‘I’m the one who gives for our youngsters!’ Atomic Kitten’s Kerry Katona claimed. Photo / Getty Images
Atomic Kitten’s Kerry Katona has referred to as her ex-husband Brian McFadden a “s**t dad”, alleging that the daddy of her kids hasn’t paid any youngster upkeep in an explosive interview.
The former popstar, 42, claimed that “she’s the one” who has all the time supported their daughters after the Westlife alum allegedly made the choice to signal away the appropriate to pay them upkeep when the pair break up in 2006.
Chatting to entrepreneur Ellie McKay on her On A Mission Podcast, Katona was agency as she claimed that she “didn’t want” any of McFadden’s money, occurring to say that his estrangement has reportedly “really bothered” their daughters Molly, 21, and Lilly, 20.
When discussing her kids, Katona claimed: ”I’m the one who gives for them [referring to hers and Brian’s children], I didn’t get upkeep money off Brian.
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“I signed a piece of paper saying, ‘You can keep your money, give me the kids’”.
When host McKay requested her why, Katona defined: ”I didn’t need his f*****g money, I wished my children. He didn’t need to get divorced in England as a result of we bought married in Ireland.
“We had to legally be separated, 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.
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“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 sh***ing 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.”
McKay requested: “But as a dad surely he has got a duty of care?” Katona 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.”
Chatting to MailOnline in 2022, Katona alleged that McFadden had not been a superb dad to their two kids.
The Whole Again singer then make clear the distinction the 19-year age hole has made between McFadden’s kids, saying: “I think it hurts Molly and Lilly that he’s a better dad this time around but they’ve accepted it.”
In the previous, McFadden has confessed to having extra time to be a hands-on father now, including that he “missed so much” of Molly and Lilly’s rising up.
Katona was snapped with McFadden final September for the primary time since they filed for divorce. She admitted to wishing that she and her ex had discovered a strategy to work collectively as a household sooner.
She stated: “We’ve missed out on a lot we could have done together as a blended family.
“He’s not a bad man, he’s just not the greatest of dads. But he’s a great dad to Ruby.”
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It comes after Katona revealed that she “doesn’t blame” McFadden for leaving her, including that “you can’t force somebody to love you.”
The pair met in 1999 and tied the knot three years later.
However, their union was seemingly doomed from the beginning, with McFadden admitting he cheated on his future-wife on the night time of his stag-do with a lap dancer.
