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The Sun
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
X-rated slur that ended Kerry Katona's hopes of Atomic Kitten reunion – pals reveal why band will NEVER forgive her
SHE'S not heard from either of them in years, but Kerry Katona has issued yet another olive branch to former Atomic Kitten bandmates, Liz McLarnon and Natasha Hamilton, saying: 'I wish I was closer to the girls'. However, pals have revealed that despite Kerry 's pleas, there is no chance of the band reuniting and that years of bitter feuding, drunken brawls and vicious slurs have ensured there's no going back. 9 9 9 Speaking about Spice Girl Mel B 's wedding last week, Kerry was speculating that Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner and Mel C might not have attended due to a fall out and lamented on her own dysfunctional band. 'It would be sad if they weren't going due to a fallout, as the Spice Girls have so much history,' Kerry, 44, mused in her weekly new! magazine column. "It's like me and Atomic Kitten – I do wish I was closer to the girls because we had amazing experiences together. But sometimes it is what it is.' Now sources close to the situation have revealed the real reason Natasha, 42, and Liz, 44, won't speak to Kerry - and it's sure to devastate her. 'The truth is, they simply got fed up with dealing with Kerry,' the insider said. 'She became unreliable, every gig they did she would make some kind of foul mouthed joke and it all became very tiresome and embarrassing for Tash and Liz." Now, almost a decade after they last spoke, Kerry is desperate to reunite once more - though her wishes are falling on deaf ears. 'Kerry genuinely believes getting the girls back together would be as big as the Oasis reunion,' our insider said. 'But it's just not going to happen. "Liz is currently expecting her first baby and Tash is trying to make it as a solo star. "Kerry's making a fortune on her OnlyFans and doing Celebs Go Dating, and these are things the other two just don't want to be associated with.' Kerry Katona risks reigniting feud with Atomic Kitten as she sings hits on stage after bitter band split - Instagram, nptpride The girls formed in 1998 but Kerry initially quit the group in 2001 when she fell pregnant with Molly, her first daughter with Westlife star Brian McFadden. She was replaced by Jenny Frost and the band continued with moderate success. However, an opportunity for Kerry to rejoin the band in 2012, for ITV show The Big Reunion, meant Jenny was out - and Kerry was back in. According to reports Jenny, now 47, was 'devastated' and fell out with Natasha and Liz as a result. 'She's a toxic c***' She also got a dig in at Kerry, telling Closer Magazine she'd 'rather eat her own kidney with a spoon' than ever work with her. She later moaned, 'I'm not in contact with them any more, which I think is a real shame. But I didn't like how things were handled with the reunion and Kerry replacing me.' 9 9 The Kittens continued in their original format for the next few years, though it wasn't without copious amounts of drama. Kerry recalls in her book Whole Again how she and Natasha 'got physical' when on a tour of Australia in 2017, both accusing one another of setting up unflattering pap shots. The girls had to be dragged apart in a pub, with Kerry getting locked out while Natasha screamed obscenities inside. Kerry later blamed a mystery 'panto injury' for then missing one of the Australia gigs, where Liberty X's Michelle Heaton had temporarily replaced Liz. The truth is, they simply got fed up with dealing with Kerry Insider Kerry also remembered when Liz 'punched me in the back of head' after performing on ITV kids show SM:TV. Writing in her new! column in 2019, Kerry revealed: "I remember some of the fights we had in Atomic Kitten back in the day. "Once, Liz punched me from behind after we had a little row. I was furious and got my own back. "I made her get changed in the toilets at SMTV Live, then I stamped on her feet while we were up on stage singing Whole Again." But the straw that broke the camel's back came in 2018 when Kerry did a comedy gig with some drag queens, which, in her own words, was 'vulgar and in bad taste but hilarious'. 9 9 9 When asked by a queen what Natasha was really like, Kerry joked to a packed house: 'she's a toxic c***'. 'It was all meant in good humour, and if you'd been in the audience you would've known that straight away from my delivery,' she later said. However, when word got back to Natasha, she didn't see it that way and just a few weeks later while gigging at Butlins and still fuming, she told Kerry, 'I don't wanna do this anymore.' When the press got wind of this, headlines splashed with the news that the Kittens were done, but Kerry, believing Natasha would come back after a break, insisted that wasn't the case. The truth left Kerry shattered. Natasha and Liz had continued to gig behind Kerry's back, without her. 'It broke my heart,' Kerry wrote in her book. 'I had no idea what had happened or where I stood. No one would answer my texts and we never spoke in person again.' Our source explained, 'Kerry truly believes Natasha was looking for a reason to lose her and the toxic joke was a perfect excuse. She never, ever, forgave Kerry for that. "It was humiliating for her and it's typical of Kerry, to say something so ridiculous and get herself into trouble. Tash even blocked her on social media, she genuinely doesn't want anything to do with her.' In developments that are sure to devastate Kerry further, Natasha recently hinted that the Kittens might get back together yet again - only this time with returning member Jenny, now all their bridges are mended. "If we did have a reunion, it would be me, Liz and Jenny,' she said in May. 'And we're all still close. We all speak. We all hang out. So there's no reason why, if it was for the right thing, and everyone was in the right place, that we could do it.' Meanwhile there's still no love loss between Kerry and Jenny, even though Kerry stayed at the hotel Jenny now owns in Ibiza, where she currently lives, while filming Celebs Go Dating. Keen to get a dig in, Kerry said the hotel and Ibiza was 'gorgeous' and that Jenny had 'done so well for herself,' but added, 'I can't say I've got any desire to go back - it's not my scene.' Miaow, indeed.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pride event goes ahead despite funding concerns
A Pride event has gone ahead despite previous concerns it would have to be cancelled because organisers had failed to raise enough money. Previous Worthing Pride parades had cost about £6,000, with a main sponsor usually covering half that amount. In April, event organiser Gary Richardson said he had unsuccessfully been trying to secure sponsorship. But the two-day event returned to Steyne Gardens on Friday. The event is being headlined by Natasha Hamilton on Saturday, who is best known for being part of pop group Atomic Kitten. Louisa Johnson, who won season 12 of The X Factor, was also scheduled to perform. Hundreds attended the event in 2024, with about 500 people expected to have taken part in the parade. Follow BBC Sussex on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. Hundreds turn out to mark Worthing Pride parade Brighton Pride makes changes to street party plans Pride parade faces axe over sponsors Pride in London returns as events struggle with falling funds Worthing Pride
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Worthing Pride goes ahead despite funding concerns
A Pride event has gone ahead despite previous concerns it would have to be cancelled because organisers had failed to raise enough Worthing Pride parades had cost about £6,000, with a main sponsor usually covering half that amount. In April, event organiser Gary Richardson said he had unsuccessfully been trying to secure the two-day event returned to Steyne Gardens on event is being headlined by Natasha Hamilton on Saturday, who is best known for being part of pop group Atomic Kitten. Louisa Johnson, who won season 12 of The X Factor, was also scheduled to attended the event in 2024, with about 500 people expected to have taken part in the parade.
The Sun
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Love Island winner looks unrecognisable with big bushy beard 20 years after winning the show – do know who it is?
THE first ever winner of Love Island looked unrecognisable as he showed off a big bushy beard 20 years after doing the show. Celebrity Love Island kicked off in 2005 and starred famous faces including Atomic Kitten 's Liz McClarnon and EastEnders hunk Michael Greco. 3 3 3 But it was Fran Cosgrave - who at the time was a former bodyguard of boyband Westlife - and TV presenter Jayne Middlemiss who won the show. Now two decades on Fran, 47, looks very different from his time in the luxury Fiji villa in a new social media snap. Before heading into the villa he dated Natasha Hamilton from 2001 until 2002, and the former couple share son Josh, 21. But Fran made the decision to quit fame and lives mostly out of the spotlight these days. He made the switch from TV to music and is a producer and DJ for house scene trio the Futuristic Polar Bears. Fran founded the group and they've been on several tours playing gigs and making appearances at nightclubs all over the world. Speaking to Jennifer Zamparelli on RTE 2FM, he said: "You can't take it [fame] too seriously because it's gone as quick as it comes. "As it came towards 2009, things just started to spin out of control a bit, as it does. I was kind of finished with the whole celebrity thing. "I started saying, 'no' to loads of programmes and I just wasn't interested in it. "My manager, rightly so, was like, 'Mate why won't you do any of these things?' I was just like, 'I'm not there anymore.'" Loose Women star Kelle Bryan and Boyzone 's Shane Lynch. But it was models Bianca Gascoigne and Calum Best who won the final series ahead of its cancellation.
The National
10-06-2025
- Health
- The National
Care reform Bill passes unanimously at Holyrood
The Care Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed with the support of 116 MSPs on Tuesday and aims to bring forward a number of enhancements to social care. The Bill originally proposed the creation of a National Care Service but was scrapped after serious opposition from political parties, local authorities, and trade unions, despite around £30 million being spent on its development. However, Social Care Minister Maree Todd said the Government remained committed to the creation of a National Care Service. READ MORE: Controversial Loch Lomond Flamingo Land plans recalled by Scottish ministers The remaining provisions will implement changes to the existing care system, the biggest of which has been dubbed 'Anne's Law'. The change will allow family and friends to be named as 'essential care supporters' and require care homes to facilitate visits from them in all but the most extreme circumstances. The proposals grew from a Scottish Parliament petition by Natasha Hamilton, who was unable to visit her mother Anne Duke in her care home during the pandemic, ultimately missing her death. Speaking in Holyrood on Tuesday, Todd praised the work of campaigners for Anne's Law, some of whom were watching proceedings from the public gallery. (Image: Scottish Parliament) 'I have been profoundly impacted by the conversations that I have had with them,' she said. 'The emotional harm and trauma that they and their loved ones and many others suffered from being unable to see one another for such long, isolating periods during the pandemic must be acknowledged to make sure that this never happens again.' She added: Reform is not easy to deliver and it is being made more challenging by recent UK Government changes to Employer National Insurance Contributions and changes to migration. These will undoubtedly impact on care delivery. 'However, we have remained steadfast in our commitment to deliver the sustainable change to social care that people urgently need. 'This is a significant step that will strengthen the rights of people living in care homes, support unpaid carers and social workers and improve experiences for the many people who access social care across Scotland.' Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said: 'The way we care for our most vulnerable is more important than party politics. 'That is why Scottish Labour committed to help the Scottish Government deliver such a service, but as I warned at the time, the devil would be in the detail.'
