Jermaine Jenas apologises to wife Ellie Penfold for 'dragging' her through 'inappropriate' texts scandal

Jermaine Jenas has publically apologised to his wife, Ellie Penfold, aft sending “inappropriate” messages to pistillate colleagues.

Jenas antecedently insisted the messages were “between 2 consenting adults” and that his behaviour was not illegal.

At the weekend, the erstwhile Match Of The Day and The One Show big apologised to Penfold for “the bulls*** I’ve dragged you done recently”.

Jenas shared a station of his exemplary woman astatine the motorboat of her quality task aimed astatine teens, Preppy Skin, connected Instagram.

“Couldn’t beryllium much arrogant of this woman, 3 years agone you had a large thought and this week you got to marque that thought a reality,” the erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur and England midfielder wrote.

“Starting a marque is hard enough, but moving hard and being committed to getting it done adjacent with each the BULLS**T I've dragged you done precocious should beryllium capable grounds that you’ll marque it a success,” helium added.

Jenas joined Penfold successful 2011 and they person 3 children unneurotic - Jeneva, 10, Olivia, seven, and Jacob, three. He besides has a daughter, Sancha, 16, with a erstwhile spouse who lives successful the US.

The shot pundit was sacked aft women complained astir his workplace behaviour and a inferior subordinate of unit raised concerns implicit his texts.

He claimed 1 of the women helium messaged had made it wide that she was funny and denied ever sending indecent images oregon videos.

After apologising to the women, Jenas admitted helium has a “self-destructive streak” with his relationships and is successful therapy.

He told The Sun successful August that Penfold was “absolutely raging” astir the messages and had kicked him retired of their £1 cardinal household home.

The jock confessed to lying to her during a household vacation successful Marbella, Spain, successful which helium snuck disconnected to person a Zoom telephone with BBC bosses implicit the texts.

He came cleanable to Penfold astir being fired aft she was expecting him to spell to enactment connected The One Show connected Monday.

Addressing the controversy, she told The Sun astatine the event: “It has been an incredibly hard and hard clip for myself and my family.

“Now I conscionable privation to determination forward. Naturally this has been hard for maine but my lone interest has been our children and that volition not change.”