Heidi Katona has revealed she witnessed her late dad hit her mum as she praised Kerry for overcoming her battles as she now cashes in on OnlyFans.
Atomic Kitten star Kerry, 44, has battled bankruptcies, abusive relationships and drug addictions throughout her long-lasting career.
Kerry has reinvented herself and completely turned her life around, pulling in a healthy income on adult picture-sharing website OnlyFans.
The mum-of-five shares oldest daughters Molly, 23, and Lilly Sue, 22, with first husband Brian McFadden from boyband Westlife.
Heidi, 18, and Max, 17, are from her relationship with second husband Mark Croft.
She also has an 11-year-old daughter called Dylan-Jorge, better known as DJ, with her late third husband George Kay.
Heidi Katona has revealed she witnessed her late dad hit her mum as she praised Kerry for overcoming her battles as she now cashes in on OnlyFans
Atomic Kitten star Kerry, 44, has battled bankruptcies, abusive relationships and drug addictions throughout her long-lasting career
Her third born Heidi – who saw George (pictured) as her dad – has recalled the time she witnessed his abuse towards her mother
Her third born Heidi – who saw George as her dad – has recalled the time she witnessed his abuse towards her mother.
Speaking to The Sun, the 18-year-old said: ‘I am grieving for him. But I also saw my dad hitting my mum. She didn’t realise at the time how much I saw.
‘That is not nice, it was horrid, and has an effect on who I am now. I saw things as a child I should not have seen.
‘Mum sent me to a therapist but I don’t see the point of it.
‘I try to be tough. Like mum I use humour to cover things up, but it’s not always easy.’
George died aged 39, after eating ‘a quantity of cocaine’ at a Holiday Inn hotel in Runcorn, Cheshire on July 6, 2019.
Kerry previously told MailOnline how he was a ‘very very poorly man’ and scarier when he wasn’t on drugs.
Meanwhile Heidi has defended her mum’s career path, but admitted she will never the same route.
Kerry’s children Heidi, 18, and Max, 17, are from her relationship with second husband Mark Croft (pictured)
The mum-of-five shares oldest daughters Molly, 23, and Lilly Sue, 22, with first husband Brian McFadden from boyband Westlife
With Heidi aware of her mum’s previous battle with drugs, she is ‘very anti-drugs’ as a result, however, she admits she’s been subjected to nasty remarks made about her mum, such as ‘prostitute’ and ‘trollop’
She told The Sun: ‘I couldn’t do OnlyFans. Mum has said I can’t do it either.
‘It is not the route in life I want to take, I want to be a lawyer or a property developer.’
The teenager added that Kerry has shared with her how she struggles when men on there see her in a sexual way.
With Heidi aware of her mum’s previous battle with drugs, she is ‘very anti-drugs’ as a result, however, she admits she’s been subjected to nasty remarks made about her mum, such as ‘prostitute’ and ‘trollop’.
Recalling one incident at school, Heidi heard her mum be branded a ‘coke head’ by another pupil.
‘I was upset, it was cruel; of course I’ve never seen mum doing drugs,’ she said.
Heidi was full of praise for her mum after she reinvented herself and completely turned her life around, pulling in a healthy income on adult picture-sharing website OnlyFans
Former topless model Kerry joined OnlyFans during the Coronavirus lockdown after consulting with her children first
Former topless model Kerry joined OnlyFans during the Coronavirus lockdown after consulting with her children first.
Beaming with pride for her mum, Heidi boasted: ‘They should realise Kerry Katona is now rolling in it – she drives a Lamborghini.’
She added: ‘She has never stopped. She put us through private school, we go on amazing holidays, she just bought me clothes for the weekend.’
Recalling another incident where she bravely stood up for her mum, Heidi said: ‘There was one time I was walking through Alderley Edge when a group of lads started shouting, ‘Your mum is a sl*g…a prostitute’.
‘They started following me. I wasn’t scared, I was angry. Mum has always told me to tell people like that where to go.
‘I respond to abuse by saying, “Tell your dad to unsubscribe then!”, or, “You know that Lamborghini my mum drives… your dad helped pay for that”.’
It recently emerged that Kerry had moved on from her ex Ryan Mahony with Paolo Magaglione after meeting while filming Celebs Go Dating.
Earlier this month Heidi praised her mum for Father’s Day as she made a light-hearted joke to her fans.
She posted a photo of a car park filled with cars, which she captioned: ‘Outside my house on Father’s Day.’
In a sweet reply, Heidi then penned: ‘The woman who did both jobs @kerrykatona7 Happy Father’s Day.’
Meanwhile, it recently emerged that Kerry had moved on from her ex Ryan Mahony with Paolo Magaglione after meeting while filming Celebs Go Dating.
The couple were seen holding hands and kissing as they made their first public outing together in photographs obtained by The Sun.
The age gap between Kerry and Paolo has now been revealed, with the singer’s new flame reportedly 11 years her junior.
