Today ex-popster and general C-list celebrity Kerry Katona appeared on This Morning- the UK's popular morning chat show. She was promoting her new programme "Kerry Katona - Whole Again" which follows her going through various plastic surgery procedures to remodel her body including a breast reduction and liposuction. Kerry is well known in the tabloid press for being a girl of excess - to say the least. She has been reported as having a cocaine addiction and has been in and out of rehab. So when she appeared on TV this morning it was no real surprise when she started off the interview slurring her words. She was clearly under the influence of something. When the interviewers pointed this out she got very defensive claiming strong medication to help her sleep was to blame.
It must have been obvious to the production team that she was incapable of giving a good interview when she arrived at the studio. But the temptation of a TV scoop like this was clearly too much and the interviewers went in for the kill. It was car crash TV. Clearly Kerry had no strong advisers on staff - preferring the company of her leeching boyfriend who is her (self-styled) manager. Her long-time publicist Max Clifford (who irritatingly is often called a PR guru) was nowhere to be seen. I am sure if she had decent advisors this sorry spectacle could well have been avoided. She could well be dropped by her biggest sponsor Iceland as she clearly doesn't represent their wholesome "Mums go to Iceland" brand. This mum is going to the local off-licence instead.
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