Kerry Katona Kerry Jane Elizabeth Katona (born 6 September 1980) is an English media personality. She is most known for her television work (predominantly in television commercials and reality shows) and for being a magazine columnist. She has also acted, released several books (though these were ghostwritten on her behalf), and was also once a member of the pop girl group Atomic Kitten. Katona was brought up partly by her mother Sue Katona and partly by her stepfather, foster grandmother and others. Her first known memory was of her mother's attempted suicide. When she was very young she was placed in care and brought up by four sets of foster parents. During that time, she went to eight different schools. She is one-quarter Hungarian.[citation needed] Katona left school with no qualifications at age 16 to become a lap dancer, then joined a dance troupe that toured Europe. In 2001, nude 'open leg' photographs of her appeared in censored form in the UK tabloid newspaper The Sunday Sport.

Kerry Katona and Bipolar Disorder

On 19 July, 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.

Katona has been criticised for smoking during her pregnancies. She was spotted having a cigarette while pregnant with daughter Heidi in 2006, which led to her spokesman admitting that she was still smoking four cigarettes a day and "desperately trying to stop altogether." However, she also admitted on more than one occasion that she was still smoking during her fourth pregnancy in 2007. She also said that she had consumed alcohol during this pregnancy. Her comments resulted in The Foundation for the Study of Infant Death (FSID) warning Katona that her baby is up to 15 times more likely to die from a cot death as a result of her smoking. The British Heart Foundation also provided public warnings which condemned Katona's decision.[31] Katona continued to defend her behaviour after these statements were made.[32]

In the later months of 2007, it appeared that Katona's popularity with the public had declined. She was voted the first worst celebrity mother in a poll in September was forced to deny being on drugs following an unusual appearance on GMTV in October, and in November, she was voted the most irritating individual in Britain. In December, her Iceland advertisement was voted the second worst celebrity ad. Later in the month, she said that she felt "victimised" by the public and insisted that she did not deserve to be called a bad mother.

Appearing on the 12 February 2008 edition of Channel 4's Richard and Judy show, Katona admitted that she had taken cocaine, but claimed that she had not taken any drugs for the past three years. She also claimed that the press were constantly making up stories about her and the reports of her losing her position as spokesperson for the Iceland chainstores were untrue and that she was in the process of renewing her contract with them.

Appearing on the 22 October 2008 live episode of ITV's This Morning show, Katona's speech appeared to be slurred, prompting viewers to phone in during the interview to ask if she was okay. Katona blamed her slurred speech on having taken prescription drugs later than usual the previous night, and according to the presenters was angry at having been asked about it on air. In the same interview, whilst asked by Fern Britton on air whether her drug addiction had been replaced by an alcohol addiction, Katona dismissed the claims. She later spoke to the British tabloids, criticising her interviewers for implying she was drunk during the interview.

On the 17th August 2009 Iceland Frozen Foods ltd. announced that Katona would be sacked from their ad campaigns with immediate effect. This decision followed an investigation by the The News of The World which uncovered video evidence of her snorting cocaine in her Cheshire house.

On the 27th August 2009, it was reported that Katona was under investigation by Cheshire Police after allegations she had assaulted her accountant,and also for criminal damage and a public order offence.After being arrested and questioned, she was released on police bail until 12 October pending further enquiries.

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