC took his life away on the again of a sexting scandal that noticed him sacked by the broadcaster.
The ex-England and Tottenham midfielder – who was capped 21 occasions by his nation between 2003 and 2009 – was dismissed in August over allegations of office misconduct after sending specific texts to 2 feminine staff.
Whereas on the time Jenas mentioned he and spouse Ellie Penfold, who married in 2011, hoped to work by way of their marital troubles, the couple ultimately cut up in March this yr, with the presenter admitting the break-up wasn’t his name as he grovelled for forgiveness earlier than accepting his destiny.
The ex-footballer is now attempting to rebuild his profession with a sequence of podcast appearances and continues to open up on the ordeal that ended a promising partnership between himself and the BBC, which price him his £190,000 wage.
He additionally revealed he has opened up his personal manufacturing firm – which has helped open new doorways for his profession, addressing the truth that he wasn’t allowed to do sure issues whereas employed by the BBC in what has turn out to be his earlier life.
However Jenas has now admitted how a lot he actually misplaced by way of the ordeal, and revealed the promise he made to himself when the choice was made to let him go.
Jermaine Jenas has mentioned the BBC ‘took my life away’ when he was sacked on the again of a sexting scandal
Jenas married Ellie Penfold in 2011, and so they have three kids collectively, whereas he additionally has a daughter from a earlier relationship
Jenas cut up from Penfold after he was sacked – however mentioned he was prepared to proceed the wedding
Talking to Reece Mennie on his podcast, he mentioned: ‘Having labored within the media for the final ten years, and having been by way of what I’ve been by way of for the final yr, been a very troublesome second for myself and my household what occurred which I’ve at all times held up my hand and brought full accountability for, that’s essential to do.
‘You undergo lots of completely different feelings of anger and blame, however ultimately you realise: “Take accountability, Jermaine, and also you’ll be capable to transfer ahead.”
‘Due to their skill to remove my life, when it comes to each deal I had, the roles that I had at that individual time, I mentioned that’s by no means taking place to me once more, so I’ve lately arrange my very own manufacturing firm. My company that I had on the time weren’t that supportive of it.
‘This isn’t their fault, however if you’re in this type of media bubble the place you’re employed for the BBC, there are such a lot of partitions when it comes to what they need you to do and what you’re not allowed to do. Betting corporations wish to work with me as a result of I’m in soccer; BBC hate that due to the problems to do with playing typically, in order that they block all of that.
‘So there have been lots of blocks on one aspect and soccer was bringing me some stuff, however the actuality is that it ALL bought worn out. All of it bought taken away.’
Penfold was left ‘raging’ and kicked the previous Tottenham Hotspur star out of their bed room at their £1million household house when it was revealed he had despatched specific messages to 2 members of workers on the BBC.
Jenas confessed to mendacity to Penfold, who describes herself as a ‘spouse’ and mom’ in her Instagram bio, throughout a household vacation to Spain when he sneaked off to speak to his bosses in regards to the messages.
The previous England star admitted sending the texts however insists he has executed nothing unlawful.
He mentioned he made a pledge {that a} comparable incident ‘isn’t taking place once more’ due to the BBC’s skill to ‘take away my life’
Penfold was left ‘raging’ and kicked the previous footballer star out of their bed room at their £1million household house
He denied ever sending indecent photos or movies and mentioned the messages had been between consenting adults, one among whom ‘made it clear she was ‘.
Nonetheless Jenas mentioned he’s ‘ashamed’ and ‘deeply sorry’ as he apologised for the scandal.
He revealed he was fired in an excruciating video name – whereas he was on a household vacation in Marbella, Spain, together with his spouse and their three kids.
Jenas slammed this as ‘grim’, having to ‘sit there and hearken to what you’ve got mentioned’ as 4 folks on the Zoom name learn out his inappropriate textual content messages.
He mentioned he went on to deceive his spouse after being knowledgeable of the allegations to ‘discover a means out of this mess’.
Ellie broke her silence on the scandal on the launch of her new private care model Preppy in November.
She mentioned: ‘My solely focus has been on our youngsters and constructing my model Preppy. Now I simply wish to transfer ahead.
‘Naturally this has been onerous for me however my solely concern has been our youngsters and that won’t change.’
Jenas confessed to mendacity to Penfold throughout a household vacation to Spain when he sneaked off to speak to his bosses
Jenas mentioned he’s ‘ashamed’ and ‘deeply sorry’ as he apologised for the scandal.
The information of Jenas’s sacking got here moments earlier than he went reside on air on talkSPORT radio. He returned to punditry work final month, saying on talkSPORT his conduct was ‘wildly inappropriate’.
He continued: ‘I made a mistake. It was a mistake that’s one thing that me and my spouse and my household need to take care of.
‘I believe that the massive factor right here is that your profession is one factor. I labored 10 years post-retirement from being a footballer and I can take it way back to I would like from ranging from nothing to turning into a footballer to getting myself in a really lucky place to work on tv.
‘It is lots of onerous work that you just put into the job, however on the similar time, it may be taken away from you want that. That is one factor that I’ve recognised.’
Talking on the Filthy Fellas podcast of the cut up, in the meantime, Jenas mentioned: ‘It was her choice and one which I needed to settle for. If it was as much as me – and I believe lots of males are like this – I would most likely be ready to be sad for the remainder of my life if [it meant] I had my children in it.
‘It is a man factor. If I get up with my children on a regular basis, I am fairly glad to sacrifice the happiness. The truth is, we had been each able the place we like: “Are we actually glad”?
‘From her aspect of issues, she’s most likely ran the course far more than me. However I used to be far more glad to go: “I will be sad if I can keep on this home with you and these children”. Nevertheless it wasn’t to be for her and we went our separate methods.
‘She has understood the state of affairs that we have been in as a household. Children first is our motto. Now we have to be the perfect mother and father we will probably be. So I have been spending a lot time at house.
Jenas revealed he was fired from his position on the BBC after an excruciating video name
He labored on the likes of Match of the Day, in addition to The One Present alongside Alex Jones, centre, and Roman Kemp
He has beforehand mentioned that he felt his relationship was rife with points earlier than the sexting scandal occurred
‘Not masses has modified actually, it is simply mine and her relationship has gone into extra of a friendship than a relationship.
‘I do consider there’s going to come back a second the place I am sat in my condo someday and be like: “That is mad. I had my complete household round me each single day. [Now] I am not listening to that pitter patter of toes.”
‘That is going to be the robust aspect of it. However that is a part of coping with the state of affairs. The truth is, me and my spouse did not cut up up as a result of I despatched some textual content messages to some folks at work.
‘We had points for a time frame and all of it involves a head. Ultimately, you decide to say, as adults: “We will probably be higher mother and father for our youngsters if we stay associates”. We had 16 superb years collectively. She’s an ideal lady.’
