MARTIN Kemp has given his followers an update on his health after his horror chainsaw accident, as he reveals whether his gigs will be still taking place.
The iconic singer, 65, worried fans when his radio star son Roman Kemp revealed his famous father had been rushed to hospital.
Giving fans an update on how he was doing following the accident. which saw him injure his fingers, Martin said: “Addressing Hey guys, just a little message.
“You might have seen in the paper that I had a terrible accident with a chainsaw, which I did, but it was last week.
“I’m a lot better now.”
Reassuring fans he wasn’t cancelling any gigs, Martin said: “And just to let you know, if you were worried and you are going to Lincoln Cathedral tonight for the DJ gig, right, it is still on.
“Yeah, but I appreciate your concerns and listen, it’s getting better by the minute, but I will explain how it happened another time, but just to reassure you, I am alright.
“Alright, lots of love. Bye.”
Yesterday, his son Roman shared the news about his dad’s hospital dash.
He explained on the You About podcast with Tom Grennan that his dad had had an accident with a chainsaw.
The star said it was lucky that his dad wasn’t “fingerless” after the incident, which saw Martin pick the chainsaw up by the blade, to cut down a piece of wood.
The chat began with music star Tom saying to Roman: “What the hell has happened to your dad’s fingers?”
“Oh God,” Roman said, and then added: “It’s scary. Friday night I’d just finished work and looked at my phone, and dad sent a picture of his hand with all fingers heavily strapped up.
“And all he writes underneath in the family WhatsApp group is ‘yep… chainsaw.’”
Roman continued: “I was texting him saying ‘what?!’ but got no reply, and then Harley my sister is like ‘what’s happened?’ but again, no reply.
“So he said ‘Oh there was a bit of the branch that we wanted chopping down so I went and got a chainsaw.”
Roman said his first issue with what had happened was that his dad was handling a chainsaw in the first place.
“He’s 65. He’s got more than enough dough. Get a professional in, you can’t be doing that,” Roman said.
He then added: “My dad said ‘Oh yeah I picked it up by the blade.”
Tom then joked that Roman’s mum wouldn’t be very happy if his dad lost his fingers, leaving Roman visibly shocked.
Roman then quipped: “Yeah because he wouldn’t be able to play guitar, exactly.”