Roman Kemp needed to show he isn’t a “nepo child with no concept of the worth of cash” on Movie star Race Throughout the World.
The BBC present will see the 32-year-old TV persona, his 36-year-old sister Harley Moon Kemp – whose mother and father are Spandau Ballet group member Martin Kemp, 64, and former Wham! backing singer, 63 12 months previous Shirlie Kemp – and three different movie star duos ditch luxurious for backpacks.
They’re racing towards one another on a 5,900km route from Isla Mujeres, essentially the most jap level of Mexico, to the Peninsula de La Guajira in Colombia.
They solely have £30 a day, and Roman and Harley Moon needed to expertise life with “zero VIP remedy” – as Roman wrote on Instagram.
He instructed the brand new difficulty of Radio Instances journal: “Getting native buses gave us a grasp of the nations we have been in.
“Folks assume we’re nepo children with no concept of the worth of cash, however we needed that style of actuality greater than anybody.”
Roman has talked overtly about battling anxiousness, and he signed up for Movie star Race Throughout the World to check the dysfunction.
The One Present host defined: “I got here off all treatment [antidepressants] over a 12 months in the past, and the race was take a look at for my anxiousness.
“It is most likely the very best factor I’ve ever completed on tv, however doing the race itself was hell!
“I used to observe it and marvel why a contestant was crying – properly, that was me.”
Harley Moon revealed she was going to do the primary collection of Movie star Race Throughout the World in 2023 with mum Shirlie.
The singer-songwriter stated: “My mum was requested to be within the first Movie star Race Throughout the World and was going to take me, however thought it sounded too onerous.
“I used to be glad to have one other likelihood to go.”
The three different movie star duos embarking on the last word journey are broadcaster Anita Rani, 48, and her dad, Bal, actor Dylan Llewellyn, 33, and his mum, Jackie, and companions, presenter Tyler West, 29, and 24-year-old actress, Molly Rainford.
The 2025 collection of Movie star Race Throughout the World begins on Thursday, November 6, at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
