Jermaine Jenas addresses his BBC sacking on talkSPORT GB News ’ sports presenter Paul Coyte has weighed in on the Jermaine Jenas controversy after the former football player was sacked by the BBC . Following his career on the pitch, Jermaine became a familiar face on screens, presenting The One Show and regularly starring on Match of The Day . However, his work on the broadcaster ended “with immediate effect,” on Thursday following complaints relating to workplace behaviour.
Speaking on the seemingly sudden outcome, Paul said: “He was asked by TalkSport to go and host their drive show yesterday and the story broke around half an hour before he was about to go on the air. “The bosses there had a decision to make, ‘do we keep him on the air or do we not,’ but rumour has it, there was nobody there to actually do the show, so they made the decision to put him on the air.” Read more: 'Fuming' Jermaine Jenas maintains there's 'two sides to every story' GB News' Paul Coyte discussed Jermaine Jenas' firing (Image: YouTube ) The presenter continued: “It’s interesting because then, on the show he’s discussing with other ex-pros about managers getting fired and you think the irony and what's going on with him.
” Shedding light on the scandal, Paul added: “It’s to do with allegedly inappropriate texts that have been sent to production staff, we don’t really know too much else about it. “Obviously this is serious, because if you look at the BBC , we knew nothing about this and then he’s fired for it ..
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