Kerry Katona says she doesn't regret doing drugs, going bankrupt or any of her marriages

Sunday World

24-04-2025

'I don't regret any of it because I'm where I'm today.'
Kerry Katona has said that she doesn't regret doing drugs, going bankrupt or any of her marriages.
The 44-year-old, who has done numerous stints in rehab for cocaine use, filed for bankruptcy twice and had three unsuccessful marriages.
' I don't regret the bankruptcies. I don't regret the marriages. I don't regret any of it because I'm where I'm today,' she told The Speakmans Hope Clinic podcast.
'I've got to a point in my life now that every morning I wake up, I'm so grateful. I'm so thankful, and so many people would change their lives [with me] in a heartbeat.
'I think we've all got our own sh*t going on. We've all got crap. Everyone's got their own story. I am not a victim. I used to be. I used to live in a self-pity party. Poor me.
'You guys know me better than anybody,' she said to podcast hosts Nik and Eva Speakman.
'And all I want to be is loved.'
Kerry Katona
Appearing on the show, Kerry wore a bright blue t-shirt with her blonde locks worn down.
'In our Hope Clinic this week, @kerrykatona7 opens up about her past, her recent break up, and how she always bounces back despite having her trust broke,' a description of the episode reads.
The mother-of-five recently split from her fiancé, and partner of six years Ryan Mahoney.
Mahoney (36) moved out of their home after 'a breach of trust.'
Announcing the split in her OK! Magazine column last November, she wrote:
'Last week I spoke about how Ryan and I were having a tough time and now he has moved out of the house.
'We are no longer together and It's been a really tough week - I never in a million years thought this would happen. Without going into too much detail, there has been a breach of trust between us.
'I don't know if we'll be able to work it out or not, but I do still love him so much. I feel like everything has heaped on recently and it's so much to deal with, I am really struggling,' she continued.
'But I know I can get through it no matter what happens, I've been through break-ups before and come out the other side, so we just need to see what happens.'
Prior to the split, Kerry revealed she felt 'unsupported' by Ryan and had temporarily moved in with her mother, Sue,
At the time, she said: 'I want to say a massive thank you to my mum, who has been my rock during the last couple of weeks. I've been staying at hers and she's really looked after me.
Kerry Katona
'If I'm honest, I've felt more lonely than ever during my recovery. Ryan was away getting a tattoo in London when I went into hospital and I haven't seen him since my surgery over a week ago.
'That upset me, because it made me feel unsupported and I could have done with the emotional support. I'm always the 'strong mum' in our house and this week I really wanted to be looked after and have him here, but I had my mum instead,' she said.
Katona has often joked about her numerous tumultuous relationships.
Appearing on the Podge and Rodge show in 2018, Podge joked: 'It must be hard to get parking outside your house on Father's Day.'
Laughing, she fired back: 'I never knew my dad, so I want to make sure there's enough dads involved for my kids.
"If you lose one, there's another one there!'
Kerry Katona and Brian McFadden were married from 2002 to 2006
Katona's first marriage was to Westlife star Brian McFadden.
The couple tied the knot in Meath in 2002 before settling down in Portmarnock where they lived until they split in 2004.
They welcomed two daughters, Molly (21) and Lilly-Sue (20), during their relationship.
Her marriage after that was to Mark Croft from 2007 to 2010. Their relationship was fraught with allegations of cheating from both parties. Kerry also claimed that he had an 'obsession with spending her money,' contributing to her first bankruptcy in 2008. Her second was in 2013.
The couple had two children together, Heidi (16) and Max (14), and eventually split after Katona cheated on her hubby with ex-Royal Marine, Kevin Green.
The pair went on to have a short-lived romance before Katona met her third husband, George Kay, with whom she shared one daughter, Dylan-Jorge (11).
Katona and Kay wed in 2014, and divorced three years later in 2017. The 39-year-old former professional rugby league player died suddenly in 2019 after biting into a ball of cocaine and having a seizure in front of staff at a Holiday Inn.