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'It takes some balls to do that': What Jermaine Jenas was really like behind the scenes at Match of The Day, why he thinks he's a 'scapegoat' and why his wife is only standing by him 'for now', revealed by KATIE HIND
When bosses at talkSPORT received a call from the agent of BBC rising star Jermaine Jenas offering his services as a presenter on their station ten days ago, they couldn't believe their luck.
So excited were they at the prospect of one of broadcasting’s hottest properties gracing their airwaves that no time was wasted and a furious tinkering of schedules began behind the scenes to find a suitable slot in which to shoehorn the former England footballer-turned presenter. In scenes that were worthy of a TV drama themselves, Jenas, 41, drew on the same levels of determination that had propelled him to the top of his sport – as a midfielder for Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest – and put on a bravura performance of patience, calm and skill. In fact he feels he is being made a scapegoat for BBC failings over Edwards and the scandal that still surrounds Strictly Come Dancing, which sacked one of its professional dancers, Graziano Di Prima, for kicking his partner Zara McDermott in rehearsals.
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