HE helped wake the nation for seven years on Capital Breakfast – calling it the “best job ever”. But Roman Kemp has now lifted the lid on why he stepped down in March , revealing he felt like work was ruling his entire life. In an exclusive chat with Bizarre, he said: “In a way, you get your life back.
“I went through a period of spinning too many plates and I think you come to a point where you want to know if your work is controlling you too much. “My work was controlling my happiness . “I had no time to work out what made me happy.
“I was working constantly.” In fact, despite being more grateful than ever for his glitzy career, Roman tells me it’s the little things that give him most joy. He said: “I was in a privileged position where someone made me breakfast every day.
"Now I make my own breakfast, which I love. “Once I got to 30, I was like, ‘I don’t want work to control my life. "Work is a secondary part of my life’.
” Reflecting on his new chapter, he added: “It feels like I now have a world I never knew existed. “It was so much fun, but you are in your own bubble. “It has been hard turning down work, but you have to make those decisions to get better and I know I had to for myself.
” Now he’s had time to settle into his new routine — which includes presenting The One Show and a co-hosting role at the Euros with Rio Ferdinand — Roman says he is more aware than ever of what makes him tick. And despite having nothing but love .
