{"id":15013,"date":"2017-10-24T20:15:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=15013"},"modified":"2017-10-24T20:15:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:15:28","slug":"measurements-in-london-investigations-confirm-love-islands-kem-cetinay-is-not-510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/measurements-in-london-investigations-confirm-love-islands-kem-cetinay-is-not-510\/","title":{"rendered":"Measurements in London: investigations confirm Love Island&#8217;s Kem Cetinay is not 5&#8243;10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Voice of London visited this year&#8217;s Love Island winner Kem Cetinay, last night at Watford Pryzm, to find out if he truly is 5&#8243;10, as he raps in his latest debut single, alongside Love Island&#8217;s third place Chris Hughes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris &amp; Kem - Little Bit Leave It (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FWwGFBYROl8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Armed with a tape measure, we went to find out if we could take some measurements of the newly formed rapper.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15025\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15025\" class=\" wp-image-15025\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/22833599_10213805482549716_1013561031_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"391\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Photo Credit: Charlotte Racher.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tape measure at the ready but unfortunately it received no love from Kem<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, unlike in the villa Kem was not partaking in any banter at all and was a &#8216;little bit leave it&#8217; about the situation, telling us: &#8220;no no, I am not doing that, I only take pictures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But we furthered our investigations, measuring myself in at 5&#8243;4, standing alongside Kem, we can clearly see that he is not 5&#8243;10.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-15013-1\" width=\"320\" height=\"576\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/video-1508840924.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/video-1508840924.mp4\">http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/video-1508840924.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h4>A revised lyric that appears to be more appropriate: &#8216;My name is Kem, I&#8217;m 5&#8243;6 and I only do pics.&#8217;<\/h4>\n<p>Amber, Love Island fan and part-time worker in a garden centre, inside the club said: &#8220;I&#8217;m 5&#8243;7 and I was taller than him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another fan and nursery worker, Katie, told us &#8220;I&#8217;m literally 5&#8243;3 and I could tell there&#8217;s no way he&#8217;s 5&#8243;10.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was apparent that his club appearance was a conveyor belt system, there was a quick meet and definitely no greet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15024\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15024\" class=\" wp-image-15024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/22790619_10213802619638145_22573754_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"428\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Photo Credit: Charlotte Racher.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Despite a quiet club night and short queues for photos, the security to the left were keen to remove anyone on who tried talking to Kem<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>One fan, Nathan Milsom was quickly ushered away for speaking to Kem for too long, despite short queues to meet the Turkish reality star.<\/p>\n<h4>He said: &#8220;Kem didn&#8217;t seem as lively as he was on television, I felt like he was moodier than expected, I took a picture with him and he wasn&#8217;t as engaging as I thought he would be, oh and also I&#8217;m 6&#8243;3 and I definitely wouldn&#8217;t say Kem is 5&#8243;10.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>As a fan, Nathan joined Voice of London in a second attempt for a measurement but Kem said no just as quick as his security guards removed us away from the area to avoid any kind of conversation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-15013-2\" width=\"320\" height=\"576\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/video-1508870377.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/video-1508870377.mp4\">http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/10\/video-1508870377.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>It seems that he&#8217;s quickly forgotten what it&#8217;s like to be a fan and needs a chat with his idol Stormzy, as he&#8217;s now certainly, &#8216;too big for his 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