Martin Kemp

Martin Kemp accepts ‘everybody d!es’ in heartbreaking admission (Image: ITV)

Martin Kemp addressed his near-d3ath experience after his exit from I’m A Celebrity. The Spandau Ballet star, 64, opened up about his brain tumour surgery that left him with a life-changing side effect while Down Under. The former EastEnders actor had the cancer growths removed in 1995. Even though he’s now fully recovered, Martin revealed in the jungle he was left with dyslexia because of the operation.

In a candid new interview, the dad-of-two confessed that he had spent “two years living on the edge” as he addressed his own mortality in a heartbreaking admission. The Celebrity Gogglebox star said while in hospital he was left feeling depressed and at his worst refused visits from his parents and his brother Gary Kemp.

Martin, who is married to his wife Shirlie Kemp, it was a sobering moment he had to accept that “everybody d!es” during those harrowing months.

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Martin Kemp rose to fame as a member of Spandau Ballet (Image: Getty)

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“I survived a fear that really shook me at first. Waiting for the second big old [grapefruit-sized] tumour to be treated was like living with a time bomb,” Martin told The Telegraph.

He continued: “At my worst, when I was in the hospital, I had to stop my parents and my brother coming to see me, because they just depressed me.

I would watch them standing there at the end of the bed worrying and I wanted it all to be… y’know… fine.”

Martin added: “But it is amazing how quickly you accept everything. Everybody d!es. We all live with mortality. What I found was that I accepted that quicker than I expected.”

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Martin Kemp pictured with his wife Shirlie Kemp (Image: Getty)

The actor had two life-threatening brain tumours in the 1990s.

One was surgically removed and replaced with a metal plate in part of his skull. The other was treated by tactical radiation.

He has since made a full recovery after undergoing surgery three decades ago.