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Roman Kemp

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“We're going to talk about today. We're going to talk about. It's weird, but it's a normal word. Life again, it's the biggest killer in men our age. Like suicide is a very normal word.”
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“There's a little part of you that stocked yourself there. It's so weird It's not a swear word. When I first did the When I first did the documentary. Sorry to cut you off Please continue after telling me”
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“By being off my phone. I'd say. And I mean that just because when I did, I'm a celebrity get me out of here. The happiest I've ever been. In there, I was Row, which is what my friends know me as. That was me. Like This here is someone who Has to work, has to do all these types of things, and that and has all these other sides. But there I didn't have any phone, no expectation, no nothing. I completely forgot the cameras were on you, all those types of situations. So for sure, the more I can... Stop working and enjoy moments without work. That's how I can be more authentically me.”
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“But no, I'm okay. As I say, there's updates and there's down days. But. Those down days, I'm pleased as well that I've got a good core friend group around me. I'm glad that I've got my parents around me. I'm glad that I've gone out there and I've taught myself the tools that I need to go and fight Mike Tyson in there and be able to go up against him. That's why I feel passionate to be able to go and do that for kids now.”
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“Little things, little things that I've achieved, you know, whenever people ask me, what am I going to do in five years? I'd rather say to them, well, this is why I did five years ago. The last five years look pretty decent. So I'm comfortable in my... You know, ability moving forward. I think that. Definitely tired, which is one thing, always tired.”
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“I'm doing all right. I'm doing all right. There are bad days. They're about days where, you know, you kind of. Kind of think, you know, do I really want to be in talking about suicide? Do I really want to be going over a trauma that's in my head? Want to sack in the whole job and just I've got enough money now to live a nice nice little life somewhere quiet and just go and do that I think Those are all kind of moments in my life that, you know, moving forward. And like you said, I think There's so much more life for me to learn. And I think that I am happy if I think about it. I am happy. I'm proud of the things that I've achieved.”
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“You can't go on holiday. He was like, this is like the most important time that you will ever have. To be with people and go through this with them. You can't just walk away. They're relying on you to do that. This is your responsibility to do it. You actually got quite angry at me because it was just like, no, it's your responsibility to do that, to provide some form of normality for those people. And so I did. And throughout the pandemic, we created these relationships with people that are working and you realize how much radio means and Create friendships with listeners and with people up and down the country that you meet. And that to be able to go in every day and say, my job is an amazing thing. And I really truly, genuinely love it.”
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“Right now, I'm in a genuine position where I love what I do. I get up at silly o'clock, but second I'm there, I'm happy and enjoying it. I don't feel like we spoke about this earlier on as a As a presenter, if I came out of radio tomorrow, I'd be worried. I'd be thinking, oh, shit, have I been on TV enough this month? Have I tweeted enough? Have I done Instagram enough I love the fact that my job now, I don't have to think about that. I don't have to post on Instagram if I don't want to because I've just spoken to seven million people that week. You know what I mean? And been with them through a journey every single day. The pandemic was an amazing thing. Like in terms of... I remember I had two weeks holiday in April 2020 and I was going to take it. And my dad called me, he was like, You can't.”
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“As to where I am right now, I'm very happy where I am right now. Like, very happy. Therefore, I'm not urging myself to knock on any doors, genuinely. There are things that I feel passionate about, which I really feel like I'm going to make this and I want to make this going back to schools and mental health, which I think is a really important thing. And I have a platform to be able to do it, so I will do that. I think the common question that I always get asked is. Oh, yeah, so what's the next step, TV? And it's like No, I'm 28 years old and I've got, in my opinion, the best job. In the UK. I get to wake up every day and feel like I'm back at school waking people up every day. That time will come, that pressure that I'll put on myself to go and find the next thing or to think about where I want to move next will come later on.”
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“And find that kind of happiness. And I firmly believe that that time will come. I'm definitely a relationship person 100% But I believe that time will come. But right now, I just know that it's more so in my head. It's like, I know that I could get into seeing someone or whatever, but I just know that it'll reach a point where I can't give them what they deserve. A girl doesn't deserve to have someone Might be too tired that day to even text them.”
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“At the minute, I'm not because I feel like at this moment in time, and I'll be totally honest with you after... After I lost Joe, after Joe died, I kind of got in this mindset where I was like, you know what? I just need to live my life. I just need to do what I want to do and not feel like personally I didn't want to get into a relationship because I felt like some of my relationships or some of the moments that I've been with people, I feel like I wasted my time. And I can't not feel like that. So many people, so many girls feel like that about guys that they've dated. I'm sure that this is this podcast. And I felt like that too. And I felt like, you know what, why was I trying to compromise when I need to enjoy myself a little bit?”
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“Yeah, but a relationship is all about a compromise. That's it. I had to learn that. It's always about compromise and it's about finding someone that is your best friend, not about someone that you just find really fit.”
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“But there's nothing wrong with being that, and that's what I have to learn. There's nothing wrong with being that because if you are happy in your life, if you are getting that fulfillment, which I feel like I am, then that's okay. There's a time for everything.”
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“You know, life going on, or busier, those types of things that attract me more than anything. You look at the girls who updated in the past, they're girls that are doing their own thing, and they're fucking good at it. One of the reasons, to be totally honest with you, it's one of the reasons why I don't really say English girls ever. I love someone not knowing what I do for a living. I love someone not caring at all.”
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“Yeah, yeah, for sure. People just don't want to talk to my dad. But it's like, you know, it's a partnership. My dad, dad's obviously my dad and my mom now are fine. But like. I don't want that. I don't want my partner to feel like everyone just wants to talk to Roman. I don't want that. I really don't. And offer my partner to think what I do isn't as good as what he does or doesn't earn as much money as what he does or doesn't, you know, get as much gratification as he does.”
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“And I've seen it my whole life, right? That are celebrities that they introduce themselves to you or you speak to them and their partner just stands there and they don't even introduce them to you”
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“Played at live aid as well. Do you know what I mean? She had number one record as well. I always feel like I worry that about that in a partner and I want to always make sure that a partner knows that no matter how many people are coming up to me and saying, oh, you know, you're doing really well, doing really well, I'll always be there and say, yeah, but she's doing this.”
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“Know, because that's a horrible thing. I see so much. And look, I go through it even now. Like, you know, people come up to me and they go, oh my God, your dad is such an amazing person, blah, blah, blah. Do you ever think about you with your dad and with your dad and all this stuff? And I'm like, my mom is wicked. Do you know what I mean? And that, I think that worry that I always had with my mom and I always felt like I had to stand up for my mom and be like, hang on, she...”
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“I struggled in relationships in the past and I still will struggle now going forward because I always have this massive fear that there is resentment on my future partner's part you know what I mean I never I couldn't be with someone that doesn't really work or do those things because I'd be so scared that they'd look at me and think oh well it's fine for him because he can get this or afford this or do this and this and this do you know what I mean? I always try my best to to make sure that I'm with someone that I can raise up as much as people on the outside raise me up.”
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“Relationship I see my mum and dad have. I want that more than anything, you know, and I just, I think the thing that I panic about more is, you know, it's an odd thing, but it's like, like for me, I think it's an insecurity that a lot of men have that never talk about as well, which is, will I be able to have kids when I'm older? People never talk about that. But like, I know any of my mates talk about that, but I'm always like, oh, that's my biggest fear. Someone says, what's your biggest fear? That because I think that my sole purpose on this life is just to make other people that are nice. Like, that's how I feel. So, you know, for me, I'm such a family person. I feel like at this point in time, I worry that if I got into something, would I be able to give that person what they deserve in terms of being a partner? Because I am work focused and I do, I'm enjoying my life right now. I'm enjoying doing what I'm doing and I don't want to like.”
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“I'm single right now, yes. Yeah. To be honest, it's like. My one thing that I struggle with, and I've had girlfriends that. You know, in the past, I've been an absolute arshole on that, of course. Do you know what I mean? And I've let work get in the way. I've let that lifestyle kind of get in the way. But the one thing that I know is that... I want that.”
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“They like first world problem. That's what people say, right? It's not that that's not to be looked at. It's just something that that's what's affecting you. And you don't wear a uniform for depression. There isn't a job title for depression.”
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“When people heard like a press release came out saying that I was doing a documentary about suicide, Twitter was like, what does a celebrity kid know about struggling and blah, blah, blah, mental health and these types of things? But the thing is, is that it's all those struggles that you see artists going through or addiction problems or those types of things, it's all just It's only relevant to what their life is. You know, those problem, the problem that someone in a lower class system has in their head will be just as high as someone in a upper class system because it's just relevant to the circumstance. It's big in their head, and that's what people have to understand no matter what the problem is, you know, people say, oh, it's the enforce problem or whatever.”
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“The time, instantly. There's a few people that I don't even know that well, and I've ended up having to reach out to because I feel like. Probably should. And it's sad. It's a really sad, like, sometimes it can be a sad existence. Money can make you feel amazing 100%. It can buy happiness. But that happiness can run out. Like that's the thing. As quickly as your bank balance can run out, that happiness can run out And people struggle. Like people really, really struggle. And this is, again, this is another thing what I learned with making the doc about suicide and talking about mental health was. The first thing I saw when.”
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“young, and they will kill him in conversations or like, do you know what I mean? His cousins will rip into shreds and all those types of things. And all it does is just ground him constantly. And it's that grounding nature that if you don't have that within this world or that world, you're going to struggle. Justin, for instance, was someone that was taken at like nine. He didn't have a chance to build a proper friend group. Didn't even have a chance. And so you worry for people like that because, you know, that's why, you know, he's now found faith and that's his thing. And that is his grounding moment in his life.”
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“Yeah, it is incredible. But Ed's values are so correct, you know, and his parents are lovely people as well in terms of, you know, the pleasure of having dinner with his dad and stuff like that. They're just people that. Understand that this is just fun, the creativeness is just the fun, you know, all the fame and those types of things are just a side note. You know, Ed does everything he does now, I'm sure, because he's so family orientated. And that's so important. You know, he's married to Cherry, who's his childhood sweetheart. You know, so I'll give me another example. It's like Nar Horren's one of my good mates. Niles friend group is all his friend group from young.”
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“You don't know who's your friends, you don't know those types of things. And I think that that can lead people to be into a bit of a troubled situation. You know, you get approached by you don't have a good core friend group, like a big core friend group that could lead to everyone around you being, yes men that just want to be on the payroll, that will do something because they think that it will help in their career and those types of things. I'm uber fortunate. I've got really nice friend group. And the artist that I know, you know, speaking from a music background, the artist that I know that have those incredible friend groups are just amazing people.”
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“I think it's all about All about the values. It's always about what they are doing it for. And the family life, you know, there's people that what I always find so interesting is I think one of the reasons why I'm able to, again, do the job that I do and speak to those people who are on such high pedestals is because you've got to remember that I've grown up with a godfather who is or was and still to this day one of the most famous singers ever. George Michael, and growing up with George, I saw very quickly that the more famous you get, it does not become more fun.”
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“It's tiring, right? It's tiring for sure, but naturally that will happen because your life changes You're going to be on a TV show that is watched by millions of people. It's what my dad always says, you know, and that's, you know, that's why he always says to me, you can't, you know, people that get angry at fans or whatever and like, you know, or rude to people, you can't put your head above the parapet and not expect to get hit. Do you know what I mean? Like, how can you do that? You're choosing to go on a show that is watched by millions of people So therefore, if you go out, you need to be more careful. You need to, you know, like, you know. Understand that people are going to want certain things. And that's fine, but that's just the world.”
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“The con is that when you're out for dinner, someone may have watched that conversation and want to interrupt you. And talk to you about it.”
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“Know if someone came up to me and said, Mate, I really love your podcast. So I'm always pleased about that. So, yeah, so fame in terms of for me has always kind of been, there's pros and cons to odd jobs now. The fame is a con is a bad part of it. The good part is that we get to do fun stuff.”
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“Even football Like when I was a kid, all I wanted was to take picture if I met a footballer, I'd want to take a picture. He was like, nah, enjoy that moment with you and that person. The picture is nothing. It's gratification for someone else to see it. He goes that you should enjoy that moment, live it with your eyes and speak to them. And if you really want to, you know, make a moment in that person's life, go up to them and say, you know what, I really, really like your work. I really appreciate what you've done. I really like this. That goes so much further. And then if someone came up to me and said, I just want to let you know that I really like what you did, that means so much more than anyone's running up to you and going. Can I picture? Take a picture. Run off.”
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“Yeah, he always does it. But he taught me something else, which we had a little bit of a chat about this before, but he's never let me take pictures with people ever. And I don't do that. And I get told off about it because people are like, oh, if you're hanging out with this person, you take a picture.”
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“Six, my dad was in East Enders. He just joined East Enders His character name was Steve Owen in East Enders, right? And it was a big thing that he was in there. And the fireman came to school to show the fire truck and to, you know, show, wow, this is our equipment and all type of stuff. And they said, any questions And my dad and my mom said, I put my hand out and said, You may think that's cool, but my dad's Steve Owen. So I've always been insanely proud of my parents, you know, like, and, you know, I credit them for my dad has always been very patient with everyone in terms of like.”
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“Yeah, mate. Loved it. Loved it. Put it this way. My sister was always really shy. My sister was always really shy of it. And my dad always tells his story where he said it was show and tell at school. And I must have been about.”
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“And you kind of dealt with it. Do you know what I mean? Whereas, like, for me, because I was. People coming up to me now saying, Oh, can I get a picture? And if I'm with a mate, I have to say to the mate, can you hold the phone and, you know, take the picture? I was that person.”
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“Or just in general. I mean, in general, mate, to be totally honest, I don't know any different. Genuinely because I like For me, it was like in the same way that I could say to you, how is it in that bit, how is it hitting puberty? It's like you'd seen people above you go through that. So you kind of knew what to expect.”
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“Is a nice thing. But suicide is still such a weird thing that people don't want to talk about, but yet is the biggest thing. I think how many cancer adverts. Think how many testicular cancer adverts you see. On a daily basis. Now, put that together with how many male suicide adverts do you see?”
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“And that's what's so sad. And it's like, I know that whatever it is that he was going through ain't worth. And it never is worth, no matter what anyone's going through. It's not an option. It's not an option. I'm mistaken because I can't remember her name, so please forgive me if she ever hears this or friends of her ever hear this. There was a mum that recently got the wording changed around the phrase commit suicide. So now that is not a phrase that should necessarily be said. So it's always you would refer to it as take your own life. Because to commit suicide is actually an illegal act, and therefore a lot of parents were left with a child who, if they had written it down that they'd done that, that they would go down essentially as a A criminal”
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“Yeah, every now and again. Every now and again, that's normal. It's normal every now and again I'll be like Every now and again, it's more so like me and my mates will have a story. and will laugh, and then at the end of it we'll go like why mate come on like because I know like I know that if he was what he'd say to me yeah I can hear it clear as day he'd say sorry mate a man's thing”
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“That have been through what I've been through. I said to them, When does it get better? And their reply is, it doesn't. You just learn to deal with it a little bit better. You know what I mean? Like you just learn a different technique to stop thinking about it. And, you know, that will be with me forever. I'll tell my kids about Joe. I'll be bang on top of my kids is mental health, you know, what's going on with him. But again, I just think it's throughout all of this, you know, as you say, being a part and having these conversations now is crazy and weird.”
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“A lot, yeah. I won't lie that it's a lot. It's a lot. There are days where I don't want to talk about it. I have people like, again, I'll be out for dinner or something like that and someone will come up to him and say, oh my God, that documentary, blah, blah, blah. I wasn't thinking about my mate taking his own life, but now I'm thinking about it. Do you know what I mean? But that is life. That's always how it is. And the only way that I can kind of get around that is by, you know, you can tell by the way that I talk about it. I'm still passionate about it, you know, because I've been scarred by it. I've got such trauma attached to. Suicide and mental health, and that's a trauma that I'll always have. When you look for things, one of the questions I've asked other people.”
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“No, it's not. Like, I'll give you examples You know, I'll go to parties now, and the main thing that lads will come up to me and talk to me about is how they feel.”
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“I do not want to be the ambassador for it, but that's how life is now. And the only reason why I'll go out there and do it is because of Joe's family, genuinely.”
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“Having mental struggles or trying to take their own life. And then you look at the data and you're like, wow, how does that make sense? The problem is that us as men, being men, we choose more final methods in terms of how to end to that pain. And that's the unfortunate reality of it.”
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“No, again, this is another thing Hollywood would make us believe that people leave notes Over 90% and never know. And that's why it's just a horrible, horrible, harsh thing. And it's so... That's the problem. It's so fine. Also, another thing is girls can't be taken out of this conversation as well because When I worked with the Nottinghamshire Street Triage team, who are an incredible team of people that are And mental health expert that go out on calls together. Don't be a mental health nurse. With a police officer, and they will respond to a mental health crisis. Someone trying to save their own life, etc. And I said to them, I was like, you know, I went there in the mode of like, oh, yeah, so it must all be guys that you speak to. And they were like, no, actually, it's around 90% of our calls are women.”
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“He's someone that, yeah, like I say, like every single one of my friends group, I've never known a more smiley person. I've never known someone more happy, go lucky, more just happy to be there. And that's why I say if that can happen to him, best believe it can happen to anyone else.”
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“Yeah, yeah, was he talked about teaching? Listen, Joe is someone, it's ridiculous. Like, I still find it now ridiculous even talking about him because it's like if he had known that I was out here talking about people, about him, it's odd. It's odd to be able to be speaking about one of your friends and like, I don't know, it's odd. But he's someone that was the most outgoing, funny, creative guy. He teetered Genius and idiot constantly. He would have the most ridiculous ideas. And at 99 of them, out of 100 of them, 99 would be ridiculous and one would be incredible. And that one incredible thing is the thing that we'd always champion and push forward.”
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“And that is, you know, B, I want people to be the hero to their friends that I know I wasn't to mine because I know I wasn't. And no matter how many people say to me, nah, he did what he did because of, you know, that was his prerogative and all that type of stuff. Yeah, for sure. But the fact is that if someone had had this conversation with me, I probably would have brought it out with him. And I know if I had got to the crux of it, if I had asked Joe those questions, if I had said to him, are you okay? If I'd done that twice, if I'd spoken to him, seen how he is, I don't think I'd be here. I don't think I'll be having this conversation. I want other people to understand that. It's up to us as”
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“Especially living in London. Like, you know, which is just a horrific but amazing place. You know, it's this beautiful, you know, cultural place. It's my home. It's everything. But it is also a treadmill. You've got to get on it. If you're not on it, you're not even in the picture And that means that conversation switches to what do you do? How can I profit off that The most important thing in a conversation should always be Are you okay? When you say to your mates, Hey, how are you? You go, Yeah, I'm good, glaze over it like that. Why is that not the most important thing that you ask some And it should be, it should always be. And that's why for guys, we forget that. So you have to go, oh shit, okay, I'll ask it again.”
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