Roman Kemp reveals worrying health battle: ‘Call the ambulance right now, you’re about to die’

Roman Kemp has opened up about a recent health scare that left him genuinely fearing for his life.

The TV presenter spoke out about the ordeal during his latest podcast episode, FFS! My dad is Martin Kemp.

Chatting with dad Martin Kemp, Roman revealed his recovery from an illness led to him suffering panic attacks and thinking he was going to die.

Roman Kemp on having ‘mad panic attacks’

“I’ve had to go to the gym this morning, because I haven’t been for two weeks because I nearly died,” Roman candidly shared on the podcast.

Revealing his body was “on edge” and fearing he was “about to die”, Roman added: “I thought I nearly died last two weeks, it was insane. I had Covid.”

The radio presenter went on to share that he started “having mad panic attacks, like serious panic attacks”.

Roman Kemp ‘thought he was going to die’

He explained: “Anyone whose had a panic attack knows exactly how it goes. All of a sudden your brain tells you, ‘You’re gonna die’ like ‘Call the ambulance right now, you’re about to die, you’re going to have a heart attack, you’re going to pass out’.

“And then every night for two weeks my heart was going. I was falling asleep with it and waking up with it so my body’s on edge the entire time, I can hear it in my ears.”

‘What’s going on here?’

What’s more due to his dad Martin having a brain tumour at just 34 – the same age as Roman – he feared something similar could happen to him.

“So then I’m thinking in my head, what’s going on here?” he mused.

Martin then questioned Roman if he had undergone any medical checks and tests for a brain tumour. Roman replied: “No, they don’t think I need a check on my brain. Like they only say if you got the symptoms, you need to do it.”

Martin’s brain tumour ordeal

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp was diagnosed with two benign brain tumours in the 1990s when he was in his thirties. The diagnosis came after wife Shirlie noticed a mass growing on his head.

Martin opened up about the ordeal in a previous episode of his and Roman‘s podcast, FFS! My Dad’s Martin Kemp.

“I don’t know how long I’ve got left. But I will tell you, since I was the age of 34, when I went through all of that brain tumour scare, I spent two years of my life thinking I was going to die,” he said.

“And I will tell you something. It’s really strange that when I was 34 and stuff and I went through that brain tumour stuff. I was practically resigned to the fact that I was going to die. But I was quite happy with my lot, because I had lived the most incredible experiences,” he later added.

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