Martin Kemp’s wife Shirlie says she wasn’t expecting her husband to reveal what they got to up to in the bedroom to his campmates in the jungle
16:00, 26 Nov 2025Updated 18:01, 26 Nov 2025
Martin Kemp’s wife Shirlie has confessed she was left mortified by her husband talking about their sex life in the jungle. Pop star Shirlie, 63, touched down at Brisbane Airport today to cheer on her husband of 37-years as he takes part in I’m a Celebrity… Get me Out Of Here!
During Sunday night’s episode of the ITV show, Martin led the group in some X-rated campfire chat, saucily revealing the sex position that he and his wife used to get pregnant. Asked if she was embarrassed by his stories, Shirlie said: “Yes, I have been very embarrassed. Having to go out the next day and everyone at the gym, going: ‘Oooh Martin.’ But it’s all good, I am used to it.”
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Martin has been talking about the positions he used to get Shirlie pregnant!(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Martin told his celeb campmates that before they got married the couple were trying to conceive, but were unsuccessful because Shirlie had endometriosis. He then recalled Shirlie’s mother asking them if they had ever “tried the wheelbarrow” before.
Martin then proceeded to stand up and demonstrate the position. As well as embarrassing Shirlie, his comments also had the same reaction from their son Roman.
The 32-year-old presenter voiced his outrage on social media, sharing a meme of Homer Simpson pouring bleach in his eyes alongside the caption: ‘My dad’s talking about “wheelbarrowing” with my mum.”
But Shirlie admitted she did enjoy one of his stories – when he revealed he was in the running to be super spy 007. “He would have made the best James Bond ever, the most handsome one I think,” she added.
Martin and Shirlie have been married for 37 years (Image: Getty Images)
But she might have something to say when she sees him!(Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)
And she said of his appearance in general: “I am loving it. It’s so funny to see him on the show.” She also admitted that son Roman, who also once took part on the show, had been encouraging his followers to vote for his dad. “It’s all vote, vote, vote,” she said.
Martin has opened up repeatedly about Shirlie on the show, including how their marriage could be null and void.
Describing their wedding day to his campmates, he said: “I got married in St Lucia on a clifftop overlooking the Caribbean with just three people.” He joked the ceremony was so basic “if you looked into it more you’d find we’re not married!”
Martin Kemp’s wife Shirlie wasn’t expecting him to open up about their sex life (Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)
Quizzed in the Bush Telegraph about his wife, he added: “Shirlie is everything for me, everything I do in my life, I do it for her.”
The couple met back in the 80s while she was performing as half of Wham!’s backing singers Pepsi and Shirlie, on Top of the Pops in 1982.They previously revealed that it had been George Michael who got them together.
Speaking on The One Show back in 2020, Martin said that it was their close friend George, who sadly passed away from heart and liver disease on Christmas Day 2016 at the age of just 53, who dialled his number on Shirley’s phone when they first got together.
He shared: “He had a big hand in all our lives to be honest. Putting us together. He was the guy that made the phone call to me to get Shirlie to come out. He dialled the numbers on the telephone.” Even though George dialled the number, Shirlie insisted that she still spoke and George “didn’t pretend to be her”.
It wasn’t long before romance blossomed and the pair went on to marry in 1988. They are parents to children – daughter Harleymoon, 36, who is releasing new music as a country singer, and TV and radio presenter son Roman, 32, who is famous for his work on The One Show, Capital Radio and for going on I’m A Celebrity back in 2019 where he finished in third place.
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