Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona has opened on the demons that plagued her, as she reacted to the death of Mike Thalassitis.
The Love Island reality star’s body was found in a North London park last week, as stars and friends continue to mourn the 26-year-old who died by suicide.
Now Kerry, who hasn’t shied away from speaking about the struggles she faced in the public eye, has shared her own thoughts on the havoc social media can create in young people’s lives.
‘There have been times in my life where ending it all seemed like the easier option,’ she said in this week’s OK! magazine. ‘But there’s always another way. It’s so hard when young people who have just got into this industry can’t handle social media and people’s opinions.’
On a mission to love herself, though, the Celebs Go Dating star is learning to know her strength and accept her so-called ‘flaws’.
‘I’m covered in stretch marks, but that’s my kid’s signatures!’ she said. ‘I’m proud of them and I’d never change them.’
The 38-year-old previously spoke about her addiction to cocaine, saying she would take so much she would pass out in her darkest days – something she’s proud to have left in the past.
The mother-of-four appeared on This Morning last year insisting that she is not a victim as she ‘patted herself on the back’ for becoming a recovering addict.
Kerry added that she’d had her own daughter’s names tattooed on her wrists to give her a reality check if she ever felt like ending her life, but is now happy that she has confronted her issues and can be pleased her children can see the woman that she is today.
‘I think owning your mistakes is a massive factor,’ she said in September.
‘Now I can sit here and blame my mum for my childhood, my second husband, even blame my first husband for leaving me. Blame everybody else and become a victim.
‘I’m not a victim. I am a survivor and I will take responsibility for the majority of the things that have happened to me.’
Read the entire interview in this week’s OK! magazine.
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