Kerry Katona's ex to "fight" for children

Kerry Katona's ex to "fight" for children
Kerry Katona's ex to "fight" for children (Image credit: Doug Peters/PA Photos)

The former husband of troubled reality TV star Kerry Katona has said he will "fight" to get custody of their two daughters. Pop star Brian McFadden told a TV show in Dublin of his fears for Molly, eight, and six-year-old Lilly-Sue, following Katona's recent drug scandal and her subsequent arrest over an alleged assault. "I'll fight to get custody of my kids and bring them to Ireland," the former Westlife member said on Ireland's Late Late Show . It was the first time that McFadden had spoken about Katona's recent troubles, which included photos of her in the tabloids apparently snorting cocaine in her bathroom. She was later cautioned by police over this. "I see the kids in the house with Kerry doing cocaine," he added. "It's manic." He also spoke of his shock over Katona's arrest recently over allegations that she assaulted her accountant David McHugh. The Sun reports that the former Atomic Kitten singer is terrified that McFadden will seek custody of their children. McFadden currently lives in Australia with his fiancee, singer Delta Goodrem, but told the Late Late Show he would "come back to Ireland" if he won full custody of his daughters. "Brian knows it will destroy Kerry if she loses her children," a source told the paper, "but feels she has left him no choice."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.