Martin Kemp stunned the Loose Women panel last month after he made a brutal confession in a conversation about scheduling intimacy with a partner. The Spandau Ballet star, who has been married to Shirlie since 1988, was sceptical: “If I had to look in my diary and it says 7:30pm on a Thursday night, I’m going to do it… I don’t think it works. I even feel under pressure if it’s a Sunday morning!… ‘Oh it’s Sunday morning, I’m going to have to do it in a minute’.”

The 63-year-old has since doubled down on his comments during an appearance on This Morning this week where he took the opportunity to promote his new book. He chatted with hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley who could not resist asking him about the candid admission.

Martin attempted to defend himself: “You cut out the bit where I say, ‘Get yourself ready Shirl, I’m coming home!'”

He emphasised, smiling, that the moment was all in good humour and there were no hard feelings: “My family have grown up taking the mickey out of each other.

“We’re really open, sex isn’t taboo, never has been.”

Martin said this was a welcome change from his own upbringing: “Growing up, if we saw people kissing on TV, people would pretend to be asleep.

“I’m really happy that we can joke about it.”

The musician took to the This Morning sofa to promote his new book, The Fall, a follow-up to his debut novel The Game, released in November 2023.

The new crime thriller, which came out today, again follows Johnny Klein, a past-it eighties pop icon whose dark past caught up to him in the series’ first instalment.