Spandau Ballet’s former frontman Tony Hadley has claimed he wasn’t approached to appear in Gary and Martin Kemp’s mockumentary The Kemps: All True – and he would’ve declined the offer.
The 60-year-old singer, who quit the group back in 2017, admitted he’d rather watch Broadchurch than the spoof that saw the Kemps attempt to carve out solo careers in the wake of the band’s 40th-anniversary celebrations.
‘I wasn’t approached and would not have anything to do with it. I’m done,’ he said.
‘They want me back for good but it ain’t going to happen. I’d rather be happy on my own than be in that band again.’
Tony continued to The Sun: ‘If they want another lead singer, that’s their choice.
‘But if you want to hear those songs sung by the original singer then you can only really see one bloke — and that’s me.’
The Kemps: All True aired on Sunday night and saw Tony depicting horns and fangs in a painting, although it wasn’t explicitly said.
While some fans were loving the comedy gold, others drew parallels between All True and the equally surreal Bros documentary, saying ‘the Bros brothers were funnier unintentionally, but the Kemp’s version is still unreal’.
This comes, however, after the director behind the project insisted that the film wasn’t inspired by Matt and Luke Goss’ documentary Bros: When The Screaming Stops.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk, creator Rhys Thomas revealed that the idea for the film was forged before the Bros documentary.
‘The Bros thing happened while we were in production writing it,’ Ryan said. ‘I don’t want people to think this is a spoof of the Bros documentary, this is its own thing.’
Rhys explained that The Kemps: All True is ‘different’ because the Bros ‘isn’t intentionally funny.’
The Kemps: All True is available for catch-up on BBC iPlayer.
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