Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp has said he never received official paperwork confirming his marriage to singer Shirlie Holliman, raising questions about whether the ceremony was legally binding.
Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, the 63-year-old recalled their wedding in St Lucia, describing the cliff-top ceremony as "beautiful" but unusually brief.
"There was one lady there, the ceremony was about as quick as, 'Martin, do you love Shirlie?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Shirlie, do you love Martin?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘You’re married,’" Kemp said.
"We’ve never got the actual paper to say that we’re married, but listen, who needs a piece of paper when you love each other?"
Kemp and Holliman, a former backing singer for Wham!, have been together for more than 35 years. The couple shares a daughter, Harley Moon and a son, Roman. Kemp and Roman appear together on Celebrity Gogglebox, where they recently discussed Kemp’s cooking skills. Roman claimed that his dad once added peanut butter to a spaghetti Bolognese.
Asked if the anecdote was true, Kemp admitted: "Yeah, I did it once. But Roman wouldn’t eat anything when he was a kid - he wouldn’t even eat fruit, so don’t listen to that."
Kemp said he loves appearing on Gogglebox with Roman, adding: "First of all, I get to see him. You know what boys are like - boys never go home to their parents."
Martin Kemp rose to fame as the bassist in Spandau Ballet, the new wave band known for hits including True, Gold, and Chant No.1. He later became a household name as Steve Owen in EastEnders a role he played from 1998 to 2002.
Source: Press Association
