Jenas was’ willing to be unhappy for the rest of his life to stay with the woman
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Jermaine Jenas has admitted that he would be willing to be “unhappy for the rest of his life” to stay with wife Ellie Penfold.
Ellie announced her split with former Tottenham And England star Jenas In March.
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Their disintegration came six months after Jenas was Axed by the BBC After a sexting scandal.
The 42-year-old was illuminated by the beeb of his services after being accused of sending X-rated texts to two female colleagues.
Jenas, who has four children with Ellie, further admitted to send the messages, but emphasized that the texts were consensual and that he had not violated the law.
The former Showhost told the sun That Ellie “raged” after the allegations – but that he hoped to go through their problems.
In March, however, Ellie went to Instagram to reveal that their marriage was over after 14 years.
Jenas, that returned to the Punditry work With Talksport in February, it is now open of his marriage that ended during an appearance on the Dirty boys Podcast.
Jenas said frankly about his collapsing and said: “It was her decision and one that I had to accept.
“If it was up to me – and I think a lot of men are like that – I would probably be willing to be unhappy for the rest of my life as [it meant] I had my children in it. If I have my children, I am quite happy to sacrifice. “
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Jenas then added: “It’s a man – things are what they are – they have highlights, they have lows and people cheat – some people don’t do that, some people don’t, but you think of many things.
“The reality is that we were both in a position where we were like” Are we really happy? “
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“From her side of things, she had run the course more than I probably run. But I was much happier to go:” I will be unhappy if I can stay with you and these children in this house. “
“It wasn’t for her, so we went our own way and that’s that.”
To be honest, about the situation, Jenas said about why he and Ellie separated: “The reality is that I and my wife are not separating because I sent some text messages to some people at work.
“We had problems for a while, it all comes to a head and you finally make a decision to say, as adults we will be better parents for our children if we just stay friends and that’s it.
‘Drag me out of the gutter’
“We had 16 wonderful years together, me and my wife, how many people last so long? Sixteen years old. UPS and Downs. She caught the wrong end of my [playing] career, bless her.
“She was the one who dragged me out of the gutter when my knee hung around, done career. She is the one who saved me again and gave me the faith and the power to” go back outside, I believe in you. “
Upon his return to Talksport in February, Jenas promised to learn from his mistakes.
‘Work on yourself’
The first Match of the day Pundit said: “The biggest thing in this whole situation is about taking responsibility and that was at the front in my mind …
“There is a reason why you are in this position and there is a reason why this happened.
“As soon as you accept those things, you can work on yourself and you can work on the other things and you can work on your family and work on a better future.”
Ellie confirmed their split a month later and wrote on Instagram: “I never thought I would have to share something like that with the audience, but given the situation I think it’s necessary.
“After 16 years together and 4 great children, Jermaine and I decided to separate. We continue to be friends and continue to be co-parent.
“We kindly ask you to respect the privacy of our children during this challenging time. Thanks, Ellie.”
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