BBC The One Show's Roman Kemp's struggle to find happiness after heartbreaking family comment

The One Show's Roman Kemp has confessed that he believes he hasn't yet found "true happiness". The 32 year old star has opened up about his longing to start a family one day.

Roman, who is famously close with his parents, Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp and former Wham! singer Shirlie Holliman, has often spoken about their unique parenting style. During an appearance on Loose Women in 2019, Martin revealed that he and Shirlie chose to raise Roman and his sister Harley more like "friends" than children.

Roman has described this approach as a "best friend thing", admitting it made it easier for him to confide in his parents.

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Now, the former Capital Breakfast host has shared his hopes of having a family of his own, believing that it will bring him a "sense of true happiness". He made this revelation while discussing the concept of success with pop star and good mate Tom Grennan, reports the Express.

Roman elaborated: "I don't think I'll ever have that feeling of success until I have kids I can look at and go, 'We did alright'. My parents never, ever said to us, 'You need to be this, you've got to do that job, all my parents ever asked is, 'Are you happy?' All of those types of things and that, I think, would define success for me over anything."

When asked by Tom if he was happy, Roman replied: "Sometimes, but you're not human if you're happy all the time. It's working out work-life balance and that's what I've tried to do ever since I left Capital. That's one of the reasons that I left because I didn't have that, I didn't have a work-life balance, I didn't understand it.

"You'll know, when I send you a picture of a scan, or something like that, or when I tell you my child has been born, when I send you that text, you'll know f*****g hell, he's happy. Because I don't think I've had that yet, that sense of true happiness."

The star, who often shares the screen with his dad on shows like Celebrity Gogglebox, Martin and Roman's Weekend Best! and Bromans, revealed his hopes for his future children to see their bond.

In an interview with Hello! magazine, he shared: "My dad and I get to work with each other all the time and I'm so lucky for that. The reason we work together is because I know how much I'm going to love my kids and my family watching that footage of me and their grandad working together - and that's just our relationship."

This comes as Roman is rumoured to be engaged to model Carmen Gaggero. As reported by WalesOnline, the couple have been an item since last year and made their relationship public last summer after being seen leaving Le Petit Maison in Mayfair.

Speculation about an engagement started when Carmen was spotted with a ring on her engagement finger during a night out in London. According to the publication, pals reckon Roman is prepared to "settle down".

Roman will be returning to screens on The One Show from 7pm on BBC One tonight alongside co-host Clara Amfo. The pair will be joined by Gemma Arterton and Thomas Brodie-Sangster who will be discussing the film Grand Prix of Europe.