Kerry Katona says Brian McFadden ‘is a better dad to new baby than he was to my kids’
10.10.2022 - 10:15
/ ok.co.uk
Kerry Katona has revealed that ex-husband Brian McFadden “is a better dad now” to his baby girl Ruby than he was to their daughters Molly and Lilly. Westlife singer Brian, 42, shares Molly, 21, and Lilly, 19, with Kerry, and welcomed his daughter Ruby in May 2021 with fiancée Danielle Parkinson. Discussing her feelings about Brian, Kerry, 42, also mum to Heidi, 15, Max, 14, and DJ, eight, told OK! : “The older the girls have got, the more of a relationship they’ve had with Brian.That’s not me slagging him off, he’ll admit that himself.
He’s a better dad now to Ruby and I think that hurts the girls. “We all change. He’s older, with more patience, and I feel he is doing it better this time around – which is great.
But that doesn’t stop the hurt my girls feel because of that.” Kerry, who revealed her fury after Katie Price pulled out of bridesmaid duties on her wedding day, opened up about her ex-husband in an explosive interview ahead of the launch of her third autobiography, Kerry Katona: Whole Again. Writing in the book, she also says Molly and Lilly wish they were closer to their dad. “I know for a fact that they wish they were closer to their dad but at this stage in their lives I’m not sure it’s going to happen,” she said.
“Especially as Brian now has a baby daughter, Ruby, with his partner Danielle Parkinson, who I should point out is one of the loveliest women in the world.” It comes after Kerry and Brian, who tied the knot in 2002 before splitting two years later, reunited in Ireland for Molly’s 21 st birthday. She wrote in her column at the time: “Obviously, me and Brian were reunited at the party and it was nice to see him. And I felt quite emotional seeing Lilly and Molly with their dad because I’ve never seen
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