Jermaine Jenas admits to terrible inappropriate mistakes as he gets set for return to broadcasting

Jermaine Jenas admits to the past terrible inappropriate mistakes of his as he gets set for return to broadcasting.

The 41 year old has issued an apology for his behaviour in an interview this week as he makes gets set to appear on talkSPORT.

Following his dismissal from the BBC due to allegations of inappropriate conduct involving explicit messages sent to female colleagues, Jenas has expressed regret and a commitment to personal improvement.

His return to talkSPORT has been controversial, with some staff reportedly refusing to work with him due to the previous scandal.

However, Jenas states intentions to come back as a “better person” and has apologised publicly, including to those directly affected by his actions.

This situation has sparked discussions about redemption and the impact of personal conduct on professional opportunities.

Interviewer: Hello. You’re watching TalkSport. My name is Shebahn Aherne. And this weekend, Jermaine Jenas makes his return to co commentary and goes back to football. After losing his job at the BBC, Jermaine is with us now to talk about how things have changed for him and getting this new opportunity to go back to the sport that you love. Jermaine, I feel a frank conversation is needed ahead of this and I’m sure you can appreciate why.

Jermaine: Yeah. I think it’s fair. I think that the, you know, last six, nearly seven months have been extremely tough for myself and my family, but it’s also been a really good opportunity to kind of take stock, I suppose have a good look at why you find yourself in these kind of situations, and start to kind of, I suppose, have some honest conversations really with yourself, with other people, people that are close to you, people that have been very supportive during this period of time. And, yeah, just kind of work your way back to a position where I can get back to doing what I love most.

Interviewer: It’s been six months which actually isn’t a long amount of time, you know, for you and for your family it will feel like an incredible amount of time but coming back into sport, to the sport that you love and to the career that you had before everything went wrong. A lot of people will have a real problem with it, you know, and I can understand that. How do you assure us that you’ve changed?

Jermaine: The biggest thing in this whole situation is about taking responsibility and that has been at the forefront of my mind, you know, you need to take responsibility for your actions, there’s a reason why you’re in this position and there’s a reason why this has happened. And once you kind of accept those things then you can work on yourself and you can work on the other things and you can work on your family and, work towards a brighter future. I’m obviously very grateful for TalkSPORT to give me the opportunity to come talk to yourself and, you know, get back to doing what I, what I love most but, you know, essentially this is about, yeah me looking inwards, making some improvements and coming back a better person

Interviewer: I mean you’re taking responsibility clearly. Your actions then were wildly inappropriate. We can agree on that.

Jermaine: Yeah of course, yeah that’s what taking responsibility is about, it was inappropriate.

Interviewer: So how do you make sure you’re working on yourself and that there’s no sort of relapse there?

Jermaine: I made a mistake and it was a mistake that, you know, essentially is something that me and my wife and my family have to deal with. I think the big thing here, Shebahn, is that, you know, your career is one thing. And, you know, I work, you know, ten years post retirement from being a footballer, you know, and I can take it as far back as I want from, you know, starting from nothing to becoming a footballer to getting myself in a very fortunate position to working on television. And, you know, essentially, it’s, you know, it’s a lot of hard work that that that that you put into the job, but at the same time, it can be taken away from you like that. And that’s one thing that I’ve recognised. And when it is taken away from you like that there’s only one thing that’s there for you and it’s your family and it’s your friends and it’s the people that are really really close to you and that’s, that’s, that’s what has been my biggest support system during this period of time. You know, me and my wife have had some honest conversations, me and my family have had some honest conversations and that is, that’s who this is really between. So moving forward that’s where, you know, my focus is, making sure that my kids are okay, my wife is supported, and you know that I’m continually working on improving myself.

Interviewer: I appreciate that and I’d like to know how, if it’s okay to ask, how difficult that was for for your wife and and for the women in your life?

Jermaine: When you have, I suppose been living, in a way that you’re not, that’s not fit really for I suppose the position that you have, and you put other people’s lives in a position that they didn’t ask for, kids are going to school with press following them, wife’s getting followed to the gym, to work, you know, I put other people in a scenario that they didn’t ask to be put into. And granted, you know, some people will look at it and go, well we’ve had some good times with you and we’ll suffer the bad times, but it’s not about that, you know, it’s about, you know, me realising that they didn’t deserve to be in that position.

Interviewer: Can you use this experience to become a role model? Would you like to become a role model and how you can better yourself, become the better version of yourself?

Jermaine: I have in the past led by example in showing people that I can be a role model and I tend to get back on that path again. It’s my job to get back to doing what I love most which is talking about football.

Six months ago, Jermaine Jenas made a confession to The Sun and spoke of his shame after being sacked by the BBC for sending inappropriate texts to women.

He said, via The Sun: “I am ashamed, and I am deeply sorry.

“I have let myself down, my family, friends and colleagues down, and I owe everyone an apology — especially the women with whom I was messaging. I am so, so sorry.

“I am sorry for what I have put them through.

“I think it would be fair to say I have a problem. I know I self- sabotage and have a self-destructive streak when it comes to my relationship especially, and I know I need help. And I am getting help.

“I have made a lot of mistakes, and I am asking myself a lot of questions at the moment. I know there’s a lot of work that needs to be done, and it will be hard.

“Before any of this became ­public, I saw my private doctor and after a long discussion, booked in for therapy to try and address these issues, where they stem from, and why I have been doing this and hurting the people I love.

“I’m not proud of what I wrote and what I said. And I do consider it cheating, yes, although nothing physical ever happened.

“This is all on me and I fully accept there is a level of responsibility that needs to be upheld when you’re a member of the BBC.

“And I fell below those standards. I must take the responsibility.

“I was given an incredible opportunity and I know it’s on me that right now I feel I have lost everything. I feel like people are judging me and that I am the number one target right now in the country.”

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