ROMAN Kemp is one of the famous faces who will take on life in the Australian jungle in the new series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Here’s everything you need to know about the host of Capital FM’s breakfast show who has a rather famous mum and dad…
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Who is Roman Kemp? What’s his background?
Roman, 26, was born in Los Angeles and has an older sister called Harley Moon.
His dad, Martin, was the bassist with 80s’ legends Spandau Ballet, while mum Shirlie was formerly a member of Wham!.
At the age of 15 he signed a record deal with Universal Music and has since gone on to model for clothing giants Topshop and ASOS.
He started his own Youtube channel in 2014 racking up more than 37,000 subscribers and has presented for television and online channels across the world.
Roman’s godfather was the late George Michael, and he conducted an interview with the pop icon’s former bandmates Andrew Ridgeley, Helen ‘Pepsi’ DeMacque and mum Shirlie backstage at this year’s BRIT Awards following the trio’s emotional tribute to George.
He currently presents a successful breakfast show on Capital FM between 6am-10am Monday to Friday and 6am-9am on Saturday mornings.
The 26-year is also The X Factor’s digital presenter and also had his own slot during the Xtra Factor live shows.
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What has Roman Kemp said about I’m A Celebrity?
Speaking about his upcoming experience, Roman told the Mirror: “I love this programme so much. I love it when it kicks off with the first show and you see Ant and Dec arrive.
“I will be happy to get rid of social media but the thing I will miss most is speaking to my parents and my girlfriend.”
The radio star added: “My Dad loves it. He is ready to find the worst freeze frame possible of my face and put it out on social media! Mum will say she hates it up until the day I get in there.
“Once she sees the show, understands it and grasps I am in there, I think she will be alright. She is really nervous though!”
Roman continued: “Some of the fears I have got are odd.I have got a strange fear of cotton wool. Why am I scared? It’s the texture and sound of it. I can’t even talk about it without getting scared and I definitely can’t touch it!
“I don’t know when this fear first started but the only way I can describe it is like a nail going down a chalkboard – it has that effect on me. I hate it so much that if I am in a coffin with cotton wool, then that is going to be the worst thing ever for me! I am fine though with things like insects and spiders!”
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Will Roman win I’m A Celeb?
At the moment, 72% of all I’m A Celebrity wagers to date with Ladbrokes have been placed on Ian Wright being crowned as King of the Jungle.
The football pundit leads the betting as the 5/2 front runner, and the bookies can reveal that over two thirds of all wagers are in Wrighty’s favour.
Roman Kemp is rated at 5/1, while James Haskell odds cut to 12/1.
Caitlyn Jenner is chalked up as an 8/1 shot with the firm, or 10/1 says Jacqueline Jossa wins.
Who is Roman Kemp’s girlfriend?
Roman’s girlfriend is Anne-Sophie Flury and the pair have been dating since early 2018.
The photogenic couple have been seen out and about in London as their relationship blossomed.
And the duo love nothing more than to escape on blissful holidays together.
Anne-Sophie recently launched a product called Shu Gum, a cleaning compound which can help to eliminate odour and remove dirt and fungal spores from shoes.
How can I follow Roman Kemp on social media?
Roman is all over social media thanks to his job so it’s easy to keep up-to-date with the star’s life.
He can be found on Instagram – here.
Or you can follow him on Twitter – here.
If you prefer Facebook, then you can follow his page – here.
What did Roman say about BTS?
Roman has apologised to BTS fans after they felt he insulted the K-pop band’s song featuring Nicki Minaj.
After playing Idol on his radio show in September he was heard saying: “That was BTS and Nicki Minaj, that noise you were just hearing there.”
Roman has since taken to Twitter to apologise to anyone he may have offended with his comments.
He trawled his own Twitter account to see if he had ever “posted anything that could cause harm or offence to someone”.
And Roman admitted he did find things that he’s “not at all proud of”.
He added: “Being totally honest, I’m shocked and appalled and ashamed to say I did find things.”
“I did find things I’m not at all proud of. I don’t associate myself with that. I know the person who wrote those things is not the man I am now, but they were there.”
Roman didn’t reveal what the posts contained and has now deleted them.
“I made the conscious decision to get those things, I have deleted those things, I don’t want that negativity in the world,” he said.
“I don’t want the legacy I have on the internet to be a place where there is negativity, or something that can cause offence.
“For anyone that has ever been offended by something I have said online, I am truly, deeply and utterly sorry.
“Going forward, I want to be that good social media user that spreads happiness about humans, not negativity.
“I hope that you watching this want to do the same. Together, let’s make the internet a bit of a better place.”
Does Roman Kemp have a tattoo?
The host was tattooed by none other than Ed Sheeran while he presented live from the Capital studio in February, with disastrous results.
The Shape of You singer scrawled “Ed Woz Ere” onto Roman’s leg, and if that wasn’t bad enough he made a mistake, adding “2k7” instead of “2k17”.
In another moment of inspired radio savagery, Roman pranked his Capital stablemate Marvin Humes by swearing “live” on air.
The stitch up saw Roman pretend they were on air and drop an F-bomb before having a full-blown meltdown.
The former JLS man could only watch on stunned as the action played out but saw the funny side when it was time for the big reveal.
