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"Jason Manford has admitted that he engaged in internet sex sessions with 12 fans. The revelations follow yesterday&amp;#039;s announcement that Manford has decided to step down as host of The One Show. The comedian owned up to a series of racy Skype video calls with female admirers, as well as exchanging a number of sexual messages on Twitter, one of which was reported earlier this month. He told The Sun: &amp;quot;I have only myself to blame. I have never felt so low. If I was reading this about someone else, I&amp;#039;d think, &amp;#039;What an a**ehole. How can he look at himself in the mirror?&amp;#039; &amp;quot;I think it was because there was a danger to it. I don&amp;#039;t drink or do drugs, so it&amp;#039;s not like I&amp;#039;ve those to blame - just my own stupidity. Every word seems an excuse - but I am sorry. I don&amp;#039;t want to be crying in front of people, I want to be making them laugh.&amp;quot; Manford confessed to getting sexual satisfaction from the live video conversations he had with the women, all of which he conducted from a hotel room. &amp;quot;I went on Skype with a few girls,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;They also sent pictures on Twitter. It all happened on tour. It&amp;#039;s boredom and loneliness.  &amp;quot;It was a few weeks back and I was in a hotel and a couple of them went too far. We would start off flirty, then innuendo and then a bit saucy. It was just nice to have some interaction I suppose. But the next morning I would wake up and think, &amp;#039;F**k. Oh my God.&amp;#039; &amp;quot;The mad thing was, when I was chatting there were messages I knew went too far. They weren&amp;#039;t just flirty. I can&amp;#039;t even describe it. It&amp;#039;s such a weird world online. People throw themselves at you.&amp;quot; The 29-year-old went on to say how he gave a full account of his actions to wife Catherine because he wanted to come clean before the imminent birth of the couple&amp;#039;s third child. &amp;quot;The fundamental thing is, I was a d**khead. My wife has called me a d**khead,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We have had a serious sit-down about it and agreed that what we&amp;#039;ve got is worth fighting for.  &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s fine and we&amp;#039;re fine. The kids are fine. We&amp;#039;ve got another one in three weeks. I don&amp;#039;t feel any less of a dad but I still feel I&amp;#039;ve let them down. I just hope they never find out. I hope we can move on. &amp;quot;My wife texted me today to say, &amp;#039;Me and you are fine. We are dealing with it.&amp;#039; I am upset that I have disappointed people. Everyone makes mistakes.&amp;quot;  Manford - who revealed that he has deleted Twitter from his phone - added: &amp;quot;Hopefully me and my wife have another 60 years together. That is the most important thing. &amp;quot;If people don&amp;#039;t want to come to the shows anymore and I end up on the bins, that doesn&amp;#039;t matter. I am a good dad, a good husband. From now I am going to be one forever. That&amp;#039;s it.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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