Kerry Katona brands ex-husband Brian McFadden a ‘s**t dad’ in scathing new interview
KERRY Katona has branded her ex-husband Brian McFadden a “s*** dad” in a scathing new interview.
The former Atomic Kitten star – who shares daughters Molly, 21, and Lilly, 20, with the ex-Westlife singer – claimed that “she’s the one’ who has always provided for their two daughters, after he signed away the right to pay them maintenance when they divorced in 2006.
Kerry, 42, admitted that Brain not being in the picture that much has “really bothered” her eldest daughters.
The TV personality opened up a: “I’m the one who provides for them [referring to hers and Brian’s children].
“I didn’t get maintenance money off Brian.
“I signed a piece of paper saying, ‘you can keep your money, give me me kids”.”
Joining entrepreneur Ellie McKay on her On A Mission Podcast, Kerry admitted that “didn’t want his f*****g money” – saying she just wanted her kids after the bitter divorce.
She continued: “He didn’t want to get divorced in England because we got married in Ireland.
“We had to legally be separated, if like for six years, before we could get divorced.
“I didn’t want that, if Brian doesn’t love me I want a divorce, so I wanted to get divorced in England, because I was an English citizen.
‘There was a ”Ray Parlour situation” in football where the wife is entitled to half of his money for the rest of his life. So Brian was s******g himself.
“I said look if you don’t want me, you don’t love me, I don’t want your money, just give me half the money from the house that we sell, and I will sign a piece of paper, just give me my kids. I signed the piece of paper, I got the kids, and he f****d off to Australia.”
The host then asked: “But as a dad surely he has got a duty of care?”
Kerry hit out and said: “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.”
Kerry’s admission comes after Brian admitted he did miss out on a lot with his two daughters.
The pair met in 1999, and later wed in 2002.
Two years after tying the knot, they decided to go their separate ways.
The Irish singer confessed that he regrets “not being there as much for his two eldest children”.
Brian said to Closer Magazine: “I was only a kid myself when I had Molly and Lilly, and I was at the height of my career in Westlife then – we were literally working 365 days a year, and there was no FaceTime so I couldn’t speak to the kids.
“I could only see them when I came home.
“So it was a lot harder and I missed out on a lot of the stuff that I would have loved to have seen with the girls.”