I am ashamed – Jermaine Jenas


 
 
 
 
 
 

On Thursday (22 August 2024), it was announced that Jermaine Jenas had been sacked by the BBC.

This followed ‘complaints about workplace conduct.’

An official BBC News report (see HERE) revealing the news.

Jermaine Jenas had been talked about as a potential eventual successor to Gary Lineker as the Match of The Day presenter, however, fair to say that won’t be happening now.

Jermaine Jenas has now been speaking to The Sun – 23 August 2024:

“I did nothing illegal, these were inappropriate messages between two consenting adults.

“I am ashamed and I am deeply sorry.

“I have let myself down, my family, friends and colleagues down, and I owe everyone an apology, especially the women with whom I was messaging. I am so, so sorry.

“I am sorry for what I have put them through.

“I think it would be fair to say I have a problem.

“I know I self- sabotage and have a self-destructive streak when it comes to my relationship especially, and I know I need help. And I am getting help.

“I have made a lot of mistakes and I am asking myself a lot of questions at the moment.

“I know there’s a lot of work that needs to be done and it will be hard.

“Before any of this became ­public, I saw my private doctor and after a long discussion, booked in for therapy to try and address these issues, where they stem from, and why I have been doing this and hurting the people I love.

“I’m not proud of what I wrote and what I said.

“And I do consider it cheating, yes, although nothing physical ever happened.

“This is all on me and I fully accept there is a level of responsibility that needs to be upheld when you’re a member of the BBC.

“And I fell below those standards. I must take the responsibility.

“I was given an incredible opportunity and I know it’s on me that right now I feel I have lost everything.

“I feel like people are judging me and that I am the number one target right now in the country.

“These were two consenting adults I was speaking to.

“With one she made it clear she was interested. I don’t want to start going down the ‘who pursued who’ road, but when people are saying things that are wrong and false information is being spread, I do have to kind of defend my space.

“In that particular instance, there was an adult conversation that took place in a bar in London where that person made it very clear that they had an attraction to me.

“Yes there was alcohol involved but I take full responsibility.

“I feel people don’t know the truth and are forming opinions about me that aren’t accurate.

“I wasn’t going through some kind of BBC vault trying to get women’s numbers.

“I’m obviously going to say I’m not a sex pest.

“These were consenting adults I was texting.

“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.”