The One Show star was reflecting on a recent appearance alongside Olly Murs after the pair competed in a celebrity darts tournament in London
The One Show’s Roman Kemp has called out Olly Murs after the pair recently appeared together on stage in front of thousands of fans.
Earlier this month, celebrities were paired up with darts pros as they went head-to-head to see who would come out on top in a game of darts at the Hyde Park Darts Championship.
The new competition, created by the PDC (Professional Darts Corporation), saw Roman join fellow celebs including Olly Murs, Dion Dublin, and Joe Swash, who were each partnered with a darts pro such as Luke Littler and Luke Humphries.
Reflecting on the eagerly fought competition during a recent episode of his You About? podcast with Tom Grennan, Roman recalled his impressive display, throwing two “triple 20s.”
After narrowly missing out on the top spot—making it all the way to the finals—the radio host shared how Joe Swash and his partner, Fallon Sherrock, came out as deserved winners.
Despite that, he revealed that the celebs had initially been lulled into a false sense of security by Joe before he went on to win the competition: “He kind of hustled us a little bit, because in the little area beforehand, we were all just practicing and he was c**p.”
However, he was less than impressed with how prepared one of his fellow celebrities was for the event, saying: “I’m going to call Olly out here. He turned up with his own shirt that had his name on it, all over it.”
He added: “Then his own darts—weighted darts—that had his name on them.”
But despite coming fully prepared for the occasion, Roman noted that the singer “went out first,” adding, “So it was like, Olly’s got to step that up.”
Away from trying his hand at darts, Roman has been a prominent figure in broadcasting in recent years. After originally co-hosting the Capital Breakfast show, last year he swapped radio for TV when he began co-hosting several programmes, including The One Show.
Alongside his slew of hosting roles, many will also know him for his third-place finish on I’m A Celeb in 2019, as well as playing alongside fellow celebrities for England in Soccer Aid earlier this year.
Roman has also used his platform to explore issues surrounding mental health, including the release of his BBC series Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency, which launched in 2021. He is also set to launch a new country-wide mental health initiative next month.