This is the awkward moment Michael McIntyre sent a topless snap of Jermaine Jenas to a One Show producer.
Footage of the Big Show skit has resurfaced amid allegations the fallen BBC star, 41, sent ‘inappropriate’ flirty messages to a female member of staff.
In the Send to All segment of the show – in which McIntyre takes a celebrity’s phone and sends an embarrassing text to all their contacts – the comedian selects a picture of a muscle-toned Jenas showing off his abs and flexing his muscles.
Jenas squirms as he sits alongside his ex-model wife Ellie Penfold as McIntyre composes a bragging message to send alongside the picture that reads: ‘Just scrolling through my selfies and had to share! Perfection?’
McIntyre asks who Jenas is most worried about receiving the message to which the former England international replies: ‘Ellie’s mum.’
Later on, McIntyre reveals a One Show producer named Enya QJ has replied saying: ‘I’m sending this to HR.’ This is not related to the current allegations.
It is believed the producer was Enya Quin-Jarvis.
This is the awkward moment Michael McIntyre sent a topless snap of Jermaine Jenas to a One Show producer during his Big Show skit
Jenas squirms as he sits alongside his ex-model wife Ellie Penfold as McIntyre composes a bragging message to send alongside the picture
Later on, McIntyre reveals a One Show producer named Enya QJ has replied saying: ‘I’m sending this to HR.’ It is believed the producer was Enya Quin-Jarvis (pictured)
Jenas turns away embarrassed and burst out laughing alongside his wife Ellie and the studio audience.
It comes as his wife and mother to three of his four children is reportedly sticking by him despite claims other women have come forward amid the probe into messages allegedly sent by the married ex-footballer, according to The Sun.
However, the source added there is ‘no suggestion of illegality’ on the ex-footballer’s part.
He was fired this week after ‘rumours’ spread among colleagues about the inappropriate messages.
A female member of staff of The One Show claimed she received unsolicited communications via text from Jenas, reports claimed.
Jenas is said to be ‘deeply unhappy’ about the allegations, which were raised with the corporation a few weeks ago, and said yesterday: ‘There are two sides to a story.’
The news of Jenas’ sacking came moments before he went live on air on talkSPORT radio yesterday afternoon, who have now said he will no longer appear on the show in the ‘immediate future’.
The messages are understood to have ‘horrified’ the people who saw them, a source claimed.
In the Send to All segment of the show – in which McIntyre takes a celebrity’s phone and sends an embarrassing text to all their contacts – the comedian selects a picture of a muscle-toned Jenas showing off his abs and flexing his muscles
Jenas turns away embarrassed and burst out laughing alongside his wife Ellie and the studio audience
‘We investigated him immediately and fired him pretty fast,’ they told The Times, adding: ‘There are no excuses for anyone in power abusing their positions. He’s a man in power messaging some runners.’
The ex-Premier League player began co-presenting a talkSPORT drive-time show with fellow former footballer Jermaine Pennant, moments after it was announced he had 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’.
A giant poster featuring Jenas alongside BBC Sport colleagues Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Alex Scott was removed from Manchester’s Media City HQ on Thursday.
Breaking his silence over the claims yesterday, a spokesperson for Jenas said: ‘Right now I can’t talk about it.
‘I can tell you I’m not happy – there are two sides to every story – and I’m going to be speaking with my lawyers on the issue.’
Meanwhile, the BBC has been removing all traces of Jenas from its websites.
Jermaine Jenas on the phone as he leaves talkSPORT on Thursday evening after being sacked
Jermaine Jenas and his wife Ellie are pictured while on holiday in Marbella in June 2014
Jenas’ ex-model wife Ellie Penfold (pictured) is standing by the axed BBC star as ‘multiple women’ come forward to make fresh claims about his alleged ‘inappropriate behaviour’
Footage from Jermaine Pennant’s Instagram story on Thursday shows Jenas making a face after the footballer says: ‘When you and your best mate are on the radio’
A BBC insider claimed: ‘It all came as a massive shock but his colleagues have now been told the news and he won’t be back.
‘They were kept in the dark. They couldn’t believe it when they found out.
‘There were rumours going around about text messages to members of staff so the evidence was there and the BBC knew that they couldn’t do anything else but terminate his employment. He was sacked very quickly; it’s a sorry state of affairs.’
Jenas lives in a luxurious £7million home in Hertfordshire with Ellie and together they have two daughters, Geneva and Olivia, plus baby son Jacob.
The got engaged in 2009 and tied the knot two years later in 2011.