Kerry Katona's brutal review of Brian McFadden marriage that 'destroyed love life forever'

Reality TV star has previously shared that she couldn't make her ex-husband love her "enough" to stay together when they were .

Kerry and Brian, both now 44, began dating in 1999 and then tied the knot in 2002. The former couple welcomed two children during their relationship, with them parents to Molly McFadden, 23, and Lilly McFadden, 21, together.

The marriage however ended in 2004 and Kerry has spoken about separating from former Westlife member Brian over the years. The former Atomic Kitten singer - whom it's been announced this week has Ryan Mahoney after six years together - once said that she "couldn't make" Brian love her "enough".

As reported by , she wrote in a column for New! magazine in 2019: "I remember feeling shattered when my first marriage broke down and I was left with two baby daughters. It's one thing being heartbroken by the loss of a relationship, but add to that the guilt of being a mum and it's so hard."

She added: "[I'll] never forget the sadness of feeling like I couldn’t make Brian love me enough to keep our family together." Kerry went on to share in the magazine column at the time that it took her a "long time" to "get over that".

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More recently, Kerry said that for the end of the relationship. Speaking on last year, as previously reported, she said: "You can't force somebody to love you if someone falls out of love with you. It took me a long time to get over this but if somebody doesn't want to be with you can't force them to stay with you and Brian didn't want to be with me."

As previously reported, Brian told in 2007 that early on in the relationship he hadn't thought about whether he wanted a long-term future with Kerry. He said that life "ran away" with him, saying: "So then, when we had the first baby, bought a house, spent time together and Westlife became the same thing over and over, I woke up one morning and realised, 'This is not what I want to do with my life, I don't see myself being with this woman in 20 years, she's not who I'm meant to be with, we don't have anything in common'."

He later described their marriage as having not been "real," saying it was for "a big party" and to "get loads of money for it" and to "appear showbiz". He suggested that it ended on the stag night, , ahead of the wedding. He once said that it was then that he thought "this is not supposed to be". As previously reported, Kerry admitted on the Getting Lippy Gossip Show that she believes the "trust had just gone" after he cheated.

Appearing on Celebs Go Dating, Kerry broke down in tears as she said Brian was the only man she'd ever loved. Kerry sobbed as she recalled her dating history and admitted it's gone "downhill" since her first divorce.

"The only time I was ever in love was my first husband. I look back now and think 'god we were so young, was it puppy love?'" she told the dating experts. "Brian was my the only love of my life and it went downhill from there. When Brian left me I didn’t want to be rich and famous I wanted to belong."

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