The shamed 29-year-old TV presenter admitted he had betrayed his wife and now needed to focus on his family. He told The Sun: “I have decided after careful consideration to stand back from The One Show to concentrate on my family.”
He admitted it was flirting that went to far, saying: “with a few it went over the line.”
'I don't drink, I don't do drugs, so it's not like I have those to blame. I only have my own stupidity to blame'
Adding: “We would start off flirty, then innuendo, and then a bit saucy.”
One girl named Debra McNamee, 22, sent him sexual images of herself over twitter.
The star who is talking about the incident for the first time said: “The next morning I would wake up and think, "F***. Oh my God.
“I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, so its not like I have those to blame. I only have my own stupidity to blame. I’ve never felt so low.”
Jason married long-term girlfriend Catherine, who is due to give birth to their third child soon, last year. The couple also have twin daughters aged one.
Despite Jason’s indiscretions the couple have decided to stay together and work-out their problems.
“We have had a serious talk about it an agreed that what we’ve got is worth fighting for. She’s fine and we’re fine.”
Jason took over presenting The One Show from Adrian Chiles and has only been on the show for four months. His agent said he would not be presenting the show again.
A spokesman for the BBC said: ‘We have got nothing to say except that we accept Jason’s decision.’
Jason follows a string of celebrity men who have been caught out as cheats. TV host Vernon Kay's marriage to Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly was rocked in March after he admitted sending explicit messages to a string of women, while footballer Ashley Cole also cheated on his then-wife Cheryl with sex texts last year.