Bio
Kerry Katona is an English television presenter, magazine columnist and former pop singer with girl band Atomic Kitten.
Kerry as a child was in care and was fostered eight times. She did not know her father.
On 5th January 2002 she married Westlife star Brian McFadden at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathfeigh, County Meath, and changed her name to Kerry McFadden.
They had their honeymoon in Mauritius. They have two daughters, Molly and Lilly-Sue.
The couple separated in September 2004 when Brian left to pursue a relationship with Delta Goodrem and Kerry reverted to her maiden name.
Brian wrote a song on his first album called "Be True To Your Woman" about the failed relationship.
In 2005 Dave Cunningham, a former teenage sweetheart, moved in with her for seven months. Katona subsequently married Mark Croft, a former cab driver.
Emily Herbert wrote a biography of her in September 2005 called Kerry: Story of a Survivor, published by John Blake Publishing.
On July 27, 2006, Kerry announced that she was expecting her third child (her first with Croft) in Winter 2006/2007.
Katona and Croft were married at Gretna Green in Scotland on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 in a private ceremony with 2 friends as witnesses. She gave birth to a baby girl named Heidi Elizabeth on February 20, 2007, six days after her wedding.
She was born at Warrington General Hospital weighing 5lbs. The baby was six weeks' premature and delivered by Caesarean section after Katona went into labour early
Katona was a member of the Brit group Atomic Kitten. She later admitted to never having sung on any of the group's songs while she was a member, although her spoken-word vocals feature on the group's biggest hit Whole Again.
On July 15, 2007 Katona was allegedly taken hostage with her husband and daughter at their home in Wilmslow. Three burglars held them captive and allegedly even threatened to kill them, taking the family's mobile phones to make sure they could not contact anyone.
Katona was allegedly held at knifepoint downstairs whilst other burglars forced her husband to show them where the valuables were kept. None of them were physically harmed but the burglars eventually left with a Blue BMW and other valuables, the total loss being in the region of £100-150,000.
On Tuesday night, 19th July, Police found the car, which was not damaged, 10 miles away on Reeves Road in Chorlton, Manchester. It was taken to a secure garage to be forensically examined.
On July 19th Katona was admitted to The Priory hospital suffering from bi-polar disorder. Her spokesman, Max Clifford, stated she had suffered from the disorder for some time but her recent symptoms were brought on by the armed robbery.
On August 6, 2007 it was reported that Croft, her husband, had committed adultery. He has left the marital home at Katona's insistence. Croft denied the accusations.
Katona is engaged in an ongoing legal action by former husband Brian MacFadden, who is attempting to gain custody over the children fathered whilst married to Katona.
The grounds include Katona's drug use (and alleged addiction) and her mental state (she was recently treated for bi-polar disorder, a condition which can be caused and/or exacerbated by the use of certain illegal drugs).
In August 2007, Kerry refused to take a drug test to prove that she can take care of her two children.