The One Show’s Roman Kemp shares struggle to find happiness in heartbreaking family remark
The One Show star Roman Kemp has spoken about how his parents felt like ‘best friends’ growing up, confessing he will feel ‘successful’ when he has a child
Roman Kemp made a heartbreaking family comment (Image: Getty)
The One Show star Roman Kemp admits he thinks he is yet to find “true happiness”. It comes as the 32-year-old has addressed his desire to one day have a family.
Roman, 32, shares a close relationship with his father, Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp and mother, former Wham! Singer Shirlie Holliman. When appearing on Loose Women in 2019, Martin explained that he and Shirlie had decided to raise Roman and his sister Harley more like “friends”. Roman describes their parenting style as a “best friend thing” and admits it made it “easier to open up” to his mother and father.
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Roman Kemp says his parents were like his ‘best friends’ (Image: Getty)
The former Capital Breakfast presenter has now opened up about his desire to one day have his own family, believing it will be the moment he has a “sense of true happiness”. He made the revelation while discussing success with popstar and close pal Tom Grennan.
Roman explained: “I don’t think I’ll ever have that feeling of success until I have kids I can look at and go, ‘We did alright’. My parents never, ever said to us, ‘You need to be this, you’ve got to do that job, all my parents ever asked is, ‘Are you happy?’ All of those types of things and that, I think, would define success for me over anything.”
When asked by Tom if he was happy, Roman replied: “Sometimes, but you’re not human if you’re happy all the time. It’s working out work-life balance and that’s what I’ve tried to do ever since I left Capital. That’s one of the reasons that I left because I didn’t have that, I didn’t have a work-life balance, I didn’t understand it.
Roman believes he will find ‘true happiness’ when he has a child (Image: Getty)
Roman has regularly worked alongside his dad, both appearing on the likes of Celebrity Gogglebox, Martin and Roman’s Weekend Best! and Bromans together. The star has admitted he hopes to one day show his children clips of the pair working together.
Speaking to Hello! magazine, he said: “My dad and I get to work with each other all the time and I’m so lucky for that. The reason we work together is because I know how much I’m going to love my kids and my family watching that footage of me and their grandad working together – and that’s just our relationship.”
It comes as Roman has reportedly become engaged recently to model Carmen Gaggero. According to WalesOnline, the couple have been dating since last year and went public last summer after being spotted leaving Le Petit Maison in Mayfair.
Rumours of an engagement began swirling when Carmen was seen wearing a ring on her engagement finger during a night out in London. The publication says friends believe Roman is ready to “settle down”.
Roman will be returning to screens on The One Show from 7pm on BBC One tonight alongside co-host Clara Amfo. The pair will be joined by Gemma Arterton and Thomas Brodie-Sangster who will be discussing the film Grand Prix of Europe.
