Jermaine Jenas will not appear on TalkSport in the “immediate future” after being sacked from the BBC following complaints about workplace conduct, according to reports. The ex-Premier League player began co-presenting a TalkSport drive-time show with former footballer Jermaine Pennant, moments after it was announced he has been removed from all BBC presenting line-ups. A spokesperson from TalkSport told the Sun newspaper they were “made aware of a breaking story involving Jermaine as he went on air”, but the decision was made, alongside Jenas, “that he should continue to present the show”.
Jenas’s scheduled appearance on Friday’s TalkSport Drivetime show has been cancelled, according to the Daily Mail newspaper. After the news broke, former England footballer Jenas said there are “two sides to every story”. Jenas, who co-hosted The One Show and Match Of The Day at the BBC, said he is “not happy” about his sacking and he will be speaking to his lawyers about it.
“Look, I can’t really talk about it,” he said in an interview with TalkSport News. “I, as you can probably see, I am not happy about it. “But currently, as it stands, I’m going to have to let the lawyers deal with it.
“You know, there’s two sides to every story, as we know. So that’s all I can say right now.” When asked about reports that he sent unsolicited texts to a female member of staff at The One Show, he replied: “Like I said, I’m not happy about this situation.
“You know, I’m going to be speaking to my lawyers about it is all I can say right now.” Jenas declined to elaborate about what the complaint about him related to, whether it concerned more than one colleague, if he was surprised a complaint was made against him, when he was first aware that a complaint had been made and when the BBC told him he was being sacked. Pundit Jermaine Jenas (Nigel French/PA) “I can’t talk about that right now.
I’ve just got to leave this to a team of lawyers at the minute who are, yeah, I suppose just managing the situation,” he said. “This is ..
. Yeah, it’s tough, you know. But I’ve got to listen to my lawyers.
” It comes after a BBC spokesperson confirmed to the PA news agency that Jenas “is no longer part of our presenting line-up”. According to BBC News, the 41-year-old had his contract terminated after issues were raised involving digital communications, such as texts, in recent weeks. BBC chief content officer Charlotte Moore (Ian West/PA) According to official figures published last year, Jenas earned £190,000 to £194,999 for his work on the FA Cup, Match Of The Day and the World Cup at the BBC.
Jenas did not address the news during his live broadcast on TalkSport, and left the News UK building after the radio show in a car. He also appears on TNT Sports’ football coverage from time to time, but it is understood he is not scheduled to appear for a number of weeks. BBC Sport presenters Jermaine Jenas and Ben Mee (Nick Potts/PA) The father-of-four joined The One Show in 2020 as a stand-in co-host following the departure of Matt Baker, and he was made a permanent fixture the following year.
He has been a regular pundit on sports programmes Match Of The Day and Match Of The Day 2 and a presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live. During his football career, he appeared for the England national team and played for Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Tottenham, Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers. Jenas also hosts Formula E race coverage for TNT Sports.
His agency MC Saatchi no longer represents him and his profile on the site now displays a “page not found” notice..
