{"id":186330,"date":"2025-12-11T08:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/186330\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:13:10","slug":"roman-kemp-said-nepo-kids-status-affected-his-race-across-the-world-budgeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/186330\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Kemp said \u2018Nepo kids\u2019 status affected his Race Across The World budgeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presenter Roman Kemp has said he was worried that overspending the Celebrity Race Across The World budget would add more fuel to his and his sister Harleymoon\u2019s \u201cNepo kids\u201d status.<\/p>\n

The pair, who are the children of Spandau Ballet\u2019s Martin Kemp and singer Shirlie Holliman, are among the stars competing in the third season of the BBC reality spin-off series which follows four celebrities and their loved ones as they complete a 3,670-mile race through Central America.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s line-up includes the Kemp siblings along with Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn and his mother Jackie, presenter Anita Rani and her father Bal, and DJ and presenter Tyler West and his girlfriend, EastEnders actress Molly Rainford.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Roman and Harleymoon Kemp are taking part in Celebrity Race Across The World (BBC\/Studio Lambert\/PA)<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the final \u2013 which airs on Thursday \u2013 about what he would do differently next time, Roman said: \u201cMaybe spend a bit more money and have some proper dinners.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenuinely, my whole concern was that we were going to run out of money. And, you know, Harley and I are considered classic Nepo kids, and I didn\u2019t want to run out and people think that we didn\u2019t know the value of money \u2013 look at them, they\u2019ve run out already.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said that throughout the experience his sister taught him to enjoy what cannot be controlled \u2013 something he says he struggles to do.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe moments in life where you\u2019ve just got to accept your circumstance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s a really tough thing for me to do for who I am as a person. Because I like to prepare, and I like to know what\u2019s ahead of me and I really struggle sometimes to actually stop and realise that I can have enjoyment in those moments that I can\u2019t control.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Celebrity Race Across The World is on the BBC (BBC\/Studio Lambert\/PA)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Harley said her brother taught her to be honest with how she feels.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI think Roman has taught me the art of being honest about your emotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve always just been upbeat. And I think Roman being able to communicate how he feels all the time, strangely made me feel like, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s not a weakness\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a really powerful tool that you have, to be able to express how you feel. And I feel really inspired by that.\u201d<\/p>\n

After 33 days, the pair face their fellow contestants for the final leg of the race in Thursday\u2019s finale in a bid to be the first to make it through the finish line on the remote Peninsula de La Guajira in Colombia \u2013 the gateway to South America.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Presenter Anita Rani and her father Bal are among the contestants (BBC\/Studio Lambert\/PA)<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the experience and what she has learned about herself, presenter Anita Rani added: \u201cI\u2019m somebody who likes to be in control quite a lot. And I think having to learn that, sometimes life is out of your control, is something I\u2019ve had to process during this journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy biggest challenge is my own personality, but also that\u2019s my biggest asset as well. So a blessing and a curse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d do the whole thing again, definitely with my dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust getting to know each other, having quality time together. Even with all the pressure, in a way, that\u2019s what makes it \u2013 just having time. Time is everything, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Her father Bal said: \u201cI think that if you want to think what has been the best out of the journey so far, its been quality time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrity Race Across the World returns on Thursday at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iplayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Presenter Roman Kemp has said he was worried that overspending the Celebrity Race Across The World budget would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-186330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}