Jermaine Jenas has opened up about the moment he told his wife, Ellie Penfold, about the text message scandal that led to him being sacked by the BBC earlier this week
Jermaine Jenas has revealed that his wife Ellie Penfold is "absolutely raging" after he was sacked by the BBC for sending inappropriate messages to two female colleagues. The former England international was dismissed from his roles as a pundit on Match of the Day and a presenter of The One Show following an internal investigation into his workplace conduct.
He also shared the moment he had to confess to his wife of 13 years about the incident, initially lying to her in hopes of only being suspended, but eventually revealing the truth when she expected him to go to work on The One Show. "I had to tell her by Monday evening because I knew then that I'd been fired," he said.
Jermaine revealed that he's been banished from the marital bedroom, saying: "Ellie is absolutely raging. She's human. When I see her now, she is just making sure the children are OK. It's just about the children right now. It's the school holidays and they're trapped in the house because photographers are outside my house. They're like, 'What's going on, Daddy? '. It's tough. I've got to take responsibility and I've apologised to all of them.
As he fights to save his 13-year marriage, Jermaine expressed his deep concern about potentially losing his family: "There's something in me that's praying that there is some level of mercy within it all, or understanding of the fact we're human beings and we make mistakes," he said. "Some bigger than others - and mine is a big mistake."
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