Roman Kemp has quit 'Capital Breakfast'

Roman Kemp has quit Capital Breakfast

Roman Kemp has quit Capital Breakfast

The 31-year-old star first presented a Sunday slot on Capital FM in 2014 and has hosted the breakfast slot since 2017 but announced on Monday (19.02.24) that he has made the difficult decision to step down from the network, with his exit coming in around six weeks.

Speaking live on Monday's show, he said: "What I can tell you is I’m not saying goodbye right now, I’m not leaving the show today and that’s it, but it’s not far away. It will come and that goodbye will come in five to six weeks. "It’s not a decision that has come overnight either, it’s massive, I’ve not found it easy at all."

The radio host - who currently presents alongside 'This Morning' star Sian Welby and former BBC DJ Chris Stark - has carved out a career in television since making it on the airwaves, notably finishing in third place on 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here' in 2019 and in 2023 became a main host on 'The One Show' alongside Alex Jones.

But the 'Loose Men' star insisted that the team at Capital are his "family" and thanked them for sticking with him through thick and thin as he reflected how much the network and its parent company Global have "changed" his his life since he started working there in his early twenties.

Capital is my family, you as the wonderful listeners that you’ve been, you’ve been with me at my best times and my absolute lowest … Capital and Global have helped change me. I was 22 years old when I first joined Capital and it’s built me into the man that I am today, it is all that I know.

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