Roman Kemp, a presenter for One Show, described it as “one of the worst nights of my life” when only two people showed up for the signing of his book, the star’s security team, outnumbered them.
TV star Roman Kemp was mortified when only two people turned up to his book signing in what he called “one of the worst nights of my life”.
The One Show presenter released Are You Really OK? in 2022. The book itself was a success but the reception was not replicated when Roman agreed to do a book signing in the branch of a major clothing chain in London’s Oxford Circus.
Speaking to his friend, the singer Tom Grennan, on their You About? podcast, the 32-year-old admitted there were more security present that fans who turned up to a get a copy of Roman’s new book signed.
He said, “I s*** you not; I had more security than anyone who arrived.” It was undoubtedly the funniest thing ever for me.
His three security guards were given the appearance of buying the book because Roman explained that the publishers had said “we need to look like people are in there.”
You’ve got three guys in the photo pretending to sign their book, he continued, “so there.” The worst thing ever happened. After five minutes, we finished it. No one wanted the book signed, despite the success of the book.
One of my life’s worst nights, I thought. There were two people, in my opinion. There are two people there at the signing of your own book.
Singer Tom Grennan, who announced today that he would become a father, said he “would have been devastated” if the same thing had transpired.
Roman, whose dad is former Spandau Ballet and EastEnders star Martin Kemp, admitted he was skeptical about the book signing at first because he finds “anything PR led really cringe.
He claimed that there was a “big clothing store right on Oxford Circus” and that he had no idea where the event was taking place. Before being brought back to Earth, the radio presenter claimed it made him feel like a “big star.”
Roman declared, “It was a big deal. They said, “We’re going to have a holding area, so we’ll take you there, we’ll brief you there, get ready there, get hair done there,” and then proceed to say, “We’re going to have a holding area.”
“Big star,” I’m thinking, “This is alright, doing alright.” Three fellas and they say, “When we go in there, you know, I know people might want to say hello and stuff like that, but just stick with us and sit down and chat to them.”
“So we end up going through Oxford Street on almost the same route as I’ve never seen, just in case we want to see all the signs for “Roman Kemp book signing” at the back entrance of this store. No one was present, as it was.
