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"Her transformation from sinner to saint from flabby to fabulous defies belief"

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"Her transformation from sinner to saint from flabby to fabulous defies belief"

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The article attempts to reinstate positivity for Katona's northern charm. The family pictures denote her as a good mother. The text also pervades to its reader that her relationship with Croft caused her downfall. Kerry transformation is both mental and physical as weight loss is used as visual credence to the recovery of her ordinary extraordinary persona.

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Everyone knows when Kerry Katona arrives at the quiet upmarket studios in Chelsea for our photo shoot... you hear her.

The crack-of-dawn calm is shattered as she crashes in looking slinky, cute and tanned in a denim hot pants ensemble, greeting everyone with a very loud, very Northern: Hello love, where do you want me?

Since she ditched her manipulative second husband Mark Croft, her transformation from sinner to saint and from flabby to fabulous defies belief, as shes shed 3 stone and shrunk from a size 14 to a size 8 since January.

It almost seems too good to be true. But we can vouch that it is. Not only is she slinkier, but her skin is glowing, her eyes are bright and her hair has a glossiness worthy of a LOreal ad. Oh, and her now implant-free 34 DDs are defying gravity, big time.

Shes had two hours sleep following a 200-mile trip from Warrington to pick up Heidi, three, and Max, two, from their weekend stay with dad Mark, but shes got so much energy you cant help wondering if shes on something, although the regular random drugs tests imposed by her new management (all negative) prove otherwise.

Yep, Kerry is high as a kite but its her new lust for life and nothing else thats responsible. Sipping herbal tea (you heard us right) shes like a female Peter Kay on speed, cracking constant one-liners, sometimes inappropriate, but very Kerry. When I ask whos looking after her four kids she deadpans, Social services, its cheaper than a nanny. Later, when someone compliments her on being a total pro during our shoot she fires back, Do you mean a professional or a prostitute? Sorry, she apologises, I must stop making crap jokes, Im just really nervous, its a defence mechanism. Youve got to laugh, its what keeps us going.

But theres not been much to laugh about in the former Atomic Kittens life, until now: A dysfunctional self-harming mother, a childhood shunted from one foster home to another, two failed marriages, stints in rehab, her yo-yoing weight, a battle with bipolar disorder and bankruptcy. And shes only 29.

But the pišce de resistance came last year with newspaper pictures showing her snorting cocaine in her bathroom. They ended her s290,000 a year contract with Iceland and forced her to come clean about her three-year drug binge. When you crash and burn like that, the only way is up and Kerry seems to be soaring.

Now, in a bid to silence bitchy critics and internet forums who claim reinvention is a stunt to revive her career she talks for the first time in detail about the changes shes making and why she can never go back.

The turning point was a two-week stay at an intensive boot camp last year for a magazine article. But it was the mental, not the physical, effects of the camps gruelling 11-hour days that gave her the strength to start over.

It wasnt about losing weight. Ive never weighed myself and never worried about being big, says Kerry. The amazing thing is, I found exercising hard cleared my head, put it in a different place and made me feel good about myself.

She explains, Id known for 18 months I needed to get out of my marriage to Mark. I didnt have a drug problem and I was never an addict I had a Mark problem. The drugs were easy to give up, it was him I couldnt leave. I always knew if I left Mark Id get back on track.

But I really loved him. I had nowhere to go, I thought I was happy and he was the father of two of my kids (Max and Heidi) I already had one failed marriage (to ex Westlifer Bryan McFadden) and Id have done anything to make this one work. I didnt want Molly and Lilly (her children by first husband Bryan) thinking another mans walked out like their dad did. There was so much going on in my head and everyone was telling me to leave him. I wasnt strong enough then.

The lowest point of my life came when I went into the bathroom one day and tried to cut my foot open with a razor, I was that unhappy and miserable. I kept crying to Mark, saying I didnt want this life any more. It was a cry for help, like when my mum used to try and slit her wrists. But Id never do that, thats why Ive got my first two kids names on my wrists. That would be the most selfish thing to do to my children. I used to look at her when she did it and think, You selfish cow. I was hoping hed promise wed stop that lifestyle and change... but nothing, so I had to give up.

I like to think he loved me. I could never imagine bringing a child into this world, planning it which they both were just for a scam to try and make money out of me and use me.

Now that my heads in a much better place I look back and think what a mess my life was. I just didnt take care of myself. Mark took away my confidence. When I got a bit dressed up, rather than say, You look great babe, hed say, You look really fit, fancy a f**k? In the end I just thought I deserved better than this.

With Mark I used to eat loads of curries and takeaways rather than go to Waitrose or Marks & Sparks and getting a nice pasta or something. I had no pride in myself and I didnt give a sh*t, so I ate anything. I just modelled myself to his lifestyle. I put weight on. He used to say he didnt like me being too skinny and I wanted to please him and make him happy.

It was only after ditching Croft, who cheated on her with a lapdancer and splashed s1 million of her cash on fast cars, that she was finally free to change her lifestyle.

I dont have any kind of excercise regime or a personal trainer at the moment, but whenever Ive got too much going on in my head now Ill go for a good jog or do a bit of weight training at home. I can hardy believe it myself, but I really love to exercise now. The next step is to start toning everything up and get a personal trainer. But I dont really want to lose any more and get too thin cos I like my curves and Ive still got my 34 DD boobs.

I lost about a stone from coming off my bipolar medication in January. With the depression that went with it I just ate anything I fancied. When me and Mark were on drug binges I didnt eat for days, then I used to sit in bed and pig out and stuff my face with all sorts of junk.

We had a wonderful chef at boot camp and he opened up my tastebuds so I started eating fish and veg instead of junk food. When I go out Ill eat things Id never eaten before, like prawns and squid. Id rather have that than some chips and a cola. I feel better for it and I look better for it. Every doctor Id ever had told me to excercise to help my depression, but I couldnt be arsed before.

But there is a downside. Kerry admits that now shes free of the haze of drugs, medication and Mark, shes trying to come to terms with the effects the mess had on her children.

Now Im spending a lot more time with them than when I was with Mark, which was wrong because we were supposed to be a family and doing things like going to the park. There was that person inside me that wanted the love and affection I couldnt get from the kids. Now I realise all I actually need is them.

The worst thing people have said about me is Im a bad mother and my kids should be taken away from me. But Ive always been a protective mum. Even when I was doing drugs locked in the bedroom all they knew was that mummy wasnt feeling well. Of course Im horrified and ashamed of that now. Im terrified the kids will see those picures of me snorting cocaine on the internet. Thats the most shameful, embarassing thing I could have ever done to them. At the moment they havent got a clue about the drugs, but theyre bound to find out in the future. If they ask me Ill be honest and hopefully itll put them off drugs for life. When I saw those pictures I was full of self-loathing.

Talking of being honest and the future, now seems a good time to get to the truth about her friendship with Peter Andre. Pete and I send the odd text. Hes gorgeous, who wouldnt fancy him? I think wed make really beautiful kids, she laughs. But I dont think Im his type! But we are honestly good mates.

And as for her alleged new man, painter Adam Waldron, Kerry is playing it down. Come on, Im not even divorced yet. Adam is a good friend, hes a really nice bloke and he showers me with compliments, but thats all it is for now. One day at a time.

Although her fans are rooting for her, Kerry is hurt by constant sniping on internet forums that her new clean living wont last and that she never had a career to resurrect. Ill prove them wrong. I know Im never going back to that place. Im sorry if theyre so bloody perfect and their husbands have never cheated on them. Im sorry Im a human being and Ive made mistakes. A lot of people say, What is it Kerry Katona does? To be honest I dont know what my talent is. All I know is Ive found myself in the limelight and sh*t happened. Maybe my job is to show people, if I can get through this anyone can. Ive had amazing support from the public I want to prove to them Im not going back to that life.

KERRY KATONA TIME LINE
2004
Kerry married Westlifes Bryan McFadden in 2002, they had two daughters, Molly, now eight, and Lilly-Sue, now seven. They divorced in 2006.

2006
When she first started seeing Mark Croft, Kerrys weight rocketed and she was often pictured eating junk food.

2008
Kerry and Mark with their daughter Heidi, now three, the morning after her appearance on This Morning, when she infamously slurred her words.

2010
The new Kerry has lost 3 stone, left Mark Croft and turned her life around

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Kerry Katona: 'I don't need drugs or Mark - now all I need is my kids'

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Everyone knows when Kerry Katona arrives at the quiet upmarket studios in Chelsea for our photo shoot... you hear her. The crack-of-dawn calm is shattered as she crashes in looking slinky, cute and tanned in a denim hot pants ensemble, greeting everyone with a very loud, very Northern: Hello love, where do you want me?

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Several symbolic meanings lie within the exclusive wedding text. For example, The dress acts a metonymy for virtue, class status and traditional conventions. The lavish event pervades a reading of success through materialism.

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"Celebrity culture has a highly formal structure with coherent, bounded narratives that permit and extemporization by a cast of recognisable social types " ( Taylor and Bennett. 2010 .pg.5). In this way, Katona's lewd and erratic persona becomes a performance that is viewed with a "pleasurable blend of contempt, envy skepticism and prurience". ( Tyler and Bennet. 2010. pg. 5)

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Katona Branded The News of the Worlds No.1 Chav

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Katona Branded The News of the Worlds No.1 Chav

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"The term 'chav, has been used recently to label certain celebrities who are seen to embody a lack of taste and accomplishment and the ,celebrity chav' in Britain is almost exclusively gendered female. Kerry Katona may top their list." (Williamson, M. 2010)

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Public persona begins to clash with private persona. 

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In a later interview, Katona reveals the private impact of her divorce whereby she mentally struggled. Her move back to her hometown of Warrington brought her back on the drugs scene. She recalls taking drugs with her mother and friends to help her deal with her heartbreak.

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Kerry Katona BBC Interview - Bankrupt / Sacked / Banktruptcy - Cash Lady / Divorce / Brian / Mark

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Her persona is celebrated for motherhood and her successful marriage. she is an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances.  Katona represents traditional feminine ideologies associated with the hierarchy of marriage. She also confirms class democracy through her successful and glamorous celebrity lifestyle.

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" I want to go home its so hard I miss my kids"  

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" I want to go home its so hard I miss my kids"  

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Holmes argues that "the idea of therapeutic and confessional discourse, very much infuses identity construction in celebrity culture."  (Holmes and Redmond, 2010.p.54)

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Katona's coronation as 'Queen of the Jungle' was a high-profile media event that extended beyond the TV programme itself. (..) Katona's lack of education, bourgeois graces and proper speech, her vulgarity, naivete and bodily excess where briefly granted positive value  (Tyler and Bennet, 2010)

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Katona's coronation as 'Queen of the Jungle' was a high-profile media event that extended beyond the TV programme itself. (..) Katona's lack of education, bourgeois graces and proper speech, her vulgarity, naivete and bodily excess where briefly granted positive value  (Tyler and Bennet, 2010)

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 katona's  star persona was likened  to  "Marilyn Monroe who's desirability "came from her ability to move between poles of sexuality and innocence."  (Evans and Hesmondhalgh, 2005,p,140)

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 katona's  star persona was likened  to  "Marilyn Monroe who's desirability "came from her ability to move between poles of sexuality and innocence."  (Evans and Hesmondhalgh, 2005,p,140)

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When Katona publicly declares that she "puts the well being of her unborn child first."  She publicly sacrifices her music career for motherhood her public persona avoids the stereotype of the fem-fatal vixen. her persona  becomes an almost 'virtues'  woman of traditional values

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Pregnant singer Kerry Katona is to leave girl group Atomic Kitten for the health of her unborn child, her record company said.

She is to be replaced by blonde Jenny Frost who was seen earlier this year among a party holidaying with the Duke of York in Thailand.

Kerry, 20, is said to be leaving the band early in order to rest from the hectic schedule and prepare for the birth of her baby in September.

In a statement the band's manager, Stuart Bell, said: "We can confirm that Kerry Katona is leaving Atomic Kitten after she completes promotion for the band's current single, Whole Again, in early February.

"The Kittens' team is a very close knit family and we were all thrilled with the news of Kerry's pregnancy and completely understand her decision to put the wellbeing of her unborn child first. Being in Atomic Kitten is a 24 hour a day hectic way of life which really wouldn't make for a stress free, relaxed pregnancy."

On Monday, Kerry - who is engaged to Westlife's Bryan McFadden - left the Brit nominees launch party soon after arriving in London's Covent Garden saying she felt unwell.

Jenny Frost has enjoyed a taste of stardom as the fifth member of band Precious, which came 14th in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with Say It Again.

She is already working with fellow Kittens Natasha Hamilton and Liz McLarnon recording another single which is due out in March.

Kerry hopes to make her future career in television presenting and is currently considering various offers from a number of producers while the band's latest single is due for release on January 29.

Atomic Kitten have been nominated in the Brits for best British newcomer.

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Pregnant singer Kerry Katona is to leave girl group Atomic Kitten for the health of her unborn child, her record company said. She is to be replaced by blonde Jenny Frost who was seen earlier this year among a party holidaying with the Duke of York in Thailand.

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This time Katona has forgiven her mother and becomes an advocate for mental health. In this way, she can use her own and her mother's health issues to reinvent herself as a survivor.

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Kerry Katona Bravely Opens Up About Her and Her Mum's Drug Addictions | Good Morning Britain

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British tabloid newspaper, The News of the World exposes a video Of Katona snorting cocaine before picking up her children.  Her persona hits an all-time low she loses her lucrative promotional contracts including her advertising deal with frozen food chain Iceland

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Katona will never entirely escape her past. This parody makes fun of her erratic and 'chavvy' behaviour in this way her public persona becomes more comical than concerning to audiences. As seen in this comedic parody.

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Kerry Katona - "Fairytale Of New York" PARODY

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Fans by enlarge love and enjoy watching Katona for positive reasons. The format of the show combines self-discovery with comedy; the perfect components for Katona's star persona. She ends her journey on the show as a single healthy independent woman.

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Her recent appearance on  E4's Celebrities go Dating. At last gives Katona a chance to shine without controversy. Through her hilarious behaviour on the programme the public and media once again warm to Katona's vulgar language, fun personality and 'ordinary'  Working class traits.

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Kerry Katona left Celebs Go Dating viewers in hysterics tonight as she was incredibly blunt during her 'car crash' date this evening.

The 38-year-old appeared on the E4 dating show tonight and immediately admitted that she was "desperate" to find her new beau.

Attending the mixer, brash Kerry chose Miguel and dragged him off for a date.

Their whirlwind date began with Kerry downing drinks and joking that she "hadn't had a wash".

She then told him bluntly: "I'm 38, I've got five kids and had three failed marriages. Aren't there any warning signs going off?"

When he insisted that he was still interested, Kerry just didn't stop.

"I meet somebody, get married, get pregnant then get divorced," she told him laughing.

Surprisingly, he wasn't put off and tried to compliment her - during which she made a number of rude jokes.

After awwwing at his comments, she quipped: "Marry me - I'm joking!"

And fans were crying with laughter.

One tweeted: "Noooo Kerry is actually hilarious #celebsgodating."

While another commented: "Kerry Katona is gonna be next level #CelebsGoDating."

A third remarked: "Dating advice for Kerry...don't talk about your ex #CelebsGoDating."

*Celebs Go Dating airs at 9pm on E4

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'Drunk' Kerry Katona's car crash date leaves Celebs Go Dating fans in hysterics

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Kerry Katona left Celebs Go Dating viewers in hysterics tonight as she was incredibly blunt during her 'car crash' date this evening. The 38-year-old appeared on the E4 dating show tonight and immediately admitted that she was "desperate" to find her new beau. Attending the mixer, brash Kerry chose Miguel and dragged him off for a date.

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Katona comes across as extremely vulnerable and sad. The programme evokes a feeling of deep care and concern for Katona.  It could be that she is able to win back public support through empathy again.

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The mediated form of the  therapeutic confessional aids Katona's pursuit of  repairing her damaged star persona through themes of  authenticity and 'real' celebrity.

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Kerry Katona: 'I was suicidal over cocaine addiction and bad marriage’

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by Emma Dodds | 12 06 2018

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Kerry Katona has discussed her break-up with third husband George Kay on Loose Women today

Since news of Kerry Katona's third divorce came to light earlier this month, people everywhere have been desperate for more information on the split.

And whilst we've had bits through in dribs and drabs, she appeared on Loose Women today to discuss the split in detail with her close friend Coleen Nolan and the other Loose Women.

Kerry, 36, spoke out about the breakdown of her marriage in a candid interview.

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And, surprisingly, the mum-of-five was actually super positive about it.

She said: "I am absolutely amazing, I'm really good, yes I'm going through another divorce but it is what it is, it's over and I'm happy and I'm moving on.

"He's the father of my children and I wish George nothing but love and happiness. I hope he finds the peace to get the help he needs but I can't continue to help someone when I need help myself and to take responsibility for my actions.
WATCH: Kerry Katona Opens Up About the Breakdown of Her Third Marriage - Loose Women
"I got to the point where I said enough is enough. I'm drained but I'm not sad, I'm excited about my future, and I feel empowered I walked away from a relationship that wasn't a right one to be in."

Kerry went on to cite both her and George's mental health problems as the main reason behind their split.

She revealed that she only discovered his mental health issues when she was already in love with him: "I think you get your relationship, at first you all pretend to be something you're not and you fall in love then you see someone's true colours, even my true colours come out as well.

"When someone has mental health problems, as I have - which I've been ridiculed for for eight years - it's hard to walk away from somebody and I loved him, I didn't want to walk away, I wanted to help him.'

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Kerry went on to add in a very mature way that she could admit her share of the blame for the break-up.

She said: "I'm not gonna sit here and place blame, I take responsibility, I allowed that situation to happen, I allowed that into my own life and I've only got myself to blame.

"I have to take them actions and deal with them and move on."

Fans were quick to praise Kerry for her mature attitude.

You go, girl!
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Katona's dream wedding to ex rugby player George Kay

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The first pictures of Kerry Katona and George Kay's wedding have appeared following their ceremony in Gloucestershire last week.

The Atomic Kitten star and her third husband were surrounded by family and friends - including Katie Price - at the ceremony in Tortworth, which is featured in this week's OK! magazine.

Kerry and George on the cover of this week's OK! magazine

Kerry was walked down the aisle by her six-year-old son, Max, and was also joined by her daughters Molly, 12, Lily-Sue, 11, and Heidi, seven, from her two previous marriages, as well as the couple's four-month-old daughter Dylan-Jorge.

Speaking about her new hubby, Kerry told OK!:"I love him so much I just want to burst."

Despite rumours that alcohol had been banned at the couple's nuptials, Kerry said she intended to pace herself to stop her from getting too drunk.

"I have to take it easy," she said. "Two glasses of champagne and I'm just drunk. I'm going to pace myself so I can last longer."

Kerry also says her third wedding was different from her previous two, and she has met her perfect match in George, saying: "The first time I was an absolute baby. The second time I didn't know if I was coming or going. I was all over the place. I have grown up a lot. I was single for four years. Now I have met my soul mate."

And Kerry was typically honest when asked if she had put a gift list together, saying: "I haven't asked for presents. I have asked for money. Just a fiver in a card will do. I'm bankrupt and I've got five kids to feed."

Following the wedding, Kerry took to Twitter to deny reports that Katie Price had pulled out of being her bridesmaid at the last minute because her dress was too small.

"@MissKatiePrice great work by a journo again way off mark, no stroppy, no fallout, no dramas me and @misskatieprice are laughing at his work," she tweeted.
Read the full story in this week's OK! Magazine - out now. www.ok.co.uk

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FIRST LOOK Inside Kerry And George's Wedding

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Katona is looking the picture of a perfect mum beams healthily on the front page of a glossy magazine. Her separation from Mark Croft and her mother is the sacrifice she has made to rebuild her 'Good girl persona. She realises that they are no good to her and this creates meanings of self-discovery and journeying. The content vindicates Katona and underpins her recovery.

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Mark Croft states that he was using Katona for money in a exclusive newspaper article. 

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Mark Croft states that he was using Katona for money in a exclusive newspaper article. 

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After Croft sells his story admitting to his manipulation of Katona, the public are now free to blame Croft for Katona's downfall. The mediated view that Katona has been unfairly  taken advantage of gives Katona good leverage to rebuild her shattered public persona.

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Kerry Katona's ex Mark Croft tells how he took cash bribes to betray her and claims 'I hate her'

Her money and fame allowed him to live a life of luxury, even giving up work as a cab driver.

But Kerry Katona's estranged husband Mark Croft has finally proved her faith in him was misplaced - admitting he betrayed her throughout their marriage.

The 39-year-old cashed in on her popularity by taking cash from the paparazzi to reveal her location. He even revealed details of the emotional first meeting between Kerry and her birth father's children.

'When I did earn money by tipping people off she went mad,' he told the News Of The World. 'I would tell photographers where she was going and get paid for it.

'Kerry went mental when she found out - but it didn't stop me, I don't feel guilty.'

'She said: "Don't f***** do this to me. It makes me look stupid." I told her we get stuff out of it.

'It is a bit sh***y but it was worth a few hundred quid. If I hadn't done it somebody else would have done.'

Throughout their two-and-a-half year marriage 29-year-old Kerry continually stood up for Croft against his critics, refusing to listen to any criticism.

Now he says: 'I believe that she is used goods. Divorce is inevitable.'

The couple have two young children together along with Kerry's two older daughters from her first marriage.

But Croft said he wouldn't be seeking custody.

'I think kids should be with their mum,' he said.

He even admitted that he would taunt his wife, who suffers from bipolar disorder, until she lost her temper.

'I could push it to the limit,' he said. 'I know how to wind her up to the point she would start screaming at me.'

But rather than taking the blame for the end of their marriage, Croft claims Kerry is having an affair with a sports instructor she met at a weight loss bootcamp.

He said he had already taken back her wedding and engagement rings, admitting: 'I hate her.'

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Kerry continually exploits her poor working class upbringing her abusive childhood and failed marriages to provoke public sympathy. In this way, she can scrape back some elements of her damaged star persona.

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KERRY Katona has confessed her out-of-control drug taking would have killed her.

Speaking about husband Mark Croft, the reality TV star said: If Id stayed with Mark I would've been dead.

The next time you'd have seen me would have been at my funeral.

The ex-Atomic Kitten singer made the confession during filming of a one-off documentary to be screened next week.

In the dramatic footage filmed earlier this year after her marriage split, Kerry, 30, also admits she

MISSED large parts of her kids childhoods because she was off her head on cocaine.

WAS CLUELESS about where her money was disappearing to because she was doped up on medication for her manic-depression.

KNEW if she didn't leave her marriage she would end up dead.

WAS TERRIFIED if she left Mark he would spill the beans on her drug-taking.

Looking sad she says: Mark never ever expected me to come clean about my drug use. We were having a massive row and he said to me If you leave me, Ill destroy you, Ill tell them f***ing everything, I will destroy you.

And I was sh** scared so I said fine, you've got me, I'm yours.

And now Ive come clean he cant say anything or do anything. Fine, lets go to court Mark, well do a drug test and see whos clean and who's not. He can f*** off.

Kerry, who split from ex-cabbie Mark, 39, in February, says she doesn't think he ever really loved her.

But she stayed with him because she wanted a father-figure for her four children and couldn't face life as a single mum.

In her new documentary Kerry Katona Coming Clean produced by her management company Can Associates she admits she didn't want him back, but wanted him to PINE for her.

She says: Its nice to be wanted. But I don't think Mark ever did want me. Maybe he did, but it didn't feel like that. Kerry says she doesn't blame Mark and she tried to give him whatever he wanted but it got to the point where she wasn't getting anything.

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She said: I was like, you know what, I have to start looking after myself because if I don't look after myself, who's going to look after my kids. And the life I'm leading, Ill be dead.

Kerry, who lost a lucrative advertising contract with Iceland after being filmed snorting cocaine last year, says she resorted to taking more drugs in a bid to shock Mark into begging her to stop but he never did.

She said: I needed someone to stop me and I was trying to push Mark to prove how much he loved me by saying Look Kerry you've got f***ing kids out there. I knew that I was doing wrong.

She claims she used to say to Mark: I don't want this life no more, lets go to rehab together, let me take you to rehab. And he refused.

Kerry says: Id go OTT on the drugs, hoping that he would go Kerry, stop, that's enough but he didn't.

She says that on the day she went to a boot camp to try to get fit she deliberately cut her foot with a razor.

She says she was at her mums house crying Mum I don't want this, I feel trapped. I feel like I want to get out of my own skin.

I had nowhere else to turn, nowhere else to go and I just kept thinking What do I do to get out of this?.

Courage

Kerry admits she knew for months she had to leave Mark but it look a long time to pluck up the courage. She said: I knew what I needed to do, it was like ripping off a Band-Aid, but we were married, we had kids. That's a big thing.

The mum also confesses she was so focused on Mark and drugs she feels she has missed huge chunks of the childhoods of Molly, nine, Lilly-Sue, seven, Heidi, three, and two-year-old Max.

She says she and Mark would be desperate to get rid of her eldest kids Molly and Lilly Sue whose dad is first hubby Brian McFadden so they could take drugs.

They would drop the girls off at the airport to visit Brian's parents in Ireland. Kerry says: Mark couldn't wait, but like, they'd go and all I'd be doing, because I wasn't spending time with them, is getting off my head. I feel so ashamed and embarrassed because Ive lost four years with the kids, spending time with them.

Kerry claims she was so wrapped up in Mark she forgot her responsibilities.

Im so ashamed. I wish I could've done something about it sooner but when you're in love and you want that family unit, its just really hard. All I want is to turn my life around.

Once she had decided their marriage was over, Kerry moved from her home town of Warrington, Cheshire, to start afresh 200 miles away in Surrey near the home of her new agent Claire Powell.

And it is clear from the documentary footage that while she was desperate to change her ways and get away from bad influences, she was anxious about making the move.

Speaking at her leaving do she says: The last four years I lost touch with everybody. And when me and Mark split I got back in touch with everybody, my friends and family. And now I'm leaving again, Ive just got my life back and I'm f***ing off again.

During the 90-minute documentary, Kerry talks openly for the first time about her money troubles which led to her being declared bankrupt in 2008.

She says she was so drugged up on prescription tablets for her bi-polar disorder she had no idea what was going on with her finances.

In August last year Kerry was arrested for allegedly punching her former accountant David McHugh a convicted fraudster - after going to confront him. The charges were later dropped.

Kerry says she never laid one finger on McHugh.

She says detectives are investigating the financial set-up and have told her she has little chance of getting her money back.

Kerry says: How dare anyone put me and my children in this situation? It makes me f***ing furious because its not my fault, it really isn't.

And Kerry says she still doesnt know what happened to all her money.

Worst

She says the medication she was on was so strong she could barely speak in the morning.

Kerry says: I was so doped up I never knew what was going on I was always out of it. I was so like Do whatever you want, I'm not bothered.

I didnt know what was going on. I was getting all these fake statements.

I had millions of pounds and now I don't have a pot to p*** in. You know what? You couldn't make this sh** up.

She claims Mark invested s140,000 of her money in a business venture called Medina and when she later asked about the money she was told it had gone.

She says: Then the accountant told me I had a s2,000 bill from the tax man so I said Well pay it then take the money out of Medina and it wasn't there. I was like Why wasn't it there? but it had gone and that was it. That's why I'm bankrupt.

Kerry is later shown at her detached home in posh Wilmslow, Cheshire, which she was having valued as part of the bankruptcy settlement.

She says: Coming from nothing to a house like this. And the worst thing is when I sell it I aint getting any of the money because its going straight to bankruptcy.

This is the longest Ive ever lived in a house, three years. Ive lived in about 35 houses and Ive got to start all over again now. I just want to settle down.

My heads battered. Its so f***ing hard.

The documentary will be followed by a new fly-on-the-wall series called Kerry Katona The Next Chapter.

She spent six months being followed by a camera crew as she set up home in Surrey and celebrated her 30th birthday.

Kerry and her new management hope the documentary will show a different side to her ahead of her appearance on Dancing On Ice in the New Year.

And she is determined to show the public she has turned her life around.

She adds poignantly: The only person who can make this life change is me. Its just finding that strength.

Ive got that strength. I'm just taking it one day at a time. Im getting there.

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Kerry Katona says she fears destitution... but gets in some retail therapy just hours after being bailed for assault

Kerry Katona confessed she fears she will end up homeless - but hours later was spotted indulging in a spot of retail therapy.

The former singer, 28, reportedly told friends: 'I don't have an income, so how am I going to live? They'll repossess the house and I can't afford to rent. I'll have to sign on the dole.'

But her fears appeared to be far from her mind as she headed to the Trafford Centre in Manchester with husband Mark Croft.

She hit the shops just 24 hours after being arrested for allegedly hitting her accountant after finding out she was in further financial turmoil.

Kerry, 28, was also fired from her lucrative £250,000 a year Iceland job this week after a Sunday newspaper printed pictures of her and claimed it showed her snorting cocaine.

But the I'm A Celebrity winner and her husband, 39, decided that a little retail therapy at outlets such as Topshop, Schuh and Puma would help their woes.

It comes as Kerry's former nanny, Debbie Price, pleaded with the reality star to ditch drugs for the sake of her children.

The News of the World reported that Ms Price, who has known Kerry since she was a baby, wrote to her, saying she was 'full of lies'.

She wrote: 'It's pretty clear you're never going to change. Those kids will never have a mother figure because unfortunately you will always put drugs first, which is very sad.

'And as for the tears in the paper, I think we both know that was because you got caught.

'The people that know you know you're full of lies. If you had anything about you, you would do the right thing. Get off the drugs, be a mother and get your career back on track.

'I really hope that's what you do - for your children's sake.'

Kerry is said to be staying at a secret hotel after being released on police bail for allegedly hitting accountant David McHugh, 51,and throwing a hot cup of tea over him.

A source at The Sun, said friends say Kerry is close to breakdown and has threatened to slit her wrists after discovering her fiances are in jeopardy.

She was made bankrupt last year.

Yesterday, her accountant claimed the troubled reality star left him bruised and shaken after a furious showdown at his office.

The mother-of-four allegedly flew into a furious and violent rage as she accused him of 'destroying' her financially after discovering she has 'barely two pennies to rub together'.

A source told the Daily Star: 'She desperately wants to know where her money had gone.'

Mr McHugh said Kerry had attacked him in his office on Wednesday.

'I've got black and blue bruises on my neck and side. My neck is still sore. The police wanted me to go to the hospital but I decided not to.'

According to the accountant, she burst into the office to confront him after learning that contrary to reports her bankruptcy was not yet going to be lifted.

'The door slammed open and she said 'David what the f****** hell is this?' She was yelling and yelling and yelling.

'She started getting nasty and went for me,' he told the Daily Mirror. 'She caught my neck and ear and threw a hot scalding cup of tea over me, with papers going everywhere.'

Prior to the confrontation, McHugh claims she rang him and angrily said: 'What's going on? Where is all my money? Why do I have nothing left? I want to talk to you so you can explain why'."

Her husband Mark Croft, who witness the row, is said to be close friends with McHugh, who was jailed in 2004 for fraud.

McHugh says Croft sent him a text message after the showdown in an bid to 'sort things out'.

He says: 'I have no intention of sorting things out. I'm severing all contact.'

Katona, 28, was arrested at her home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, and held for eight hours after Wednesday's incident.

A source told the Sun: 'She's in meltdown, she doesn't need the Priory, she needs sectioning. Who in their right mind beats up their accountant.'

The incident follows an officially cautioning by police this week over a video that showed her apparently snorting cocaine.

Stills from the footage were printed in a Sunday newspaper and she then was fired from her £250,000-a-year job as the face of Iceland over the scandal.

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KERRY Katona has been to hell and back several times in her young life - from the dependence on drugs and alcohol when her marriage to Westlife's Bryan McFaddden fell apart, right back to the terrifying upbringing she had with her manic depressive mother. "And," adds Warrington's Queen of the Jungle "I'm only 26!"

It's hard to remember that Kerry came into the public eye as a member of Atomic Kitten. In recent years, she has made more headlines for her bitter marriage split and her drink and drug addiction than anything else.

Still awaiting her divorce from McFadden, Kerry, who is pregnant with her third child, by fiancé Mark Croft, confides: "I feel bloody awful at the moment because, whilst I'm pregnant, I can't take any medication for my bipolar disorder."

Although it wasn't an easy journey, Kerry was determined to write her own story to correct some of the more lurid headlines surrounding her private life.

Kerry admits that drugs and alcohol, which had been part of her life, were all too easy to fall back on when her marriage fell apart. Although Bryan slept with a lap-dancer on his stag night, the couple still went ahead with their fairytale wedding and, after four years of marriage, they were, so Kerry thought, a happy family with their daughters Molly, four, and Lilly Sue, three.

But when Bryan phoned Kerry to tell her the marriage was over and he started seeing Australian singer Delta Goodrem, Kerry was devastated.

"I begged him to come back," she recalls. "I couldn't sleep or eat and I lost two dress sizes in a matter of weeks. When he finally saw the state I was in, he and his road manager drove me to The Priory where I was diagnosed as being bipolar, but I needed more help and eventually went to an American clinic where we examined my history."

Delving into Kerry's childhood provides some of the most grisly reading in the book. "My earliest memory," admits Kerry "was watching my mother slice her wrists with a razor blade and seeing the blood flow. I was only three." Kerry's mother was eventually diagnosed as being manic depressive after she attempted suicide eight more times.

Sherbet

But Kerry admits her mother introduced her to drugs. "She rubbed smack on my gums when I was only 11, telling me that it was just like sherbet and, although I didn't like the taste, that became a regular thing."

Things came to a head when Kerry was 13 and her mother was in a violent relationship with a man who took them to London. "One night, he was so drunk, he stabbed her in the leg and then came upstairs carrying the knife shouting, 'Freddy's coming' like Freddy Krueger in Nightmare On Elm Street and I really thought he was going to kill me.

"The next day, I persuaded him to take mum to the hospital and we ran away."

Foster homes and children's homes followed and, desperate to be famous, Kerry became a wild child. She did glamour modelling and regularly flashed her breasts for free drinks in a Warrington club. "I even did some lap-dancing to get money," she says.

Dancing on stage with bands led to Kerry becoming the first member of Atomic Kitten. "It seems a lifetime ago now, but we had fun whilst it lasted."

The public showed they love her when they voted her Queen Of The Jungle in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! It remains a proud moment for her.

Kerry's natural resilience has made her a survivor, saying: "Although my marriage publicly broke up, I don't care now what Bryan thinks of my book. He was willing to declare me an unfit mother and claim custody of the children, which made me clean up my act, but he's not paid one penny for their upkeep, so he hasn't got a hope in hell.

"I don't see the so-called friends I used to do drugs with anymore and they're now selling their stories to the papers.

"We're moving into our new house soon, on the outskirts of Warrington, to wait for the baby. I see this as a new start for all of us and if this book helps just one other person, it'll be worthwhile."

Kerry's book, Too Much, Too Young, is out now.

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KERRY Katona has been to hell and back several times in her young life - from the dependence on drugs and alcohol when her marriage to Westlife's Bryan McFaddden fell apart, right back to the terrifying upbringing she had with her manic depressive mother. "And," adds Warrington's Queen of the Jungle "I'm only 26!"

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"The image signifies key elements of working class celebrity ,her pregnant body appears to be bursting out of the jacket with emphasis on her large breast" (Taylor and Bennet. 2010. p.10)

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Kerry Goes Crazy | I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

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katona challenges sexist stereotypes by winning gruelling and intense trials.

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From fairy tale to wedding to cheep wedding

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WHEN Kerry Katona glimpsed an old newspaper with a picture of herself happy and smiling after she was voted Britain's Best Mother, she wept tears of shame.

Desperate and depressed, the star had been spending nights snorting cocaine and knocking back booze to numb herself against the wreck her life had become.

At her lowest point, she couldn't even bear to let her two beloved little girls look at her.

Now in her most brutally honest interview ever, Kerry, 25, tells the Mirror: "I was a complete mess. I was drinking and doing drugs because that was all I could think of to do because my life was such a mess.

"I actually got to the point where I thought I was losing my mind.

"Rather than think I had to sort my life out and deal with all my problems I just f***ed myself up even more with cocaine and booze. I was completely out of control.

"When people found out how I was behaving I didn't really care but it broke my heart that I was being called an unfit mother.

"There are no excuses for what I did but it was wanting to be the best mother I could be that stopped me. And I never let my children ever see me out of my head. I couldn't bear that.

"I've never even let my children see me cry and, believe me, I've done a hell of a lot of crying over the past two years."

Just 18 months earlier, former Atomic Kitten Kerry was the nation's sweetheart.

Millions voted for her to become queen of the jungle after her plucky performance on ITV1 hit show I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

But within months of Kerry's triumph her husband, Westlife's Brian McFadden, called time on their four-year marriage and began dating Australian singer Delta Goodrum.

Kerry's early years were littered with spells in care homes, women's refuges and terrifying times with her mother's often violent partners.

Faced with her own marriage split, she says: "I didn't cope. I thought I had somehow got this perfect life - a beautiful house, a famous husband and two gorgeous girls. Then Brian told me he didn't love me any more and ended it."

She claims it was her mother Sue who encouraged her use cocaine and alcohol to forget problems - and even took drugs alongside her.

Kerry shrugs and says: "Me and my mum would get f***ed up together. That was our way of dealing with problems. My mum gave me my first line of speed when I was 14.

"If you had the sort of upbringing I've had, it's more normal to ask for drugs than ask for help. I just got into more and more of a mess.

"My life became this reality freak show. I knew it just had to end. I was so totally unhappy."

Gossip magazines abounded with tales about Kerry's drunken antics. And they put the spotlight on her fiery relationships with model Dan Corsi and Dave Cunningham, a local lad from her home town of Warrington, Cheshire.

When Brian branded her a bad mother, Kerry knew she had to change.

She says: "I was so angry. Although I was a mess, I was never a mess in front of my girls."

TODAY she looks a world away from the party animal she became. Wiped clean of make-up for her exclusive Mirror interview in a London hotel, her face looks fresh and her hair is back to its natural brown.

Kerry, three months pregnant by her fianc? Mark Croft, recalls: "I was in my publicist's office one day and I saw these pictures of me smiling as Best Mum and I just thought how everything had just gone so wrong.

"I couldn't bear my kids to have the childhood I had - falling asleep in pubs covered up by a coat. So I went to rehab at the Priory.

"I talked to my therapist about how I just felt so depressed and that was what made me use drink and drugs.

"Then one day he explained to me that I wasn't a drug addict or an alcoholic. He said I was a binger and bipolar, which means I have these incredible mood swings from the deepest depression to the biggest highs.

"I had honestly thought that I really was losing my grip on reality and going insane.

"Someone diagnosing me with a condition made me feel like a weight had been lifted."

KERRY'S condition can be controlled with medication. Though within weeks of diagnosis she became pregnant and had to stop taking her pills.

She says: "My life is now bipolar with a load of pregnancy hormones thrown into the mix so I'm all over the place.

"One minute I'm laughing my head off, the next I'm in bed crying for three days."

But she is determined to be a better mum than ever to Molly, five, and Lilly Sue, three.

"A year or so ago I did believe I was a bad mother but now I'm not having any of that," she insists. "I know I'm a really good mum.

"I'm the one who makes them have a happy life.

"The other day we went to a party in a pub.

"Molly fell asleep and I saw my mum go to put a coat over her. I just flipped and took her home to bed.

"I'm not having my little girl lying asleep in pubs like I did.

"My divorce from Brian will come through in a few weeks and then it'll just be me and Mark. I can't wait to have his baby and get married and be a family."

Kerry has cleaned up her life but she admits she is still trying to quit smoking.

She says: "I'm just at home with the kids these days. I watch cartoons a lot of the time and I'm usually in bed by 10pm.

"The only other thing I like doing is checking out the I Hate Kerry websites. I'm addicted.

"Any therapist would say I'm desperate to keep punishing myself because some of the things that get posted make me cry but I can't stop myself.

"I'm also having the worst pregnancy in the world because I'm sick all the time and I feel rougher than the roughest dog but I can't wait to have my baby.

"I really, really want a boy this time."

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WHEN Kerry Katona glimpsed an old newspaper with a picture of herself happy and smiling after she was voted Britain's Best Mother, she wept tears of shame. Desperate and depressed, the star had been spending nights snorting cocaine and knocking back booze to numb herself against the wreck her life had become.

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Kerry is defiantly honest about the fact that she is still smoking during pregnancy - and she knows she will be slated by health experts.

Lighting up her third cigarette during our two-hour interview she said: "I know, I know, I'm pregnant and smoking.

"But I only have about five a day if I'm feeling stressed and I've cut right down from 20.

"A few years ago they had ash trays in maternity wards and lots of mums-to-be smoked.

"It didn't harm my last little girl Heidi but because it's me I'm bound to get slated. And they'll say I'm drinking and doing drugs too - all bollocks.

"I had two glasses of champagne at New Year but I've had nothing else to drink.

"It doesn't matter what I say though - someone will claim I'm necking vodka and doing coke."

Kerry revealed to The People that she will be filmed giving birth to her new baby in May "but only from the top end, not the gory bits".

She andMark hope to find out the sex of the baby during a scan this week but are desperately hoping for a boy.

Kerry proudly showed off her baby bump as she posed for sexy photos at a Manchester hotel during filming of her MTV documentary.

Despite being almost five months pregnant she boldly stripped off and donned a black bra and knickers for glamour photographer Andy Le Sauvage.

In pink stilettos and a stunning choker necklace the feisty mum-to-be stood with her hands on her hips and her tum jutting out.

She said: "It was great to get tarted up and sexy-looking again. At home I'm always in my pyjamas or tracky bottoms and I'm sure I'll look a right mess on the MTV programme. The crew have never seen me so glamorous.

"I love my pregnant body, so why shouldn't I show it off ?"

Name: Kerry Katona.

Childhood: Foster parents

First big break: Joins Atomic Kitten after leaving school at 16.

First big love: Westlife's Brian McFadden. They marry in £450,000 dream wedding in 2002.

Hear tbreak: They split two years later and start custody battle for daughters.

Lowest point: Kerry goes into rehab and is treated for drug abuse and depression.

Fighting back: She becomes face of Iceland food ads and writes best-selling autobiography.

New love: She falls for taxi driver Mark Croft and they marry in February 2007.

New baby: She fell pregnant in September.

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Katona losses her good mother persona.

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lands a lucrative advertising deal with frozen food chain Iceland. Her celebrity persona evolves into hardworking  celebrity single mum.

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RTE 1 Continuity/Trails - 23rd December 2004

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She wins celebrity mum for the second time. proving that her single mother status has not devalued her public persona.

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Brain McFadden announces the couples break up. The way in which Katona publicly deals with her impending divorce and rumours of infidelity is honourable. She does not enter into any bitter media dialogue she remains positive, evoking public sympathy

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Brian McFadden and Kerry Katona were once a shining couple in the showbiz world after getting together in the early 2000s.

The couple were at the top of their game with Brian in Westlife and Kerry in Atomic Kitten.

The pair got married in 2002 and had two daughters together before it all went downhill for them.

Just a few months after Kerry took home the crown as Queen of the Jungle, the couple announced that they were splitting.

Something that shocked fans to their cores as they looked the picture of love when Brian joined his wife when she exited the Jungle.

So what went wrong?

Well last year, Kerry alluded to what happened when she appeared on Loose Women.

'I was Kerry McFadden married to Brian when I first appeared on Loose Women aged 22,' she said.

'It was always my Brian this and that, and then one day Brian said to me, "I'm recording a new single with someone called Delta Goodrem, come with me".'

'And I was like, "I can't come, I'm on Loose Women".'

'Imagine if I didn't, I'd still be married. You ruined my life Loose Women!' she joked.

Kerry was referring to the fact that Brian went on to date Delta for seven years after leaving Kerry. Brian has always insisted their relationship began after he split from Kerry.

In another interview with Reveal magazine, Kerry said, 'I was devastated when we split up. The night before Mark [her second husband] proposed I was on the phone to Brian begging him to take me back.'

Kerry went on to refer to Brian as the 'love of my life', while Brian has been less pleasant when referring to Kerry.

Speaking to Closer magazine, he said, 'I have no interest in her lifestyle - we just talk about the kids.'

'You move on and have your own lives - why would you want to talk to your ex? If you wanted to talk to each other you would still be together.'

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Brian McFadden and Kerry Katona were once a shining couple in the showbiz world after getting together in the early 2000s. The couple were at the top of their game with Brian in Westlife and Kerry in Atomic Kitten. The pair got married in 2002 and had two daughters together before it all went downhill for them.

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Kerry and husband host one of Britain's most respected and loved magazine show, This Morning.

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katona's personality allows her to transcend with ease from singer to  TV Presenter.

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Kerry Katona is to host a new dating show for ITV.

The former Atomic Kitten singer will front a UK version of the US smash Elimidate, which sees four singles vie for the affections of a member of the opposite sex. One person is eliminated at the end of each round, with the remaining single going on an expensive date at the end of the show.

"I'm really excited to be presenting such a great new show," said Kerry. "I can't wait to meet the contestants and hit the hot spots for some outrageous fun."

Filming for the eight-part series will take place in the US, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe over the next two months following contestant auditions. A weekly one-hour series Elimidate Uncut will also be filmed for transmission on ITV2.

"Elimidate is going to be one of the most talked about shows of the year and it`s great to have Kerry Katona on board as host," said Mark Wells, controller of entertainment at Carlton. "Kerry`s character is perfect for the show - she`s full of fun and personality, says what she thinks and she`s young and sexy. We know she`ll bring lots of laughter to Elimidate and we`re really looking forward to getting stuck in to filming with her."

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a symbolic text that confirms her acceptance into top celebrity society.

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Daniel Beddingfield wins British Male presented by Kerry Katona | 2004

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"The wedding is a way of extending the celebrity profile as well as adding value to the individual's brand through wedding stories" (Winch and Webster2012)

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Quality street's celebrity mum of the year.

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Quality street's celebrity mum of the year.

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Apart from the connotations of winning an award, her casual clothes, minimal makeup and cute daughter. personifies her maternal and ordinary persona

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Katona's causal style symbolises her at home 'ordinary' persona. while the article solidifies her extraordinary persona.

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"Media coverage from this period constructs her as an archetypal 'ordinary celebrity,' the working class girl done good"  ( Tylor and Bennet, 2009)

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TV show 'stars in their eyes'. creates a semiotic correlation between Katona's persona and Monroe's.

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Kerry Katona - Santa baby  (Celebrity Stars in their eyes, 18-12-2004)

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Katona persona as an honest, lovable, working-class woman and mother is authenticated by her time in the jungle. She is beautiful but not sexually aggressive maintaining her female essence of ordinary but extraordinary celebrity.

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Kerry Is Crowned Queen Of The Jungle | I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

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Katona" is depicted as an unhappy, slovenly mother barley hanging onto her sanity" (Taylor and Bennet. 2010. p.9)

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Kerry Katona, Whats The Problem, Episode 7 Part 1

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Fairy tale wedding in a magical setting.  

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Fairy tale wedding in a magical setting.  

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The HELLO world exclusive advocates the transformative nature of celebrity. Katona a girl from a working-class estate has a wedding fit for a princess.

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"I've had to work my ar*e off to save my career."

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"I've had to work my ar*e off to save my career."

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Katona makes a valid point as she argues that her gender has affected how the public and media have vilified her in contrast to the public and media treatment of convicted drink driver and award-winning TV host, Ant McPartlin. Is justified in her criticism due in part to the fact that unlike her Ant put lives in danger. And the large amount of confessional/self-discovery work she has had to be seen doing to recover her damaged star persona.

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Kerry Katona is convinced she is unfairly demonised for her addictions because she is a woman and a single mum.

The reality TV star has openly spoken about her drug and men problems.

But the three-times married, mum of five believes she would have been forgiven her wild ways if she were a man.

The singer, 38, said male celebs, such as drink-drive TV host Ant McPartlin, get far less criticism.

Ant,43, went to rehab last year after getting a 20-month driving ban in April after crashing while over the limit.

He was welcomed back to host Britain's Got Talent with TV partner Dec.

Despite Ant's break, the pair won the National Television Award's best TV presenter gong for an 18th year.

Kerry said: "I've had to work my a*** off to save my career yet with Ant, eight months later he's back winning awards as if nothing has happened,"

"He was driving a car p***** up and could have killed a child and he had his issues with drink and drugs. I think that says a lot about society.

"I'm so proud of Ant for turning his life around and his sobriety.

"He's done an amazing job, but it was like when I was on This Morning 10 years ago slurring my words due to bipolar medication, I'm still today crawling my way back up that ladder again. People don't let me forget that."

The former Atomic Kitten star became an addict at 14 after being given speed by her mum.

She said: "When men have a breakdown or they do something bad they're forgiven like that but when a woman has a breakdown or they turn to drugs, especially if you're a mother you're not as easily forgiven.

"Being a mum, especially being a single mum, who has bipolar and mental health issues, who was a drug addict, I get his criticism and judgement.

"But look at Ant and people like Russell Brand and Robbie Williams, even the Rolling Stones, it's all cool for them to be ex-drug addicts or have kids with different women.

"The whole This Morning incident, the drugs, the men, that's not my legacy, that's not who I am.

"I've accepted that part of my life, I'll hold my hands up. You have to accept responsibility because you can't move on otherwise. But I'm more than that and I will prove it to everyone."

Kerry is on the new series of Celebs Go Dating on E4 but is determined not to repeat her mistakes with men.

She said: "My kids have had more stepdads than hot dinners. They just want me to be happy. Molly likes it when I'm single as they get all my attention.

"Every relationship I've been in, the man has always been quite jealous of my children, of me giving them affection. That's not going to happen again.

"I'm thinking about what I want and it has nothing to do with a man, it's liberating and feels exciting. I don't want any more children. I don't want to get married again."

After a long time, Kerry is finally on good terms with ex husband Brian McFadden, dad of Molly and Lilly, currently on Dancing on Ice.

Kerry said: "I'm the mum of his kids and I understand women in his life can get a bit jealous over that."

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Kerry Katona blasts Ant McPartlin over drugs double standards

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Kerry Katona is convinced she is unfairly demonised for her ­addictions because she is a ­woman and a single mum. The reality TV star has openly spoken about her drug and men problems. But the three-times married, mum of five believes she would have been forgiven her wild ways if she were a man.

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Katona's celebrity relationship with boyband  member Brian McFadden elevates her  media presence. The official engagement image  highlights her natural sexuality and  pervades the message that she is both desired and desirable.

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Kerry Katona gets real in this week's Living With Lucy as she tells presenter Lucy Kennedy about her life from depression, marriage breakdowns and bankruptcy.

The Atomic Kitten singer also reveals details about her marriage to former Westlife singer Brian McFadden, including how he proposed, on this weeks installment of the TV3 series.

Reminiscing the romantic memory, Kerry said that the proposal took place in Ireland just three weeks after thew pair had met!

"Brian asked me to marry him three weeks after we met; it was dead romantic, how he asked me to marry him. He invited me over to Ireland to meet his family, we flew over, and I went to meet his mom and his dad.

"And after we finally got to the house we were staying in and I thought thank god for that, I've just come from Japan.

"He said 'come on I want to take you somewhere else, I've got one more trip', and we pulled up to this castle, Doe Castle in Donegal, and he said 'do you know why I've brought you here, this is where my granddad proposed to my nan and they were married all their lives'.

"And he got down on his knee and he opened a box and there was a ring, just a round ring and it was white and gold with five diamonds in it, he asked me to marry him and I just said yes," she said.

How sweet?

Living With Lucy airs tomorrow the 4th of October at 9:30pm on TV3.

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Kerry Katona reveals the adorable way Brian McFadden proposed

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Kerry Katona gets real in this week's Living With Lucy as she tells presenter Lucy Kennedy about her life from depression, marriage breakdowns and bankruptcy. The Atomic Kitten singer also reveals details about her marriage to former Westlife singer Brian McFadden, including how he proposed, on this weeks installment of the TV3 series.

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1998: Andy McClusky forms Atomic Kitten, claiming that Katona was "the secret hand grenade, she couldn't sing but exploded into any room and was loved by everyone" (Mc Cormick, 2013)
Her persona is constructed as vivacious and endearing.

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Manger Andy McCluskey, recalls telling Katona  "your gonna be a star, because you've got that'Marilyn Monroe' syndrome'"

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Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is my guest for the second episode of Needle Time, which broadcasts tonight at 10pm on Vintage TV. One of the most fascinating, articulate and entertaining pop theorists and raconteurs I know, McCluskey proved to be typically forthright on the subject of Atomic Kitten, the girl group he formed and wrote songs for in 1998 after OMD broke up.

"I love Kerry Katona!" he proclaimed of their vivacious but erratic star, who went on to become a fixture of Britain's tabloids and star of reality TV shows such as I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here." The first time I met her I told her, 'You're going to be a star, because you've got Marilyn Monroe syndrome. You're gorgeous but you don't know it.'"

McCluskey claimed all his years as a musician did not prepare him for the viciousness and dishonesty of the manufactured pop business. After steering Atomic Kitten to a number one hit with his song Whole Again in 2001, McCluskey was effectively sacked because the record company told him, in no uncertain terms, "We've got a formula now and it works. We want Whole Again, Whole Again and more f-ing Whole Again." To his horror, he found himself barred by lawyers from contacting the girls who he had discovered as teenagers in Liverpool and moulded into pop stars. The original trio of Katona, Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton reunited last year.

"She was going to be a Page 3 model, but she couldn't because she'd been in foster care and she was under eighteen," McCluskey says of Katona. "So I said give me a year and let me see if I can make you into a pop star because you're just amazing. She couldn't sing. But Liz and Natasha could sing, and Kerry was like the secret hand grenade: you'd throw her in the room and she'd just explode. Everybody loves her."

In 2006, McCluskey reunited with Paul Humphreys, his partner in OMD, and the pair have released two acclaimed new albums, including this year's English Electric, bringing their pulsing electro pop sound up to date. Once scorned as pretentious synth posers, OMD's synthetic sound is perfectly in line with modern digital pop. I asked McCluskey if he felt like electronic music had won, which caused him to guffaw with laughter. "Did it win? That's a really good question. There was a time there when we were desperately trying to fight the rock and roll clichés. We were on a crusade to do something different. So there we were, hacking away at the monster's head, and we thought we had got it properly severed, and then grunge and Britpop came along. You can't imagine how shocking it was to be told, no, your vision of the future is the past, and the future actually sounds like 1969!"

You can see the whole interview on Needle Time on Vintage TV at 10pm, Tuesday 14th on (Sky channel 369, Virgin 343 and Freesat 515)

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OMD's Andy McCluskey: Kerry Katona had Marilyn Monroe syndrome

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Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is my guest for the second episode of Needle Time, which broadcasts tonight at 10pm on Vintage TV. One of the most fascinating, articulate and entertaining pop theorists and raconteurs I know, McCluskey proved to be typically forthright on the subject of Atomic Kitten, the girl group he formed and wrote songs for in 1998 after OMD broke up.

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Atomic kittens music video for their ' debut single, 'Right now'  employs bright block colours which create the bands image  as; bright young and feisty. Audience relate to the girls for their natural beauty and high street fashion. the image is easily identifiable and replicated with fans.