EXCLUSIVE Inside the decision to sack Jermaine Jenas: How rumours spread like wildfire on BBC WhatsApp chats before bosses made shock decision to sack the star - as 'concerned' TalkSport directors now examine claims READ MORE: Jermaine Jenas on air minutes after details of sacking emerge By Katie Hind and Katherine Lawton Published: 22:00, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 22:15, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments The news of Jermaine Jenas 's 'inappropriate' text messages spread around his colleagues via 'rumours' before the BBC suddenly sacked him, an insider has claimed. The TV host, 41, was fired this week, with the BBC confirming that Jenas is 'no longer part of our presenting line-up'. A female member of staff claimed she received unsolicited communications via text from Jenas, reports claimed.
Jenas's removal from his £190,000-a-year job left his colleagues blindsided as the decision happened 'very quickly', a BBC insider has claimed. 'It all came as a massive shock but his colleagues have now been told the news and he won't be back,' they said. 'They were kept in the dark.
They couldn't believe it when they found out. 'There were rumours going around about text messages to members of staff so the evidence was there and the BBC knew that they couldn't do anything else but terminate his employment. He was sacked very quickly; it's a sorry state of affairs.
' Jermaine Jenas on the phone as he leaves Talksport this evening after being sacked Jenas, 41, leaves Talksport this even.