Martin Kemp had the Loose Women panel in fits of laughter with his touching confession about parenting fears for his son Roman.
The Spandau Ballet legend, 62, is father to son Roman, 31, and daughter Harley, 35, who he shares with his wife Shirlie Holliman, whom he married in 1988.
Thursday’s Loose Women episode saw a special edition featuring a Loose Men crossover with Martin and Vernon Kay joining panellists Denise Welch and Judi Love. In a thought-provoking discussion on whether sons and daughters are parented differently, Martin delivered an unexpected revelation.
Denise, aged 66, probed: “Do you worry more about Harley though than you do Roman just because she’s a girl?” to which Martin’s reply was surprising as he said: “I didn’t, actually, it was the other way round. I used to worry far more about Roman because boys have that thing of getting into fights. That made me worry a lot more.”
Further surprising the audience, Martin recounted how when Roman would attend house parties at the age of 16 or 17, he and Shirlie wouldn’t just drop him off – they’d stay parked outside for the entire event, prepared with sandwiches, reports .
Martin Kemp stunned the Loose Women studio on Thursday as he made a sweet parenting admission about son Roman (Image: ITV)
He said: “When Roman started going out, you know when they start going to the house parties, about 16 to 17, Shirlie and I would take them. We would drive them to wherever the house party was and instead of going back home we would wait there in the car for four hours with sandwiches.”
The studio erupted into gasps and chuckles when Martin confirmed Judi’s incredulous question: “Waiting for them to come out?” by laughing and affirming: “Yeah, waiting for them to come out!”
Martin has a very close bond with presenter son Roman and only recently his son teased his famous father over his unique wardrobe choices on their podcast FFS! My Dad Is Martin Kemp. During their chat, Roman noticed his dad’s new sunglasses. Initially, Martin said, while noticing his son’s facial expression: “When I came in this morning, I thought I looked quite cool.”
Roman then quizzed: “What is that? You got mum’s sunglasses on?” In defence, Martin then said: “I haven’t got mum’s sunglasses, they’re my new ones. Bit of Tom Ford.” Believing that his dad was pranking him as the glasses were seemingly feminine, Martin then added: “Ro what are you laughing at?”
Martin has a very close bond with presenter son Roman and the duo have their own podcast (Image: Getty Images)
In response, Roman continued: “They’re not yours, please don’t tell me that. How much did you spend on them?” To make matters worse Roman was then told his dad spent £300 at an airport for his new purchase.
He replied, in between fits of laughter: “No you didn’t.” And it looks as though fans of their podcast enjoyed their banter, while some sided with Roman over his view of his father’s so-called trendy purchase. One person added in the comment section of the post: “You two are definitely a good replacement for Morecambe & Wise lol.”
Another added: “Ha ha agree with your son. They are just not your style.” Meanwhile, a third person said: “Best podcast ever .. I’m going to listen to them all again & hope you get another series.” And a fourth fan wrote: “You can rely on your kids to tell it straight.”
Roman recently quit his role on Capital Breakfast with his replacement announced as Radio One Drivetime host Jordan North. Roman has been busy with his podcast and presenting duties on The One Show.
Loose Women continues on weekdays at 12:30pm on both ITV and ITV X.