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Roman Kemp knows all too well the difficulties that come with being famous, and sadly one of those things is something many would not expect: loneliness.<\/p>\n
The Capital radio star, 30, is part of one of the UK\u2019s top showbiz families thanks to parents Martin and Shirlie Kemp, meaning he was aware of the trials and tribulations of celebrity from a young age.<\/p>\n
Now having forged a successful career of his own on the airwaves as well as on the telly, Roman has admitted that fame is not all it\u2019s cracked up to be and has revealed the sad truth about his dad\u2019s inner circle \u2013 or lack thereof.<\/p>\n
Speaking about his Spandau Ballet and EastEnders star dad, who has been a household name since the 1980s, Roman said: \u2018My upbringing gave me an opportunity to see that that the world isn\u2019t as nice as people think it is. If someone thinks about fame, they think about the best parts of it.<\/p>\n
\u2018Don\u2019t get me wrong, this isn\u2019t a sob story for famous people \u2013 they do have it good. But it\u2019s also very lonely.<\/p>\n
Roman added to the Radio Times Podcast: \u2018My dad does not have one friend. He lives his life like that because he\u2019s had so many people in his life that he thought he could trust, then realised he couldn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n
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\u2018My dad\u2019s favourite person is my mum!\u2019<\/p>\n
However, despite Martin, 61, only really being able to rely on his Pepsi & Shirlie star wife, also 61, Roman added that his parents being celebrities did have perks in his childhood.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve hit the jackpot with my parents. I\u2019m so privileged,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018I got every birthday present I ever wanted. I went on amazing family holidays.<\/p>\n
\u2018I had a celebrity experience as a kid. But the thing my parents have taught me, which I want to pass down to my children, is how to love and how to understand someone else\u2019s point of view.\u2019<\/p>\n
Roman, who grew up with older sister Harley Moon, a singer, has been in the public eye himself for nearly 10 years, since joining Capital FM in 2014.<\/p>\n
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He also appeared in the I\u2019m A Celebrity jungle in 2019, has appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox with his dad, and recently added a few more strings to his bow as the host of new BBC gameshow The Finish Line, and last week he was also unveiled as a new presenter on The One Show.<\/p>\n
However, to some people, he is the product of his parents\u2019 fame \u2013 a nepo baby, if you will (short for nepotism baby).<\/p>\n
But Roman shrugged off such comments, admitting that he himself falls victim to that mindset with other celebrity offspring.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s part of nature for people to say you got this because of this person,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve thought like that! When Brooklyn Beckham released a photography book, I thought, \u201cHow has he done that? It\u2019s because his dad is David Beckham.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018People do the same to me. He might be the most talented person in the world \u2013 it\u2019s just my small-mindedness.\u2019<\/p>\n