Roman Kemp says he isn't looking for love just yet as he wants to focus on his mental health.
The son of Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp, 29, who has candidly shared his battle with depression says he needs to "sort my head out" before he gets into a new relationship.
Roman says depression is something he has struggled with since he was 15, and after his stint I'm A Celebrity in 2019 he hit rock bottom and considering taking his own life.
It was his mother Shirlie who rang him up in a phone call which he says saved him.
Speaking candidly about the day he tried to take his own life, Roman says: "I’m insanely grateful Mum called that day, she got in the car and came with my sister Harley to get me. It makes my mum feel sick whenever it’s brought up and I know it upsets her, but it’s the reality."
The Capital presenter says he would love to be able to find a soulmate after seeing his parents' happy marriage, but doesn't feel ready yet.
"Don’t get me wrong, I come from a family of romance, my grandparents were together from when they were 16 and they died on the same day, then you’ve got my mum and dad who have been together for so long.
"In an ideal world I’d meet someone in the middle of the street but that’s not reality. But I need to sort myself out first. I’m not ready to think about someone else until I can sort my own head out," he tells OK! Magazine.
Roman has had a string of romances - from Australian-born radio producer Codie Jones to a three-year relationship with scientist Anne-Sophie.
He has also been linked to Lottie Moss and German model Jette Kerkoff.
While he isn't ready to have a family yet, Roman previously revealed how he went to have his fertility checked back in May as he wants to be a dad in the future.
Roman said that for him, life was “about having kids and having a family”, adding: “I want more than anything to be able to be a dad.”
He said: “For the last five years I’ve felt myself approaching 30 and thinking, I really hope I can have kids.
“So much so that I’ve gone and taken a fertility test and I’m very fortunate to say that I can have kids.”
He continued: “But that conversation alone – going to the pub and saying to your mates that I’m actually going to go and get my sperm count checked – I was shocked at how many of my mates wanted to do that.”
He later said: “I do think that men do worry about it and rightly so. Between 1973 and 2011 sperm count fell by 52 percent.
“Talking about biological clocks, that is something I worry about, being somebody that has yet to be a dad. It’s what I want.”
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