Jermaine Jenas has said former employers BBC took his life away on the back of a sexting scandal that saw him sacked by the broadcaster.
The former England and Tottenham midfielder - who was capped 21 times by his country between 2003 and 2009 - was sacked by the in August amid allegations of workplace misconduct after sending explicit texts to two female employees.
While at the time Jenas said he and wife Ellie Penfold, who married in 2011, hoped to work through their marital troubles, the couple eventually split in March this year, with Jenas admitting the break-up wasn't his call.