Overview
- On his You About? podcast, Kemp said paparazzi beach photos once left his mother, Shirlie, crying for five days after a banana boat picture was published.
- He described a childhood of avoiding beaches due to long‑lens cameras and said tabloids selected the worst images of their family.
- Kemp explained the family did magazine features during a period of financial strain when his father, Martin, underwent surgery for two brain tumours.
- He and sister Harleymoon compete on Celebrity Race Across the World, a 5,900 km trek across Central America with a £30 daily budget, airing tonight on BBC One.
- Kemp said he stopped taking antidepressants over a year ago and viewed the race as an anxiety test, describing himself as often on the verge of a panic attack.