Kerry Katona Confesses All, Again

After a wobbly performance on ITV’s This Morning last month Kerry Katona has admitted that she is an alcoholic. In an interview with The People Kerry said, “Four years ago I was diagnosed as an alcoholic after a stay in The Priory clinic. This is not common knowledge as I’ve never admitted it before. But this is a battle I will face for the rest of my life. I can get through days without a drink but it’s hard. I never promise myself or my family that I can beat this addiction but I’ll try bloody hard.” However she and her husband Mark Croft emphasised that her behaviour on the show was still down to medication she had taken the previous night for her bi-polar disorder.
Katona has a troubled history going back long before she became a public figure. In this week’s Observer Magazine, Kathryn Flett explains that Kerry Katona was brought up by her mother and her first memory was of her mother’s attempted suicide. Kerry’s mother, Sue, was the daughter of a prostitute; while Kerry’s dad was a married man who left before she was born. Kerry put her self in care, and was cared for by four sets of foster parents. She left school at 16 to become a stripper.
Despite being a total gift for any publicist, Kerry has now parted company with uber-PR Max Clifford after he questioned the wisdom of her appearance on this Morning. This just seems like one more step on her voyage of self-destruction.

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