Roman Kemp announces first gig since leaving Capital Radio show - and he's teaming up with a celeb
Popular presenter Roman Kemp has announced an exciting new work project after his emotional departure from his Capital Radio breakfast show last month. The 31 year old said goodbye to his loyal army of listeners on 28 March after 10 years in the hosting chair, thanking them for saving his life during some dark personal times.
After a month off, the Celebrity Gogglebox star is about to make his return on a new podcast - working with his legendary musician dad Martin Kemp. The father-son duo announced this week they're launching their new FFS! My Dad Is Martin Kemp weekly podcast on Wednesday 1 May.
The new show will feature Roman quizzing his dad with "questions about life to immortalise all his brilliant advice in podcast form, in hopes of sharing with his own children one day".
Talking about the new project, Roman said: " I did the podcast because people are always telling me that my dad being the celebrity that he is and the ‘legend’ that they say he is, I should always take as much advice off him as possible, so I always wanted to make sure that I knew everything about different subjects and advice that he would give me after he’s dead."
Roman continued: "Because let’s be honest, we all die, and at some point, he thinks within the next 14 years, he’s gonna die. So why not write it all down? And also, given the title, I wanted to be able to say that it’s quite annoying having to get all this knowledge just because of who he is. So, it quite literally is ‘FFS’!"
The pair will cover everything from death and parties to marriage and space, with "nothing off the table", they said, as Martin spills all the secrets from his time on telly and as the guitarist of nineties pop group Spandau Ballet. In the first episode, listeners will hear Roman ask his dad a load of questions around death as Martin opens up about his own health battles, and the song he's picked "to go out on".
"For so long people have asked me, 'Why aren’t you and Roman doing a podcast?' well here it is, from our living room sofa to the Gogglebox sofa to the erm.. the sofa," Martin said. "When Roman first told me he had an idea, I should have guessed it wasn’t going to be your normal podcast! We both cried with laughter making this, I hope you enjoy it just as much!"
We'll also get to hear them discussing the realities of fame, parenting styles, conspiracy theories from space and some of the craziest stories they've read about themselves in the newspapers.
