SACKED BBC star Jermaine Jenas cannot sleep as he is wracked with guilt after being sacked for sending inappropriate texts to colleagues. The former footie ace is ‘like a Zombie’ as he struggles to deal with the damage done to his family. And after being thrown out of the marital bedroom by “raging” missus Ellie , the broken presenter fears losing his 13-year marriage – meaning he can’t sleep a wink.

The ex- Match of the Day and One Show host, now seeing a therapist to help him survive the crisis , said his head has barely hit the pillow since the BBC confronted him over inappropriate messages sent to women colleagues. Jermaine told The Sun: “I haven’t slept properly since they told me, to be honest. “I mean, the anxiety that builds up in your body over these types of things.

READ MORE ON JERMAINE JENAS “I haven’t had any sleeping pills. “I’ve just not been sleeping. “You just kind of lay there, mind’s ticking over until you just pass out.

.. it’s the only way I’m getting sleep at the minute.

“Part of me would just rather go and run until I collapse.” Most read in Celebrity The tearful star revealed devastated Ellie is focusing on their three young kids, and has not informed him if their marriage can last. Trembling Jermaine, who also has a 16-year-old daughter from an earlier relationship, said: “When I see her most days, she just kind of gets up.

“She goes to make sure the children are okay. “I am pretty much just kind of trying to.