Kerry Katona claims Brian McFadden demanded a divorce days after stripper fling

31 August 2023 , 09:11

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Brian and Kerry tied the knot in 2002 but things didn't work out (Image: Getty Images)

Kerry Katona has launched a fresh attack on her ex-husband Brian McFadden 17 years on from their split – days after branding him a 's**t dad'.

The bitter former Atomic Kitten has given the Westlife singer another kicking, this time revealing all about the moment he demanded a divorce after going AWOL for days having had a fling with a stripper. Kerry married Brian, 43, back in 2002 before they divorced four years later. They co-parent daughters Molly, 21, and Lilly, 20 and are on better terms but that hasn't stopped her from laying into her ex.

After piling in on his skills as a father earlier this week, the 42-year-old has spoken about the time she discovered something just wasn't right and she just knew there was no going back with the boy band hunk. Speaking to Ellie McKay's podcast, Kerry revealed Brian went missing for three days and she felt something was wrong.

Kerry found out about his cheating six months later in a newspaper, and while she previously said she 'doesn't blame' her first husband Brain for their split, she does believe his infidelity triggered trauma. She said: "I remember I was doing a TV show called With a Little Help from My Friends and I was in England. Normally when me and Brian were away from each other we call each other 17 times a day.

"Three days had gone by and I kept thinking 'why's he not answering? I don't understand what's going on'. And he finally phoned me, I said, 'I've been dead worried, what's the matter where have you been', and he said: 'I want a divorce'."

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Brian has always claimed their decision to split was mutual, but she has insisted she begged him to stay. However, it turned out the writing was actually on the wall weeks before they even tied the knot when Brian cheated with a lap dancer on his stag do in 2001. Brian previously went as far as to imply that their whole marriage had been a sham.

"It wasn't a real wedding. We were getting married to have a big party and get loads of money for it – and to appear showbiz," he previously told Reveal magazine. "The day my marriage ended was on the stag night. That was the time I felt 'this is not supposed to be.'"

When asked by podcast host Ellie what kind of dad Brain was, Kerry replied: "He was a s**t dad, he was a s**t dad. I think that really bothers the two girls especially now because he is a great dad with Ruby." The TV star went on: "I'm the one who provides for them. I didn't get maintenance money off Brian. I signed a piece of paper saying, 'you can keep your money, give me me kids'."

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