Kerry's ex to start custody fight

Twice voted mum-of-the-year Kerry Katona faces losing her kids.

And it’s about time too if you ask me.

If Kerry lived on a council estate in Basildon and got up to half the things she has, I’ve little doubt her kids would already be living with their father.

Hopefully her ex husband Brian McFadden’s plans to go for custody of his daughters will be the wake-up call Kerry so badly needs and she’ll pull herself together.

Sadly, though, I doubt it.

What do you reckon? Have your say here.

Comments

[jean doak]

i think brian has a lot to answer for. he took of saying delta was business. kerry had a hard upbring as a child. i think when she married brian she couldnot believe her luck. married with two children and a husband she loved,and then came delta.this is where her sad story begins. so have some compassion for kerry. brian let her down

[Di]

Dear me, Kerry (I've lost the plot) Katona, is going down the pan, just like this country. Her daughters would enjoy a far more stable home life with their father in Australia..

[Mish]

When Kerry was in Atomic Kitten I thought she was great.

Over the last few years she has repulsed me she is everything I despise and I pray to God my boys never ever bring home anything like her.

Why on earth she agreed to Crazy in Love I will never understand she is now rock bottom, spends all her time in bed or popping 'medication'.

Those girls may love their Mum but in my opinion would be better off with their Dad. Kerry appears to spend no time with them anyway.

[Phil Lawrence]

Well done Brian. You have kept your silence long enough and handled the whole situation with dignity. Your two daughters, however, are in real danger and deserve to be taken for their own safety. If Kerry wants to destroy her own life she should be free to do so, but not with her two daughters by Brian watching from the sidelines.

[jay]

phil are you talking about the about the same brian who told lies and said him and delta were just friends, and then left his children before he admitted they were a couple, kerry is no angel but brian is no saint share the blame

[Donna]

I really like kerry but i think shes doing herself no favours, shes been caught that many times doing drugs and seen drunk and in a right state and doing a show like Crazy in love well that should have been a NO NO - her PR guy Max should have seen to that insted of making her look like a bigger loser. I think the girls would be better off with brain and i think kerry should have a good long think, i mean all the crap she had in her life growing up that should be a huge reason why she dont want it for her kids.....its such a shame and like i said i do like kerry but i wish brain all the luck in the world getting them girls.....sorry kerry but you need a good shake girl

[linda]

brian walked away from his children to live a new life and theses two little girls had to change there lifes without him

Kerry needs help and i hope she can trust someone to get this help.

[rose]

I think Brian has behaved very well in keeping quiet when he could have told a lot of nasty things about Kerry. He would make a much better parent than her and should take the children. They would have a terrible upbringing with her, and would end up drinking and doing drugs for sure. Everyone knows Mark married her for her money and the fame - he's a joke and a slob.

[jay]

i hope brian does not get the girls, i pray that kerry gets help. brian is sitting in aussie land while kerry rears the girls, she puts in the works he does the talking. i so wish kerry well. he is an absent father who thinks he can do better. why did he leave his children? only he can answer that but we can guess there was a greater attraction elsewhere so take the halo of brian, and give kerry help instead of grievence

[sharon]

WOW!! Congrats to Brian for wanting his kids now,and to think he moved only half way around the world from them. Great Dad!!!NOT!!!

[jay]

rose. i take it you have a crystal ball as you seem to know how kerry and brians children will turn out if raised by kerry,you can read marks mind and you seem to know him as you are able to remark on his character would there be any chance you could tell us next weeks lotto numbers?

[Lynne]

Marriages end for many reasons, and it is never easy.Where children are involved, it is so much more difficult. We do not know what went on behind closed doors, that led to the break up, but seeing Kerry's behaviour since, you can bet that she was not guilt free. What you have with Kerry, is a woman wallowing in self pity, blaming everybody but herself for her actions, and playing the sympathy card time & again. It is not Brian Mcfadden that we see week in week out in the media, but enough is enough. If Kerry does not want to lose her children, she needs to wake up and look at the life that she is giving them. She has had the income & the priveleges, but has squandered it without thought for what effect it has on them. Wouldn't we all like to check into the Priory when things get tough. As things stand the children need to be in a more stable environment where their needs are paramount. If that is with Brian and his family, so be it. She only has herself to blame

[Wendy]

Kerry might currently be attracting some negative publicity, but is this the Brian McFadden we have already been told; Left Kerry for another woman, then told newspapers that he only married her for the money they were paid from a magazine, got minders to pick the children up when they were only a few years old and bring them over to him in America rather than come and get them himself and has threatened to fight for custody before and get his mother to care for them! Hypocrite!

[Claire]

Brian McFadden is not the angel he proclaims to be. I am sure we all remember that this wonderful father! left Westlife to spend time with his family, he then has 1 number one hit and all of a sudden he dumps his wife and kids, gets it on with Delta whats her face, disappears to New York and then Australia denying any knowledge of having a relationship with Delta. Kerry Katona has a breakdown which is quiet naturally in response to the breakdown of a marriage she thought was ok. Where was he when she went through this, where was he for the kids. Sorry, yes Kerry may not project herself in the best light and some of the things she has done she is bound not to be proud of, but come on at least she has been there for the kids, where's he been. Oh yes I remember in Australia with the fiance. Even Xmas the other year he was suppose to have the kids in Ireland, he was with Delta somewhere and the kids stayed with his MUM!!! Sorry I do agree Kerry has leeches hanging around but Brian is no angel and can't come out and say she is unfit when he has never put them first. Trying to salvage his failing career which went down the pan because he dumped Kerry is hardly a reason to come running out wanting custody of children that in all fairness he hasn't shown much interest in during these years.

Kerry thought Brian was the love of her life and was obviously devastated when he dumped her, she fell apart, yes in front of the kids but she is only human and I am sure other people have reacted in the same way but obviously not in the public eye.

[Rachel]

Brian should NEVER get custody of those girls. It's kerry that has brought them up and kerry that has been there for them while Brian Mcfadden has been off round the world living it up with Delta. Yes kerry has done drugs but she has never done it in front of the girls and she turned to the drugs as a result of her break up which Brian is also partly to blame for. And yes she drinks and smokes but so does Brian. He is no saint.

[John]

Niether of them deserve custody of those children, they have both used their kids for years now. Brian is more worried about his career than anyhting else and Kerry is more concerned about getting media attention.

[Claire]

I think its a real shame for Kerry. She gets so much stick from "perfect" people its unbelieveable. she did make mistakes in the past but she held her hands up and admitted those. I think Kerry could do alot more to help herself but we only see a fraction of her goings on i think she will be a great mum to all her kids and in my opinion if Brian loved his girls that much why the heck isnt he closer to them instead of being shacked up with Delta in Australia???? He left his family behind so he dont deserve them now!

[Chris]

As with the papers Mtv will only show the parts of the program they think makes good tv.While i appreciate Kerry was maybe a bit stupid to do the show,She does not deserve to have her kids taken from her by a guy that in an interview said that having his kids was like getting a pet dog(that has always stayed in my mind).Now maybe that was yet another made up story but he has hardly been a role model and couldn't have moved further from his kids if he tried. Maybe if he had stayed instead of running away he could have seen his kids more.So easy to blame the other parent when your not around.
Maybe if people helped Kerry instead of bad mouthing someone that has had an awful upbringing things would be different.Brian drink,smokes who knows has done drugs maybe, so what makes him so perfect or is this just another ploy to be back in the public eye again......has he a new record coming out i wonder??

[Mandy]

Kerry, if you are reading this look what you have! Believe it or not these people all care about whats going to happen to you and your children, despite not even knowing you personally. Thats not bad, however there will only be four people that will always love you completely an unconditionally, and thats those kids of yours. If you ever had a chance to stand up and fight for something then it has to be now. Keep going girl, I believe you can sort yourself out, every day you wake up still breathing is another chance to turn it all around. Be strong for them, As a mother and you dont come first anymore, everything you do reflects on those kids and their lives, so stop, take a look and make the steps you need to take to make them feel safe and secure again. All you need to do is love them and show them how much they mean to you. Never forget how good they can make you feel. Even with no money or fame you can do that. Only a mother will understand what you feel deep inside for those kids. I know I would fight tigers for mine. I sure you could fight Brian McFadden. XXXXX

[anon]

Molly and Lily-Sue may appear to spend little time with their mother if Kerry has asked that they not be filmed, after all they are not Mark's children.

Brian has tried before to get custody and failed. Funny how he's trying again now just as he reappears on the music scene with a new album to plug.

Kerry may not be perfect but at least she's looking after the girls herself unlike Brian who's plan is to win custody for his mum to look after them.

[Larianna]

Brian tried last year to take the custody, but failed and told he had to wait till April this year to apply for it again and that is what he is doing. It has NOTHING to do with the album out or anything, he just had to wait to be able to apply for the custody.

Then: BRIAN said that Molly and Lilly weren't going to be in that idiotic show of a hasbeen crack muppet. If it'd been Kerry, then all of her kids would've been showed alot in the show. Not only the poor child that has an idiot for a father. I can't for my life understand why Kerry stays with that discusting idiot.

Brian and Kerry's marriage had been over for a long time before they split up. I doubt it has to do anything with Delta and even if it had; so what???? It is not the first time a guy leaves his wife to be with someone else and it won't be the last time. He might not have done right, but I am sure that it was better than to stay with that miserable cow he was married to.

And for Brian saying getting Molly was like getting a dog. Geez.. ppl really do take things literally!!!! It doesn't mean he saw the poor child as an animal! He meant that he never thought on the responsibility that came with the child and that it would've been a bit hard at the start but then it'd go easy!! Atleast he was honest and admited what he thought and that he wasn't really prepared to have the baby! BUT he loves his daughters and they are better off with him and Delta (and his mother) where they will have a real upbringing away from a mother that ends up at the priory once a year and that does almost everything to end up in the tabloids!!

Go Brian!! I hope you win!

[kel]

Maybe Brian should help and support Kerry get better, none of us know the reasons for the breakdown of the marriage.
He should come back over here and support Kerry and his children, if he was really that worried about his girls e would never have moved so far away from them!!!
Kerry should really concerntrate on getting her life back on track for her kids sakes, yes she had a bad childhood but that should give her more reasons to give her children a better life than what she had!!

[Olive]

I think as most people Brian McFadden deserted her when the children were very little, if he thought anything of his children, he would not want them to be taken from there Mother, no one can replace a Mother!! and this will do more harm than good to the children, as going to Australia they would never see her it is too far away. If he really wants custody he has to live near so that the children do not lose contact with the person that has brought them up for quite a few years on her own.

[Jenny]

Brain is a sad excuse for a father. Why does he wish to splash his business all over the papers? If he wants to do the best for his kids he should be doing it behind closed doors. Even though I feel sorry for Kerry and think she needs good friends and family behind something I think she lacks, her and Brain both need to grow up and put their kids first and stop all this now. After all they are both adults.

[Tammi]

Brian should have sought the help of an attorney ages ago. The behaviour of his X has been nothing short of disgusting.
She has proved that staying in the spotlight and accumulating a fortune mean more to her than giving her kid's the stability needed in their young lives