Personal Life
His mother Jean was a hairdresser and his father John was a Detective Chief Inspector in the police force. He has one brother, Darren, who is a filmmaker for the BBC. He attended Shenfield High School and the Webber Douglas Academy.
On 11 June 2002 Kemp married Rebekah Wade, the then editor of The Sun. In November 2005 Wade was arrested following an alleged assault on her husband. Kemp refused medical attention for a swollen lip and no action was taken. In March 2009 Kemp and Wade divorced, after he admitted to adultery. In October 2010, Kemp became a father to a baby boy with ex-partner Nicola Coleman.
Kemp is a longtime supporter of the Labour Party. In the 2010 General Election he called on voters to back the party "which cares for everyone in society, not just the privileged few."
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