Showbiz I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Radio and TV presenter Roman Kemp has said leaving his Capital Breakfast show was the “right thing” as he revealed that he was suffering with sleep issues.
The 31-year-old, who is the son of Spandau Ballet bass player Martin Kemp and Wham singer Shirlie Kemp , announced in February that he was stepping down from the radio show, 10 years after presenting his first programme for the station. Kemp joined Capital in 2014 when it was still a London station, before hosting the prestigious The Capital Evening Show in 2016, and he moved to Capital Breakfast in 2017 before the show launched nationwide in 2019. He told Auto Trader’s Show On The Road podcast: “What led me to leave Capital? .
.Sleep.” The TV star, who has presented on the One Show since 2022, explained: “I didn’t really know that I had sleep apnoea until recently.
“And then I did these tests and the way the doctor described it to me was, I was running a half marathon in my sleep and not resting. “Because the oxygen intake that I get in my sleep is like 20% of what you would get. I think leaving Capital for me was a mixture of things.
“I’m tired. I need to look after myself a little bit,” the I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! star added. “I was trying to spin two careers at once.
One is telly and the other is radio. But, on the other hand, there have been days where I’ve felt m.