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To think Kerry Katona is the one talking BS and she thinks the rules don't apply to her.

57 replies

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 24/06/2019 12:56

Ok so she's not the best at relationships and she has brought the children up on her own more or less. Uptill about 6 or 7 months ago i would defend her. Brian walked away, mark was a drug dealing abusive shit, and the other one was mark without the drugs. None of that was kerry's fault. Well apart from of course actally being in a relationship longer than about 20 seconds before reproducing.

Only over the last few months shes really seemed to play the victim card over things she really can help. Getting a pink pug and using years old picture to advertise her mates appertite supressing injections. Tjat even daughter lily defended her on. Saying kerry is a single mother trying to support her kids.

Now i've been aware of the on case against Kerry for her childrens attendence. The two youngest girls partically rarely seem to be in school. She posts it all over instagram for people to see. There was a point her son got beaten up and she decided not to send him for a few days. Despite the fact that the perpertrators were from the high school and hes in primary. But ok a day or two recovery. But neither did the youngest daughter go. Theres pictures of the two youngest girls at this morning and loose women on school days.

So a few weeks ago, she was fined again as one of the childrens attendence dipped to 48% over half the school year missed. Now i pressumed it was one of tje younger girls for the reasons sited above. However in tje last 2 days shes come out saying its all bullshit, that she only put it a guilty plea because the child would be sitting exams at the time of the trail if she didn't. Which identifys the child. (Theres only one of the children living with her old enougb to be sitting exams. Her oldest lives in ireland with brians parents. And i'm in no way defending him) and she says it can't be 48% she only let the child out of school 3 days before christmas to see her in panto. And its the schools fault because the child was late and missed morning registration sge was marked absent all day.

Only thats not how secondry schools work is it?? Attendence can't be fiddled like that is it not all electonic these days? Even when i was at secondry school we were begining to have computer read registers. And registration is called twice a day is ig not? So even if the child was late in the morning and missed first registration then she'd be marked in for the second. Is there not a special code for late mark? Although i fon't know wether that counts towards attendence. So is the child not registering herself when arriving at school?

Or aibu in thinking that 48% attendence is awlful and it is kerry (and the father) responsablity to get the child to school on time. Especially in a an exam year. And the prosicution wasn't bullshit as kerry claims. And kerry is just playing the victim card.

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PeoniesarePink · 24/06/2019 13:41

I feel horrendously sad for the kids being dragged up among the car crash of her life. Same with several other celebs, like KP.

Sissy79 · 24/06/2019 13:42

You are so invested in this? Why?

boughtnotbrought · 24/06/2019 13:45

Is that you Brian? Hmm

Passthecherrycoke · 24/06/2019 13:49

It’s not the bus is it, since that’s not cancelled until September

There have always been serious concerns about her and her respective partners parenting. This is probably one of the more minor issues

Comefromaway · 24/06/2019 13:50

Kids missing registration every morning would be flagged up as a disciplinary/welfare issue very quickly at ds's school.

Schools do have some discretion. For example my ds was playing the lead in a local amdram production of Oliver when he first started at his school He is autistic and it was tiring for him but the school felt it was beneficial so they suggested I bring him in every morning at break time. As long as he was in school by 10.30am he would be marked as present. Now obviously they would only do that for a child whose attendance was otherwise exemplorary.

Children who are persistently late have the education welfare officer involved.

BigRedLondonBus · 24/06/2019 13:52

Sorry who?

crazyasafox · 24/06/2019 13:52

@NaughtToThreeSadOnions Seriously tho. Why do care so much? As a few posters have said, why are you so invested in this woman and her family?? It's very odd.

EmeraldShamrock · 24/06/2019 13:58

As usual she is attention seeking. I tale no interest in her or her latest problems, I find her very irritating.
Maybe years ago I may have had some sympathy for her, she has had many opportunities than most people only dream of to sort her shit out.

Guff · 24/06/2019 13:59

I think it stems from being 'dragged up' herself... a bit of money and celebrity isn't going to change the make up of a person.

IsabellaLinton · 24/06/2019 14:00

I feel so sorry for those poor kids. What a crummy role model.

Beautiful3 · 24/06/2019 14:00

I actually watched a documentary about Kerry around 7 years ago (possibly longer). I started off liking her and feeling sorry for her. At the time she had a couple of kids by various men. All the men had wronged her and allegedly failed to support their child. Halfway through it was apparent how desperate Kerry was for fame again. She didnt want a normal job, and asked the reporter to help her get back into the spot light again. At the end of the documentary we concluded that she was bat shit crazy. She ignored the reporters requests to finish filming (opened her door only to blank her when she called at her house to wrap up filming) and got a new reporter in, filming her instead?! The original presenter was genuinely flummoxed by her behaviour.

LimeKiwi · 24/06/2019 14:02

What @RubberTreePlant said Grin
I don't know any of these people in RL, OP I suggest stepping away from Heat and OK magazine and taking a deep breath lol

LimeKiwi · 24/06/2019 14:06

Just seen the Instagram bit.
Even if she has put stuff on there (I wouldn't know, I don't follow her) how the heck would that show you the ins and outs of her private life and relationships?!
It doesn't. It gives you a snapshot of what celebs want to put out there, not necessarily the full picture.

AnAC12UCOinanOCG · 24/06/2019 14:12

Maybe get a hobby and spend less time salivating over car crashes on Instagram?

Passthecherrycoke · 24/06/2019 14:13

I dont really get why so many people are telling the OP off. Just move on if you don’t like the subject matter

NTitled · 24/06/2019 14:15

I see you are on first name terms with all these people, @NaughtToThreeSadOnions Maybe this is why you give a shit? Because I certainly don't.

PolkadotLollipop · 24/06/2019 14:19

I’ve no idea about the school stuff but I do feel a bit sorry for KK. She strikes me as a vulnerable woman who had a rotten start in life who had a lot of money and success very suddenly as a young person and has been left with pretty significant mental health problems. Chaotic lifestyle choices and erratic behaviour that the gutter press live for and rags like OK exploit her further by buying her ‘stories’.

thesuninsagittarius · 24/06/2019 14:21

I feel sorry for her children. Can't believe she's still farting around trying to be/stay famous (and famous for what? Choosing shit men and having kids with them?) She needs to grow up and forget all this 'celeb' bullshit.

Thesearmsofmine · 24/06/2019 14:22

I don’t really know much about this as I don’t follow her. She has been around for years now and clearly has and still has many issues, it all seems very chaotic which I guess comes from her own childhood being chaotic, it’s like a cycle.

I remember reading in an interview or something that her eldest wants to be a doctor, I hope she gets there and breaks the cycle

CloserIAm2Fine · 24/06/2019 14:34

There are thousands of single parents who have one car or no car, they still manage to get their kids to school on time and call the school when their kids are off sick.

If she was saying the child had SEN or health conditions causing the absence rate then I’d be as sympathetic as I would to anyone else in that situation. But it’s purely her own disorganisation and not bothering to be a responsible parent, so my sympathy is entirely reserved for her kids!

letsrunfar · 24/06/2019 14:36

I worry for people who write long rambling posts about Kerry Katona.

lyralalala · 24/06/2019 14:39

I feel sorry for those kids. Kerry Katona was a clearly vulnerable woman with a shitty upbringing.

The fact Brian McFadden said she’s crazy and fucked off to australia makes him even more culpable than KK imo. At least she’s trying to be a parent

SunshineCake · 24/06/2019 14:59

"Trying" to be a parent isn't good enough.

Your title doesn't match your posts.

I think this thread demonstrates perfectly why education is very important.

LimeKiwi · 24/06/2019 15:25

IsThatYouBrian

Grin
CSIblonde · 24/06/2019 15:31

I'm sure she's a nice person & I'm sorry for her kids, but even with her bi polar under control she richochets from disaster to disaster & frankly, it got old a long time ago.