Kerry Katona has opened up about her battle with drug addiction - revealing that it was her mum Sue that kick-started the problem.
Kerry Katona has been open and honest about her struggles with drug addiction in the past, but her recent revelations have stunned her fans.
Kerry, 37, took to Instagram yesterday to promote a talk she was doing at newly-opened rehabilitation centre The Hygrove in Gloucester - and confessed that her struggles with addiction had actually begun at the hands of her own mum.
GALLERY: Kerry Katona's complete transformation through the years
Kerry Katona Transformation Gallery
1 of 51Baby Kerry Katona
Born in 1980, Kerry Katona was the most ADORABLE baby! We recoginse that pout anywhere...
2 of 51Kerry Katona aged 15
A young Kerry Katona looks gorgeous for her school photo! We bet she was a right tearaway, though...
3 of 511999: Kerry Katona, aged 18
Then Kezza rose to fame as a member of Atomic Kitten alongside Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon.
4 of 511999: Kerry Katona, aged 18
Kerry looking every inch a 90s icon on the Pepsi Chart show... we definitely had that top!
5 of 512000: Kerry Katona, aged 19
Kezza at the Motor Show in Birmingham... LOOK AT THOSE LOCKS!
6 of 512001: Kerry Katona, aged 20
Kerry looking FAB in a super-cute LBD at the BRIT Awards. This was also the year Kerry became a mama, giving birth to her first daughter, Molly Marie McFadden, in August. Aww!
7 of 512002: Kerry Katona, aged 22
We love this shot of Kerry cuddling up to her then-husband - Westlife's Brian McFadden. The pair were tied the knot in 2002, but sadly split up just four years later. Young love heyyy!
8 of 512002: Kerry Katona, aged 22
Oi, get a room you two!
9 of 512002: Kerry Katona, aged 22
Squad goals? Kerry at the opening of Walt Disney Studios in Paris
10 of 512003: Kerry Katona, aged 23
A bronzed Kezza attending the London premier party of Bad Boys II. This was also the same year Kez had her second daughter with Brian, Lilly-Sue McFadden, who was born in February.
11 of 512004: Kerry Katona, aged 24
Jungle babes Kerry Katona and I'm a Celeb co-star Katie Price
12 of 512004: Kerry Katona, aged 24
She was crowned Queen of the Jungle in I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here! in 2004. We bet she needed that champers!
13 of 512004: Kerry Katona, aged 24
The gorgeous Kerry and Brian McFadden at The Brit Awards
14 of 512004: Kerry Katona, aged 24
An off-duty Kerry Katona in Dublin, Ireland rocking a baseball cap
15 of 512004: Kerry Katona, aged 24
Fresh-faced Kerry at Dublin's Four Seasons Hotel
16 of 512004: Kerry Katona, aged 24
Kezza performing at G-A-Y in London, reminding fans of her toned physique... go on girl
17 of 512005: Kerry Katona, aged 25
No paps please! Kerry arriving at RTE studios to record The Late Late Show in Dublin
18 of 512005: Kerry Katona, aged 25
She's looking extremely chuffed after winning 'Celebrity Mum of the Year' in 2005!
19 of 512005: Kerry Katona, aged 25
Kerry attending the launch of the H&M store in Dublin. Can we just appreciate how great she looks brunette...
20 of 512006: Kerry Katona, aged 26
Pink to make the boys wink! Kezza promoting Pink Ladies - an all female cab firm in London in February
21 of 512006: Kerry Katona, aged 26
A voluptuous Kerry Katona at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards in February. SLAYING with the curls
22 of 512006: Kerry Katona, aged 26
Here she's at the press launch of 'The Vitality Show'... 26 years old and looking absolutely flawless
23 of 512008: Kerry Katona, aged 28
Kez rocking a fabulous bun at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool
24 of 512008: Kerry Katona, aged 28
Kerry with her second husband Mark Croft, who she married a year earlier in 2007. They had their first daughter together, Heidi Elizabeth Croft, just 6 days after the wedding... busy girl isn't she!
25 of 512008: Kerry Katona, aged 24
A very glamorous & pregnant Kerry attending the baby shower for her fourth child Maxwell Mark Croft, born in April 2008... this is going to create one hell of a family tree
26 of 512009: Kerry Katona, aged 29
Glamorous Kezza at the launch of her MTV series 'Whats the Problem?'... 4 children down and she can still pull of a dress like that. WOW.
27 of 512010: Kerry Katona, aged 30
Say cheeeese! Kerry in London at the premiere of 'The Back-Up Plan' in April
28 of 512010: Kerry Katona, aged 30
Here she's attending the premiere of Disney's 'Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time' in London in 2010... long hair or short hair - she pulls off absolutely anything, doesn't she!
29 of 512011: Kerry Katona, aged 31
Another snap of Kerry in London... we love the blonde bob!
30 of 512011: Kerry Katona, aged 31
Kerry at The National Television Awards at O2 Arena in January, rocking yet another bob. We seriously LOVE.
31 of 512011: Kerry Katona, aged 31
Kerry stealing the show on the red carpet of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides
32 of 512011: Kerry Katona, aged 31
She attended a party celebrating FHM Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World May! Another incredible hair do
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33 of 512011: Kerry Katona, aged 31
Kerry Katona experimenting with corkscrew curls at the National Reality TV Awards at O2 Arena, London
34 of 512011 Kerry Katona - aged 31
In September 2011, Kezza finished as runner-up on Celebrity Big Brother... one of our all time fav contestants!
35 of 512012: Kerry Katona, aged 32
Kerry Katona all glammed up for the National Television Awards... that dress is goals!
36 of 512012: Kerry Katona, aged 32
Kezza at the OK! Magazine Christmas Party looking happy as Larry!
37 of 512013: Kerry Katona, aged 32
Kerry Katona performing with Atomic Kitten at 'The Big Reunion' concert. Please reform soon. Thanks.
38 of 512013: Kerry Katona, aged 33
Kerry Katona and her Atomic Kitten bandmates attending the Arqiva Commercial Radion Awards ... looking BEAUTIFUL girls!
39 of 512014: Kerry Katona, aged 33
Kerry Katona with Katie Price in 2014 rekindling their friendship after a seven year feud... Pouting goals and BFF goals all in one
40 of 512014 Kerry Katona - aged 34
Kezza with her third husband George Kay who she married in 2014. and their new-born daughter Dylan-Jorge Rose (Kerry's fifth child). Look at the arms on him... swooon
41 of 512014: Kerry Katona, aged 34
Enjoying her holiday and a little gossip four weeks after having her fifth child
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42 of 512015: Kerry Katona, aged 35
Kerry showing off her incredible body transformation shedding 1st in weight in six weeks. THOSE ABS!!! Absolutely killing it
43 of 512016: Kerry Katona, aged 36
A snap of Kezza in London wearing a beautifulllll dress and white wrap
44 of 512016: Kerry Katona, aged 36
Kerry Katona judges G.A.Y. Porn Idol at G-A-Y Heaven in August... not sure she looks too impressed with the talent
45 of 512017: Kerry Katona, aged 37
O-M-G. Kerry rocking pink hair last year! We love!
46 of 512017: Kerry Katona, aged 37
But first... let me take a selfie. Kez showing off her lush tan to Instagram
47 of 512017: Kerry Katona, aged 37
Kerry Katona with 10-year-old daughter Heidi... both looking flawless
48 of 512017: Kerry Katona, aged 37
A smiley Kerry in London - khaki is definitely her colour!
49 of 512018: Kerry Katona, aged 37
Kezza shows off her insane new figure to her Instagram in a post saying: "Woohoo I've lost over 2 stone, feeling on top of the world." Serious figure goals.
50 of 512018: Kerry Katona, aged 37
Wow, what a transformation! We think she looks better than ever.
51 of 512018: Kerry Katona, aged 37
Kerry has outdone herself in toning up, and appeared on Loose Women to reveal she's happy being single AND to show off her brand new brunette locks. Love it!
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Mum-of-five Kerry admitted that her mum, Sue, had given her class A substances, pretending they was sherbet sweets, when she was just 14-years-old.
Whilst living in foster care, Kerry had gone to visit her mum at a pub. When she walked into the toilet she noticed her mum had a bag of "white powder."
Broadcasting live on her Instagram Story, Kerry said, "I know my mum’s watching. I’m very proud of my mum and who she is today but my addition started back when I was 14.
"I went down to the pub on a Sunday, as one does from being up North, and I remember my mum going to the pub.
"I walked into the toilet, I was 14, and she had this bag of white powder. I said, 'Mum, what’s that?' She said, 'It’s sherbet'" - Kerry then indicated that her mum had dipped her finger in the bag and put it into Kerry's mouth.
Kerry then added that she went back to her foster parents and was awake for a solid 24 hours, and that this then became normal behaviour.
But Kerry was quick to defend her mum, stressin,: "This is not me blaming my mum or me saying, 'My mum’s a bad mum' - My mum did not know any different. Nor did I and, as I got older and older, it went from doing speed and then I met a boy and he introduced me to cocaine, I must have been about 15, 16.
"I was a really, really good kid but when I became an adult it just kind of went downhill from there."
Drugs became such a normal way of life for Kerry that she didn't realise until going to therapy that it wasn't normal behaviour.
Poor Kerry cited her first husband, Westlife's Brian McFadden, as being her "knight in shining armour" before joking that she "just got a tosser wrapped in tinfoil," and that life completely changed when he "took her over to Ireland."
She laughed that she "couldn't believe" she'd stayed up until 4am without using drugs, but that things went downhill when "the w---er" left her before immediately clarifying that she was joking.
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After returning to England and winning I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, Kerry said the height of her fame got to her and all of her friends at that time were into drugs.
She said: "I wanted to prove I’d not changed. I’m still 'our Kez', I’m up for a good time. So I’m buying all my friends coke and trying to get people to love me."
Shockingly, Kerry admitted that she only married her second husband, Mark Croft, because he was her mum's dealer and she "thought she was going to get the drugs for free."
Kerry clarified that she hadn't wanted to take the drugs: "I was taking it more and more because I wanted him to stop me and show that he loved me but it didn’t work out, he had me where he wanted."