Biography
Who is Kerry Katona?
Early life and background
Kerry Katona was born in Warrington, United Kingdom, on September 6, 1980. Her mother is Sue Katona, and her maternal grandfather was a Hungarian who fled Budapest to London during the Second World War. She never had a relationship with her father, Ronnie Armstrong, who passed away from cancer in 2008. During her childhood, she was placed in care and brought up by four different sets of foster parents while attending eight different schools.
She left school at the age of sixteen and worked as a lap dancer, touring Europe. She later posed topless for Page 3 in The Sun when she was seventeen and worked as a glamour model for publications such as New!, Now, and Star before transitioning into mainstream entertainment and television.
Atomic Kitten and singing career
In 1998, Kerry Katona auditioned for a new girl group created by OMD frontman Andy McCluskey and joined the lineup that became Atomic Kitten. Their debut single, Right Now, was released in November 1999 and reached number ten on the UK charts. After initial struggles with subsequent releases, the group found big success with the single Whole Again.
Kerry Katona left the group in January 2001 just before the release of Whole Again due to an unexpected pregnancy and internal conflicts. She later reunited with her bandmates on the reality show The Big Reunion in 2013 and toured with them for four years before leaving the group again following an altercation in 2017.
Television and reality shows
Kerry Katona won the third series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2004. Following this victory, she appeared in numerous commercials for the supermarket chain Iceland and presented dating shows such as ElimiDate. She also served as a judge on the talent show You're a Star.
Over the years, she starred in multiple reality television series documenting her life, including Kerry Katona Crazy in Love and Kerry Katona Whole Again. She competed on Dancing on Ice and Celebrity Big Brother in 2011, finishing as the runner-up on the latter show. In later years, she won Celebs on the Farm and Celebrity Ghost Trip in 2021, and appeared on Celebs Go Dating.
Personal life and relationships
From 2002 to 2004, Kerry Katona was married to singer Brian McFadden, with whom she shares two daughters. She later married taxi driver Mark Croft in February 2007, having two children before their divorce in 2011. In September 2014, she married former rugby league player George Kay, with whom she had a daughter, before their separation and his subsequent death in 2019.
Kerry Katona has also faced well-documented struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, leading to several stints in rehab. In recent years, she expanded her career by joining OnlyFans during the COVID-19 pandemic and began a relationship with Paolo Margaglione after meeting him on Celebs Go Dating.
Birthday and age
Kerry Katona was born on September 6, 1980, which makes Kerry 46 years old today. That birthday falls under the Virgo sign. Kerry shares the date with 68 other famous people.
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