I’m A Celebrity star and Spandau Ballet sensation Martin Kemp has made a stunning admission about his career just days after finishing seventh in the hit ITV series
I’m a Celebrity campmate Martin Kemp has made a candid career admission after leaving Australia.
Coming seventh on the ITV show, the Spandau Ballet heartthrob earned a reputation as the Camp Dad, counselling co-star Jack Osborne on screen and even treating campmates to a rendition of 1983 hit single Gold.
And in a new interview, the singer revealed why he joined the iconic show – and it wasn’t to “ boost his career”. Speaking to The Telegraph, he said: “I went in there because I love iconic television and I wanted to experience it.”
Then, in an astonishingly honest admission, he confessed: “I am at the end of my career.” The 64-year-old went on to say he is “happy” with where he is in his life and “no longer takes jobs that are just a springboard to the next”.
On the show, Martin treated viewers and campmates to anecdotes about domestic bliss with his wife, fellow 80s pop star Shirlie Holliman. The couple have been married for 40 years, and she greeted Martin as he walked across the bridge after lasting 20 days in the camp.
He is not the first in his family to endure the bushtucker trials. His son, TV personality Roman Kemp, starred in the 2019 series and came in third. Martin credited his son’s time on the show with inspiring him to have a go.
He reflected on his long life in the spotlight, saying his “ego was big enough” that he “assumed [fame] would last for ever”. During long conversations around the campfire with rapper Aitch, 25, and YouTuber Angry Ginge, 24, the singer recalled his younger self.
Ginge, real name Morgan Burtwistle, would go on to be crowned King of the Jungle.
The star also reflected on the distress caused by his 1995 diagnosis of two brain tumours. He recalls having “two years of living on the edge”. Martin underwent treatment with then trailblazing radiotherapy and has been living with a metal plate under his scalp since.
Despite the life-threatening experience, he remains calm after the ordeal. He insisted that “it is amazing how quickly you accept everything,” and acknowledged that “we all live with mortality”.
Having shot to global fame alongside brother Gary in Spandau Ballet, Martin has been in the public eye since 1979. They released their first number one single, ‘True’, in 1983 and became the standard-bearers for the New Romantic movement.
The group first split up in 1990, before they announced a reunion tour in 2009. Their return was under threat in 2017, as lead singer Tony Hadley walked out. The remaining members limped on until cracks appeared in 2019, and the group disbanded.
Source: Mirror
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