Jermaine Jenas has furiously responded to claims he is a “sex pest” following his shock sacking by BBC bosses. The 41-year-old football pundit and former England player was fired on Monday after he was accused of sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues while working at the corporation. The news was made public on Thursday, as Jermaine was presenting his talkSport radio show, and the footballer initially claimed there were “two sides” to the story when quizzed by reporters.
Since the news of his sacking broke, Jermaine has spoken to The Sun about the behaviour that led to his dismissal, and apologised profusely to his wife Ellie, as well as the women he was messaging. He explained that he got in contact with one of the women involved after she “made it very clear” that she was attracted to him, but denied he was a “sex pest” and insisted “false information” was being spread. “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,” he said. “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.
” Jermaine said he wanted to “defend my space” but didn’t want to go “down the ‘who pursued who’ road”, and was furious he was being painted in a bad.