The One Show's Alex Jones has reflected on her co-host Jermaine Jenas' sexting scandal as she admitted she was 'the last to know'.
Alex, 48, and Jermaine, 42, worked together on the popular evening magazine show from 2020 until his departure in 2024.
Jermaine was taken off the show after being fired by the BBC for sending inappropriate messages to female employees during his time at the corporation.
The sexting scandal also cost Jermaine his 13-year marriage after his wife Ellie, the mother of three of his four children, announced the pair were divorcing earlier in March.
Appearing on Jamie Laing's Great Company podcast on Thursday, Alex addressed the topic in a rare discussion.
She said: 'JJ and I had become good friends. I was the last to know.'
Alex Jones said she has 'a lot of respect' for the women who came forward with complaints against The One Show co-host Jermaine Jenas.
Appearing on Jamie Laing's Great Company podcast on Thursday, Alex addressed the situation and admitted she was the last person to know about the complaints.
'The BBC dealt with it, and I think if people feel uncomfortable, they have to deal with it.'
The presenter continued: 'If it was my daughter, and she was at work in whatever industry and she felt uncomfortable, I would hope to God that I'd given her the tools to be able to speak up.
'If she was brave enough to speak up, because it is a brave thing to do, I would hope that the company, corporation, whoever, would deal with it.
'Lots of journalists are asked, 'Have you ever had experiences that are uncomfortable?
'I mean, if you go back to the 90s, early 2000s, there was stuff and there were ways that things were said that weren't great.
'But, nothing has stuck with me, Nothing makes me shudder. And I know the type of girl I was then, and I wouldn't have handled it.'
'It's one of those things that you'd be worried that if your job were on the line, you wouldn't have said anything,' Jamie replied.
Alex confirmed: 'Yeah, I know I wouldn't have said anything, and so I've got a lot of respect for the girls that did, because I do think it is an incredibly brave thing to do.'
Jenas, 42, was taken off the show after being fired by the BBC for sending inappropriate messages to female employees during his time at the corporation.
The sexting scandal also cost Jermaine his 13-year marriage after his wife Ellie, the mother of three of his four children, announced the pair were divorcing earlier in March.
Jermaine, who also has a daughter from a previous relationship, was sacked by the BBC in August 2024, resulting in the loss of his hosting gig on The One Show and his punditry work on both Match of the Day and 5 Live.
The BBC confirmed their decision while he was on air guest hosting talkSPORT's drive time show.
His agency MC Saatchi also cut ties with him before he brought in a crisis PR team to handle the aftermath of the scandal.
The presenter revealed he lied to wife Ellie during a family holiday in order to sneak off and take a Zoom call with BBC bosses after news of his X-rated messages was first revealed within the broadcaster.
And he also told how she had kicked him out of their £1million home in Hertfordshire after he admitted sending inappropriate messages to two female colleagues.
Speaking to the Filthy Rellas podcast in June, Jermaine claimed historical problems within the relationship also contributed to the break up.
He said: 'The reality is, me and my wife haven't split up because I sent some text messages to some people at work.
'We had issues for a period of time; it all comes to a head and you eventually make a decision to say as adults we will be better parents for our children if we just remain friends and that's it.'
During an interview with The Sun shortly after he was sacked by the BBC, Jermaine admitted his wife was 'raging' over the incident.
He said: 'We've not really spoken properly since. She's absolutely raging.'
He continued: 'It's just about the children right now. It's the school holidays and they're trapped in the house because photographers are outside my house.
'They're like, 'What's going on, Daddy?'. It's tough.'
He added: 'I've got to take responsibility and I've apologised to all of them.
'I don't know what to say about that, to be honest with you. It's just hard at home for the kids right now. My wife's a real one
'My wife is solid and she's amazing. She is kind. She just needs some time.'
During the interview, Jermaine insisted Ellie should not fear more women coming out of the woodwork with tales of further inappropriate behaviour.
However, weeks after the scandal broke, the Daily Mail revealed Jermaine bombarded a woman working at the World Cup in Qatar two years ago with unwanted messages asking 'You want my boy now?' before sending her a picture of his manhood, despite her making clear she was not interested in his advances.
The following week, we also told how he repeatedly pestered a junior make-up artist for sex - and when she told him she had a boyfriend replied: ‘Just come to my dressing room early and I’ll [perform a sex act] on u... that’s not cheating.’
That incident took place when he was working for BT Sport in 2017, where he was a rising star as a football pundit.