Jermaine Jenas is fighting to save marriage after being sacked by BBC over inappropriate texts to women, his dad reveals
JERMAINE Jenas is fighting to save his marriage after he sexted with colleagues and was sacked by the BBC, his dad has revealed.
His father has now revealed he former One Show co-host and ex-Match of the Day pundit is desperate to save his marriage to wife Ellie, The Mirror reports.
Dennis Jenas said his son was battling to save his marriage and the scandal had hit the family hard.
He said: “He knows he shouldn’t have done what he did and he wants to keep his family together and he knows he has hurt his wife and kids.
“I called JJ as soon as I saw what had happened. He’s my little man, my trouper, my main guy.
“He did not think he had been treated well by the BBC. I tried to give him a boost and the support he needed. He was in a state and needed it at the time.”
Emotional Jenas is now trying to claw back their relationship after telling his wife he had been dismissed for sending inappropriate messages to two female colleagues.
Ellie has kicked him out of their bedroom the couple shared at their £1million home in Hertfordshire.
He told The Sun in an exclusive interview: “We’ve not really spoken properly since. She’s absolutely raging.”
He confessed to lying to wife Ellie during a family holiday and sneaking off to take a Zoom call with BBC bosses over his X-rated messages.
Tearfully, he admitted he did not know if Ellie would forgive him.
Praising her as an “amazing mother”, he said she was solely focused on the care of their two daughters and young son.
“My wife is solid and she’s amazing. She is kind. She just needs some time.”
Jenas went on to praise Ellie for standing by him during his football career, where he previously said he was “single-minded and selfish to succeed”.
Last year, Jenas and Ellie clashed as he started spending more time socialising with his One Show work colleagues.
The presenter said: “It was all glitzy, but for my wife, it was like nappies, milk.
“I am a very hands-on dad and I’m always trying to help but, still, she wasn’t getting that fulfilment in her own life.”
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