Roman Kemp has revealed he’s banned from interviewing Jennifer Lawrence after the actress had him escorted out of a press junket.
The presenter, 32, spoke to the actress while she was promoting her 2015 film Joy, and revealed his bosses at Capital FM had written a list of questions to ask that he had not seen himself yet.
It got off to an awkward start, with Jennifer claiming it ‘sucked’ for her to have to answer the questions and reeling off a list of monosyllabic answers.
Yet it was his stunt of pretending to have had a tattoo of Jennifer inked on his chest that proved to be the final straw for the Oscar-winning actress – who is said to have asked security to remove Roman from the room.
Roman – who is the son of singers Martin Kemp and Shirlie Holliman – reflected on the exchange on Tuesday as he shared a throwback from the day showing off his fake tattoo.
He captioned the Instagram post: ‘Found this old picture of when I interviewed Jennifer Lawrence and for fun pretended to be a mega fan complete with a tattoo…
‘She did NOT find it funny. I was escorted out by security and told I would never interview her again.’
Roman Kemp has revealed he’s banned from interviewing Jennifer Lawrence as recalled their ‘awkward and cringe’ exchange at a press junket in 2015
The presenter, 32, spoke to the actress while she was promoting her 2015 film Joy, and revealed his bosses at Capital FM had written a list of questions to ask her
In another post, The One Show presenter added he has not spoken to the Silver Linings Playbook star since
In another post, The One Show presenter added he has not spoken to the Silver Linings Playbook star since.
He quipped: ‘Tbf still haven’t had the chance to redeem myself or explain the situation to her… (sic)’
During the interview, Jennifer seemed visibly uncomfortable as she sat through Roman’s line of questioning, which included asking her what was her favourite type of cheese.
At one point, he read out a poem that ‘he’ had written for her, prompting the actress to reply deadpan: ‘wow, that was incredibly touching’.
He then announced that he had new tattoo, which was met with a blank stare from Jennifer.
As he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal the fake inking of Jennifer’s face, she replied deadpan: ‘Oh my god. Oh man, wow right over your heart. I would expect nothing less.
‘I’m flattered and honoured, it looks so permanent. how did they get it so glossy?’
Roman then revealed that his father is Martin Kemp of Spandeau Ballet fame and that he wanted to take Jennifer on a date to one of his concerts.
She responded straight-faced: ‘To meet your dad? coolest date ever…’
While Roman seems to have taken the awkward exchange in his stride, it’s not the first time he has sat though an uncomfortable interview (pictured hosting the 2024 BRIT Awards)
Roman – who is the son of singers Martin Kemp and Shirlie Holliman – has conducted hundreds of celebrity interviews over the years as a presenter (pictured in 2019)
Roman reflected on the exchange during an appearance on The Chris Ramsey Show in 2018, where he described it as his ‘trickiest interview’ to date.
He recalled: ‘She’s not having the best day clearly. She hasn’t said hello to me, she hasn’t acknowledged me, she’s just sat there on the phone like this…
‘I’ve already sat down and said “hi how are you?” and all this type of stuff, [she] just said nothing.
‘I ask the first question she goes, “sorry have you started?” I was like, “yeah I’m already in the questioning here…”‘
Detailing when he showed off the tattoo, Roman continued: ‘She said nothing after that and then the security guard got up and asked me to leave.
‘I am now banned from interviewing Jennifer Lawrence.’
While Roman seems to have taken the awkward exchange in his stride, it’s not the first time he has sat though an uncomfortable interview.
The podcast host went viral in 2023 when he grilled Canadian actor Keanu Reeve on British culture in a Capital FM interview – leaving the Hollywood legend baffled.
The podcast host went viral in 2023 when he grilled Canadian actor Keanu Reeve on British culture in a Capital FM interview – leaving the Hollywood legend baffled
During the chat, Roman asked Keanu if his legendary hitman character John Wick would be able to beat ‘the nation’s P.E teacher’ Joe Wicks in a fight.
Although clearly baffled by the question, polite Keanu responded: ‘Fantastic! I know it’s hard to believe but John Wick doesn’t really wanna fight, so let’s just talk about life and fitness, John Wick hashtag fitness!’
Roman then informed Keanu that John Wick sounded like British hardware chain Wickes, to which a confused Keanu replied: ‘For when you just have to get it done, I’m gonna Wickes my bathroom, I’m gonna Wickes my new kitchen!’
He concluded the interview by doing an impression of Keanu.
Roman explained: ‘So, I try to change the face first, and how I do that it, you’re about to sneeze, lean back, eyes are gone, and you’re now confused about the sneeze, and then it goes, “what?” (impersonating Keanu] “so you see, what I’m tryin’ to do here?”‘
While Keanu was a good sport during the interview it seemed he was baffled by the line of questioning, prompting Capital Radio to share a clip of the exchange captioned: ‘Is this the most awkward interview of all time!?’
He also clashed with Love Island star Georgia Steel when she appeared on the show in 2018 after he made a sarcastic remark about her forgetting she had gone in for a kiss with Jack Fowler on the show.
When asked about the exchange, Georgia insisted: ‘I did not remember it the way that I saw it. I 100 percent completely get why people thought I was lying but I went back in that villa and I did not remember it the way that I saw it.
‘So when I saw it I was very very shocked and I am sure people that saw my reaction would’ve noticed that for sure.’
Roman dismissively responded with: ‘Hmmmm, yes…’ to which Georgia hit back: ‘Oh yeah whatever!’
He also clashed with Love Island star Georgia Steel when she appeared on Capital in 2018 after he made a sarcastic remark about her forgetting she had gone in for a kiss with Jack Fowler
During last year’s BRIT Awards, Roman left viewers cringing when he talked Kylie Minogue into doing a ‘shoey’ – an Aussie tradition which involves drinking out of a shoe
During last year’s BRIT Awards, Roman left viewers cringing when he talked Kylie Minogue into doing a ‘shoey’ – an Aussie tradition which involves drinking out of a shoe.
Kylie seemed baffled by the skit, with one viewer summing up: ‘That interview with Kylie and Roman Kemp was so awkward.
‘This year’s #BRITs makes the Mick Fleetwood/Sam Fox performance worthy of BAFTA Lifetime Achievement award.’
Roman also had an awkward exchange with Justin Bieber, revealing he put his foot in it during a private listening session for his 2020 album, Changes.
What began as a seemingly friendly invitation soon took an awkward turn when Justin demanded Roman join him on stage to offer live feedback in front of a roomful of music industry executives.
‘He singled me out,’ Roman said. ‘He said I’ve got to come up on stage. He plays these tunes to all these label execs, looks at me and goes, “What do you think of that one?”‘
Giving his honest opinion, Roman responded: ‘It’s alright.’
Yet Justin did not appear to appreciate the critique. ‘”Roman said it’s alright? Alright?”‘, he reportedly shot back.
Roman also had an awkward exchange with Justin Bieber, revealing he put his foot in it during a private listening session for his 2020 album, Changes (Justin pictured in 2022)
Speaking on his BBC Sounds podcast You About? Roman continued: ‘At that point, I was like, I’ve got to double down.
So I said, “Well, yeah. It’s not your best, not your worst.” And that was it… My words were, “It’s decent” – but I don’t think he appreciated it.’
Co-host Tom Grennan asked: ‘You used to be pretty tight with Bieber, didn’t you?’ To which Roman responded simply: ‘Yeah…’
While Roman still follows Justin on Instagram, Justin doesn’t follow him back.
Last year, Roman revealed what he believes to be his most awkward ever exchange.
Speaking on the Therapy Crouch podcast with Peter Crouch, he confessed: ‘One person nearly made me cry. I was only young and it was for James Bond.’
Roman beeped out the name of the Bond star and confirmed it wasn’t Daniel Craig, but then said that the actor was as intimidating off-screen as he is on it.
He shared: ‘He is like that in real life and I sat there and I asked him this question, and it wasn’t even a bad question, and then he sat and he thought.’
Roman went on to say how the actor took control of the interview in an unexpected way.
Putting on a German-Austrian accent as an impression, Roman said: ‘He just turned to me and said, ‘For the rest of this interview, I’ll ask myself the questions I think I should be asked.’
The TV star added that he was so shocked by what had happened, he was left in stunned silence.
During his time on The One Show, he found himself in the middle of a nepotism row when he interviewed his own parents on the show (pictured alongside Jake Shears and Clara Amfo)
Roman first found fame in 2014 when he joined the Capital FM team as host of the Sunday morning show.
Two years later he became the face of The Capital Evening Show, before being promoted to Capital Breakfast the following year.
In 2021, Roman became a millionaire at the tender age of 28 after bagging an M&S menswear deal with his dad Martin, on top of their ITV show Martin & Roman’s Weekend Best!
He started hosting The One Show the following year.
During his time on the green sofa, he found himself in the middle of a nepotism row when he interviewed his own parents on the show.
