Roman Kemp details ‘scary’ moment he was tear gassed at Champions League final

Radio presenter Roman Kemp has detailed the “really, really scary” moment he was tear gassed ahead of the Champions League final in France at the weekend.

The 29-year-old said there was “hostility straightaway” from French police after he arrived at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday.

Speaking on his Capital Breakfast show on Monday, Kemp urged authorities to investigate discrimination “against Liverpool fans”.

He said police funnelled the thousands of Liverpool fans through a narrow alleyway, which was under a metre wide and had a concrete wall on either side, causing one of his friends to have a panic attack.

And he accused officers of laughing at fans before tear gassing them.

He said: “No one is kicking off and then all of a sudden, tear gas starts getting thrown at us. All of a sudden, the pepper spray starts coming out from the top, right around the gates, and all those types of things.

“And people are panicking. There were boys there. Young kids were in there. People (were) trying to hold up their kids.”

Kemp said he saw one fan, who was with his visually impaired father, being pushed by police.

He said “nothing was happening” to provoke officers’ response, adding: “It was the worst experience I’ve ever had in a football ground.”

The presenter said he saw upstanding behaviour from fans all weekend, with Liverpool supporters “respectful of the owners” at every bar he went into ahead of the match, which saw Spanish giants Real Madrid win 1-0.

He added: “They weren’t spilling out on to the street. It was great. Honestly, they were sticking to their areas. There was no trouble. I didn’t see one fight or anything that people associate with ‘football hooliganism’ and things like that. There was nothing. (Everyone