Heartbreaking reason behind Kerry Katona’s weight loss revealed as star speaks out on single life
KERRY Katona has shared one of the heartbreaking reasons that is behind her recent drastic weight loss.
The mum-of-five has shed the pounds in recent months and has been flaunting her newly trimmed-down figure.
Kerry put the results of her impressive weight loss on full display just this week as she stepped out at the series launch party of Geordie Shore.
However, Kerry has admitted that one of the reasons behind her shock transformation is the “stress” she has been under since splitting from her fiancé, Ryan Mahoney.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Kerry said: “I just look thinner in real life.
“I have no idea how many stone I’ve lost. I’ve been doing Panto and the separation – you name it, I’ve done it.
“It’s probably the stress, I’ve been very stressed.”
Kerry and Ryan called it quits towards the end of last year after six years together after the Atomic Kitten singer felt unsupported by her long-term partner.
Adding of her outlook for the year ahead after her weight loss, the reality star added: “There’s no New Year resolution for me, I’m always trying to be a better version of myself.
“I don’t really drink, no dry January, it’s just me always trying to better myself.
“In 2025, I’m just being in love with myself, knowing my worth.”
But one thing which is seemingly off the cards for Kerry this year is dating.
She admitted that she was very much single in the wake of her split and appeared to suggest she wasn’t looking for love again anytime soon by deciding to focus on herself.
Kerry told us: “Life is amazing at the moment. I’m enjoying single life – but I’m not single, I’m in a relationship with me.
“No [dating] … just me and my kids. That’s it.”
It comes after the 44-year-old confessed she was no longer “heartbroken” over the split and had begun to move on.
In her latest New! magazine column, she wrote: “‘I’m feeling really good going into 2025 – it’s going to be a great year. I’m not heartbroken anymore and feel like I know that Ryan wasn’t the one for me.“
Kerry and Ryan got engaged four years ago during a romantic holiday to Spain.
The star has been married three times – tying the knot with Brian McFadden in 2002, then Mark Croft in 2007 and George Kay in 2014.
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Kerry first went under the knife in 2004 for a boob job, and again in 2008 for another breast enhancement and liposuction.
In 2010 she also revealed she had tried to turn back time with some facial tweaks.
Kerry was bitten by the vampire facial bug in 2013 and feared she would die after a shocking reaction to the procedure, popularised by Kim Kardashian.
In 2019, Kerry sparked outrage by endorsing a ‘Katona Package’ at a London clinic offering “2ml face filler and one area fat dissolving” for £699.
When the mum-of-five approached her 40th, she celebrated with fillers and fat-dissolving injections in her chin to “enhance my natural beauty”.
Two years later Kerry joked she’d got a “brand new face” after a procedure called CoolSculpting, which freezes fat cells under the skin and destroys them. She had some fat removed from her chin and Botox injections.
In 2023, the TV star revealed a tighter jawline after treating herself to a “non-invasive facelift”.
In early 2024, Kerry had a much more invasive eye lift and brow lift in January, at a cost of over £3,000.