Roman Kemp - 'I’ll only do Strictly if I'm dancing with Johannes’
31.07.2023 - 12:13
/ ok.co.uk
Celebrity Gogglebox regular Roman Kemp has already tackled the Australian jungle in I’m A Celebrity… And now he has his sights set on Strictly Come Dancing. But there’s one condition – he has to dance in a same-sex partnership.
The Capital Radio DJ says he’d consider swapping the studio for the ballroom but doesn’t want to get embroiled in a “soap opera” about whether he’s doing more than just dancing with his professional partner. As the son of Spandau Ballet bass player Martin Kemp, who recently appeared on The Masked Singer with wife Shirlie, the 30-year-old broadcaster is bound to have a few funky moves up his sleeve, but we might have to wait a while to see them.
“The only way I’d do Strictly is if I was teamed up with Johannes [Radebe],” he tells OK! in an exclusive chat. “I think sometimes the show takes away from the skill of the dancers and it becomes like a soap opera of who’s dating who.” The BBC One series has become notorious for its scandals over the years, particularly when it comes to the so-called ‘Strictly curse’ – in which some contestants’ real-life relationships have crumbled as they get up close and personal on the dance floor with their professional partners.
For Roman, who last year was linked to Love Island's Maura Higgins, the thought of being the subject of the same headlines is enough to put him off signing up, for now at least. “I’d want to be focused on the dancing and enjoying who I’m dancing with, not feeling like, ‘Oh God, is someone going to write a story about me?’ – I would never want that,” he says.
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