Roman Kemp emotionally confirms he's quit Capital: 'I’ve not found it easy'
19.02.2024 - 11:11
/ ok.co.uk
Capital UK's Roman Kemp, 31, has announced he's stepping down from the helm of his hit Capital Breakfast show, revealing he'll be leaving before Easter. Speaking to listeners this morning, Monday 19 February, the radio star said: “What I can tell you is I’m not saying goodbye right now, I’m not leaving the show today and that’s it, but it’s not far away. It will come and that goodbye will come in five to six weeks.
It’s not a decision that has come overnight either, it’s massive, I’ve not found it easy at all. "Capital is my family, you as the wonderful listeners that you’ve been, you’ve been with me at my best times and my absolute lowest. […] Capital and Global have helped changed me.
I was 22 years old when I first joined Capital and it’s built me into the man that I am today, it is all that I know. But I know that now is the right time to leave and now is the right time to move on." The star, who is the son of actor and Spandau Ballet singer Martin Kemp, said he would find the next few weeks (so tough", as he described his work team as "my family". He joined the radio station in 2014, before working on the 7 to 10pm The Capital Evening Show.
In 2017, he stepped up to host the flagship Capital Breakfast slot.
The Celebrity Gogglebox star - who is scheduled to host this year's BRIT Awards with Maya Jama and Clara Amfo - told viewers on Monday morning that he'd been on a journey since joining the station. He said: "You listening, and the people in this room, every single person in this room, my producing team, Sian and Chris, Sonny who has done it in the past and Vick Hope who had done it in the past. It’s everyone." According to some reports, he's set to be replaced by I'm A Celebrity star Jordan North.
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