The Wit and Wisdom of Kerry Katona - Video

"I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But that's alright because I don't want to be a mug."

Kerry Katona shares some gems of wit and wisdom on The Hard Shoulder.

Kerry Katona says Brian McFadden whisked her away from a life of drugs after her mother introduced her to amphetamines at the age of 14.

On The Hard Shoulder this evening, the Atomic Kitten star said McFadden made Ireland a safe space for her after an extremely difficult childhood.

She said she spent most of her young life in refuges and foster homes and was introduced to drugs at the age of 14 when her mother handed her speed and told her it was sherbet.

“I love my mum to bits, you know but we’ve had a very rocky relationship,” she said. “My mum is an alcoholic.”

Katona said her mother had “terrible demons” and as a result, she spent much of her young life in foster care.

“My mum had no blueprint on how to be mother but neither did I,” she said. “I mean, you know yourself what’s right from wrong.”

“I mean, I would never go to any of my kids, do you fancy going to do a line of coke? – because that’s what I did with my mum.

“I was 14 and I was only allowed to have supervised visits with my mum, but I snuck off to see her. She went to the toilet with her girlfriend - I was only 14 - and she was in the toilet for ages.

"I walked in and I said what are you doing? She had this bag of white powder in her hand, and she went, it’s sherbet. She leaned over, put it in and rubbed it in my gum. It was speed.

“I had a great time. I thought it was great but that's how I was introduced to drugs. From then on, I'd save my pocket money up from my foster parents and go buy a wrap of whizz with my mum.

“So, my drug career started before Atomic Kitten and when I met Brian, he took me away from that and brought me over here to Ireland.

“Then, when that ended, I went back over to England and, when you lie down with dirty dogs, you’re going to get fleas, I went straight back on the drugs again.”

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