BBC Sacks Jermaine Jenas Amid "Inappropriate Behaviour" Complaints

The BBC has sacked Jermaine Jenas following an internal investigation into allegations of "inappropriate behaviour".

The 41-year-old ex-England international footballer has been a co-presenter on BBC One's The One Show since 2020. He has not appeared on the show since the end of July. He last featured on Match Of The Day at the start of May.

Precise details of the allegations against Jenas are unclear, but the bush telegraph (and social media) being what it is, I doubt it'll be long before full details emerge.

The BBC is tight-lipped, saying only: "We can confirm that Jermaine Jenas is no longer part of the presenting line up."

However, a report on this evening's BBC News at Six did mention that the allegations are said to relate to Jenas' use of electronic messages, "including by text". It has now been suggested that Jenas sent messages to a female member of The One Show staff.

People are invariably drawing conclusions with the recent Huw Edwards scandal, where the BBC failed to dismiss the deviant Welsh newsreader despite the serious, now proven allegations against him. 

Jenas, who was paid around £190,000 a year directly by the BBC, is described as "not happy" with the situation. He is said to be seeking legal advice. The £190,000 figure does not include payments made by BBC Studios in relation to presenting The One Show.

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Further anti-BBC reading:

• Is The True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?, by David Sedgwick (aff. link)
• The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills (aff. link)