Musician Martin Kemp has spoken intimately for the primary time about the horror chainsaw accident that noticed him rushed to hospital simply weeks earlier than heading into the I’m A Movie star jungle. The Spandau Ballet legend, 64, was taken to hospital after making an attempt to chop a chunk of wooden within the backyard of his Hertfordshire residence, with son Roman later revealing his dad had been “fortunate to not lose his hand”. Roman advised listeners on his podcast that the household first realised one thing was mistaken when Martin despatched a photograph of his closely bandaged fingers to their WhatsApp.

Now, talking as he prepares to enter camp, Martin admitted it was a freak second of dangerous luck. “I used to be taking the scabbard off,” he mentioned. “It was electrical and it got here to life.” He added: “It was about three weeks in the past now. It received reported I had finished it, after which it was reported in a paper 10 days after, so by then it was already on the mend. It has all healed up. It’s fairly superb how pores and skin heals like that. It was my very own fault, no one else’s.” The damage was critical sufficient for a hospital journey, however he insisted it was simply cautionary. “It was actually only for an injection to verify all the things was all proper,” he defined. “They wrapped it up and that was it.”

Crucially for ITV, there was by no means some extent the place he thought the accident would possibly rule him out of the jungle. He was already looking forward to the present and to the infamous Bushtucker Trials, though is anxious in regards to the consuming trials.

“I don’t assume I’m going to get given a burger in there in any respect,” laughed Martin, who says he and spouse Shirlie are “virtually vegan” at residence, even when he nonetheless eats meat on the highway.

Regardless of the scare, he insists the close to miss has not dented his urge for food for throwing himself into challenges. Though he fears that Roman, who has appeared beforehand within the jungle, goes to affect issues.

“I do not assume it is the general public that is going to focus on me….it is Roman who’s going to deliver all his followers to focus on me,” he laughs.

Martin’s I am A Movie star journey comes six years after his son completed in third place in the course of the nineteenth sequence, the yr EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa was topped winner.

Fortunately, the singer was in a position to depend on his son’s recommendation earlier than getting into the jungle and shared that the Radio star inspired him to savour each minute of the expertise.

Martin shared: “He advised me to go in and revel in all of it. He mentioned it’s essentially the most enjoyable he has ever had and he mentioned, ‘I’m actually jealous; I understand how a lot enjoyable you’ll have.'”

As for the dreaded and gruelling challenges, the previous EastEnders star advised ITV: “I voted for him to do the worst trials! He mentioned to me he was going to get his revenge!”

Martin might be within the jungle among the many likes of different actors reminiscent of Lisa Riley and Shona McGarty, musician Aitch, TV and Radio presenters Eddie Kadi, Kelly Brook, Ruby Wax and Alex Scott. In addition to web character Indignant Ginge and socialite Jack Osbourne.