Jermaine Jenas has admitted sending inappropriate messages in a lengthy statement following the termination of his BBC contract.
The corporation confirmed on Thursday that the 41-year-old would no longer be part of their presenting line-up, with BBC News reporting that his contract had been terminated due to 'He then participated in a short interview with the radio station after his programme had ended, stating that there are 'two sides to every story' and that he was consulting with his lawyers.
"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." Jenas says that the women he was texting were 'consenting adults', and also revealed details of the video call with the BBC that ended with the termination of his contract.
He explained: "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."But I'm the married one, I'm at fault, and I was sort of playing this blame game in my head."Some people have suggested I'm the scapegoat here.
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