Jermaine Jenas has been sacked by the BBC for inappropriate behaviour, the Mail can reveal.
The One Show host was fired this week by the Corporation’s bosses. He also appears to have been removed from his agent MC Saatchi’s website.
Sources at the BBC say he will no longer host its evening show with immediate effect.
One told the Mail: ‘It all came as a massive shock but his colleagues have now been told the news and he won’t be back.
‘His colleagues are stunned, they didn’t see it coming at all. They were kept in the dark to start with. They couldn’t believe it when they found out.’
Jermaine Jenas, pictured in Qatar in December, has been sacked by the BBC, the Mail can reveal
The One Show host, pictured with wife Ellie Penfold at Wimbledon this year, has been accused for inappropriate behavior
Sources at the BBC say the 41-year-old will no longer host its evening show – pictured with co-host Alex Jones
Jenas also previously hosted the Match of the Day spin-off and he was a regular studio pundit for the Beeb’s Euros coverage.
He has also been mooted as a replacement for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day amid rumours that he is to leave in the near future.
Former footballer Jenas, 41, joined The One Show in In 2020, where he began co-presenting with Alex Jones.
A year later he became one of its permanent hosts.
As well as playing for England, he also played for Tottenham Hotspur for eight years between 2005 and 2013 after signing from Newcastle United.
Off the pitch, Jenas is married to wife Ellie who he tied the know with in 2011.
They have two daughters together while Jenas has an older daughter from a previous relationship who lives in the United States with her mother.
The saga is the latest to hit the BBC following the Strictly scandal and Huw Edwards pleading guilty to paedophilia.
BBC bosses are currently deciding how to announce the verdict of their investigation into Amanda Abbington’s claims that Giovanni Pernice bullied her during rehearsals last year.