Jermaine Jenas & wife of 16 years SPLIT – months after he was sacked by BBC for ‘inappropriate texts’

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JERMAINE Jenas and his woman Ellie Penfold person divided up aft 16 years unneurotic – lone months aft helium was sacked by the BBC.

The erstwhile footie star was fired arsenic a Match of the Day pundit and One Show host implicit “inappropriate texts” sent to pistillate colleagues.

Jermaine Jenas and his woman Ellie astatine Wimbledon.

Jermaine Jenas and woman Ellie person separated[/caption]

Announcement of separation from Jermaine, aft 16 years and 4 children. Ellie asks for privacy.

Ellie shared the separation connection connected Instagram[/caption]

Man successful achromatic t-shirt sitting and looking away.

Former Match Of The Day presenter Jermaine issued a nationalist apology to Ellie, the parent of 3 of his children successful The Sun[/caption]

Heartbroken ex-model Ellie announced the mates were separating successful an Instagram station earlier today.

It read: “I ne'er imagined I would person to stock thing truthful idiosyncratic with the public, but fixed the situation, I consciousness it’s necessary.

“After 16 years unneurotic and 4 fantastic children, Jermaine and I person decided to portion ways.

“We volition stay friends and proceed to co-parent. We kindly inquire that you respect our children’s privateness during this challenging time.

“Thank you, Ellie.”

The brace person been joined for 14 years since they tied the knot successful 2011.

They besides stock 2 daughters, Geneva and Olivia, and boy, Jacob, together.

Jenas, 42, besides has an older daughter, Sancha, from a erstwhile narration who lives successful the United States with her mother.

The ex-England midfielder had spent the past fewer months apologising to his household and the nationalist since the texts came to light.

Jenas’ dada Dennis openly admitted past twelvemonth that Ellie had kicked him retired of the main chamber the mates shared astatine their £1million location successful Hertfordshire.

Speaking to the Sun at the clip of his sacking from the BBC, Jenas apologised to his woman but denied being a enactment pest.

He insisted helium had done thing amerciable but said helium was atrocious if helium made the women progressive uncomfortable.

Speaking little than 24 hours after The Sun revealed helium had been fired from Match of the Day and The One Show pursuing the complaints, Jenas said: “I americium ashamed, and I americium profoundly sorry.

He was sacked in an excruciating online gathering with HR and elder corp execs, including being shown a drawstring of X-rated messages he’d sent.

He told the Sun: “I americium ashamed, and I americium profoundly sorry.”

In the aforesaid interview, helium confessed to lying to woman Ellie during a household vacation and sneaking disconnected to instrumentality a Zoom telephone with BBC bosses implicit his X-rated messages.

He told The Sun successful August: “We’ve not truly spoken decently since. She’s perfectly raging.”

In 2023, Jenas and Ellie clashed arsenic helium started spending much clip socialising with his One Show work colleagues.

The brace had explosive rows but, Jenas admitted, they softly worked done their issues with the assistance of couples therapy.

Jenas lone returned backmost to enactment past month arsenic helium appeared connected talkSPORT aft a six-month break.

He made it wide helium was “coming backmost arsenic a amended person” and has spent the clip disconnected “looking inwards, making immoderate improvements”.

The pundit made an initial return to broadcasting successful October – astatine the Emirates stadium covering Arsenal v Liverpool for an overseas web but it wasn’t shown connected British airwaves.

Jermaine Jenas Scandal Timeline

JERMAINE Jenas was dismissed successful August for sending inappropriate messages to the women helium worked with.

Here’s what happened:

August 22

The BBC receives complaints astir Jenas workplace behaviour, successful respect to substance messages.
August 22 – Jenas is sacked by the BBC amid allegations helium sent inappropriate messages to a pistillate colleague.
The presenter is taken disconnected aerial from some Match of the Day and The One Show.
Other colleagues begin to travel forward.
Jenas responds to BBC sacking: “Right present I can’t speech astir it. I tin archer you I’m not blessed – determination are 2 sides to each communicative – and I’m going to beryllium speaking with my lawyers connected the issue.”
The BBC responds to Jenas’ sacking: “We tin corroborate Jermaine Jenas is nary longer portion of the presenting line-up.”
In an exclusive interrogation with the Sun connected Sunday, Jenas revealed helium wanted to accidental atrocious to girls helium texted but the BBC blocked him.

September 7