HARLEYMOON Kemp reckons her well-known mother and father have to date ruined her probabilities of discovering romance.
The 33-year-old daughter of Eighties pop stars Martin and Shirlie Kemp has been single for seven years and blames her loved-up mum and pop for having “too good” a relationship.
She says: “I’m single as a result of I’ve not discovered anybody adequate.
“I do know what ‘good’ seems to be like — my mother and father are very a lot in love, they hang around collectively on a regular basis and are greatest buddies.
“When that’s what you’re searching for, the bar’s set fairly excessive.
“They’ve ruined romance for me, for certain.”
Former Spandau Ballet and EastEnders star Martin and one-time Wham! backing singer Shirlie have been married for practically 35 years.
They’d Harleymoon in 1989 and Roman, now a TV presenter and radio DJ, in 1994.
And Harleymoon believes no relationship can dwell as much as their love story.
She says: “When folks find yourself with males like their dad, I get it. My dad’s so variety and passionate.
“However discovering somebody who matches that’s proving very difficult.
“I bear in mind when my mother and father launched a Christmas album. They performed within the Royal Symphony Corridor, singing love songs to one another. How am I meant to compete with that?”
Harleymoon channelled her frustrations into new single, Fairly 4 U, a sassy anthem about “guys who suppose they will get something they need”.
She says her mother and father help her music, however whereas Martin, 61, tells her “no matter I wish to hear”, Shirlie, 60, is a more durable critic.
Harleymoon says: “Mum may be very a lot the momager of our household.
“She’s the one giving recommendation, serving to, developing with concepts. However she’s laborious to impress. She’ll inform everybody what she thinks with an sincere coronary heart. It doesn’t upset me as a result of she’s typically proper.”
Roman, who reaches over 2.5million listeners per week along with his Capital Radio present, has seen his profile soar through the years.
But it surely was older sister Harleymoon who quietly helped to kick-start his profession.
She says: “I helped to get him his agent. I took him to auditions when he was youthful. When he was 16, he was making an attempt to work out what he wished to do. I used to be a photographer, so I did a shoot with him and despatched it to modelling businesses. In flip he will get behind all my initiatives.”
Harleymoon’s buddies say she’s the “invisible” Kemp.
Regardless of her rising music profile, you hardly ever see her at awards nightss or on TV together with her household.
Working example — her absence from Superstar Gogglebox earlier this yr.
It featured Martin, Roman, Shirlie and their canine however Harleymoon says she knew nothing about it.
Referred to as the ‘invisible’ Kemp
She says: “I wasn’t bloody invited. I had no concept it was even taking place. For therefore lengthy I’ve been behind the scenes.
“I grew to become a photographer and arrange a manufacturing firm. I additionally direct trend adverts so I’m used to being behind the digital camera.
“Once I did go to occasions with my household and we have been pictured within the papers, my mates would joke that it might be ‘Martin, Shirlie, Roman and sister’. They all the time tease me about it.
“When Gogglebox got here out, my pal noticed it within the paper — an image of the household and even the three canine have been in it — and he or she drew slightly stick man the place I must be and wrote, ‘Take a look at you all on the couch!’ It’s hilarious, however I genuinely didn’t learn about it.
Harleymoon is aware of how girls view her dad, accepting his standing as a intercourse image.
She says: “It’s not bizarre to consider him in that means. He’s good trying. It’s the identical with Roman. Good male genes run within the household. And Mum doesn’t thoughts.
“In truth she’s the one telling him to look good, to ensure his hair’s minimize — she’s the one ensuring Operation Kemp runs easily.”
- Harleymoon’s single PRETTY 4 U is out now.