Celebrity Race Across the World's Roman Kemp reveals sister Harleymoon's 'bad habit' and makes her blush
The younger brother threw Harleymoon under the bus on live TVCelebrity Race Across the World star Roman Kemp has thrown his sister Harleymoon under the bus by revealing her bad habit.
Roman, 32, made the brazen admission about Harleymoon, 36, in front of millions of viewers during a live TV broadcast.
It came just minutes before the new series of Celebrity Race Across the World started.
The brother and sister are among the four pairs competing for victory on the show this year. The first episode saw Roman and Harleymoon – who are the children of 80s pop icons Martin and Shirlie Kemp – trekking across Mexico.
All four sets of competitors have very little money and no internet, and have to get to a check point hundreds of miles away first.
But while appearing on BBC’s The One Show ahead of the series kicking off, Roman behaved like a typical little brother. With Harleymoon in the studio, Roman said in a video call: “What I learned about myself is how much of a worrier I am. I’m just quite a nervous wreck.
“With Harley, I learned she still snores just as loud as she did when we were kids. I could always hear her in the room next door, so imagine sharing a bed with her this time!”
Harleymoon was left noticeably blushing. She then giggled and scolded him, saying: “I was going to be kind!”
Harleymoon shared that she found the entire experience “emotional”. She explained: “Beyond the physical journey that we did, the emotional journey was what I wanted from the trip and is exactly what I got from the trip. It’s what everyone will enjoy watching.
“We have so many really beautiful, honest conversations with each other. Nothing could put a price on what we went through on that journey together.”
Celebrity Race Across the World: Roman and Harleymoon
Both Roman and Harleymoon have followed in the footsteps of their famous parents. Martin is best known for being in 80s band Spandau Ballet. Shirlie, meanwhile, was a backing singer in Wham! and in the duo, Pepsi and Shirlie.
Roman is now a familiar face on television after hosting Capital FM’s Breakfast Show for seven years. Harleymoon is a country singer, despite initially being put off a career in music when she was 18.
During her appearance on The One Show, Harleymoon revealed Martin and Shirlie had issued them with a warning before Celebrity Race Across the World. She said: “When we said we said we were doing it, we like ‘Please get on, please get on’. We’re siblings and we’ve got no filters.”
Harleymoon went on: “We were very different characters growing up, Roman was always very sensible and had his wits about him and I was the wild child. He was always telling me off for coming home late from a nightclub.
Now I’ve got a 6ft 2 brothr in a single bed for a few weeks, so it was close, you know! But was the most incredible thing.”
‘Bag of nerves’
Harleymoon confirmed Roman’s admission that he is worrier. In fact, she even described her younger brother as “a bag of nerves” on Celebrity Race Across the World. But she added: “When you’re in survival mode, there was no time for the bickering or to wind each other up.
“We just had to look after each other. Me and Roman have come from a place where kindness is so important and to love each other, which is what we did.”
Roman and Harleymoon are competing against Dylan Llewellyn and his mum Jackie on Celebrity Race Across the World. Also in the line-up is EastEnders star Molly Rainford and her partner, DJ Tyler West, and broadcaster Anita Rani and her dad Bal.
The show continue at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer next Thursday, November 13, 2025.
