1.36pm. Star picks up the children...
5.05pm. Kerry Katona forgets all about them and hits the cocaine
TWO-TIME Celebrity Mum of the Year Kerry Katona enjoys a happy family reunion
with her two older daughters and heads for home . . . just 3½hours before
she was caught on video snorting cocaine in the bathroom. 
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Our picture shows the star of Iceland supermarket's cosy TV ads picking up Molly, seven, and Lilly Sue, six, at Manchester Airport on their return from a three-week break in Ireland with their dad Brian McFadden.
The photo, taken at 1.36pm on Wednesday, is full of sweet girlie innocence, teddy bear luggage and pink bunny-eared bags.
READ: KERRY GOES MAD ON COCAINE
But at 2pm they all arrived home in nearby Wilmslow, Cheshire, and at 5.05pm Kerry the caring parent is upstairs getting high on cocaine in her bedroom ensuite.
Upset
And the exclusive video footage given to the News of the World shows clearly that Kerry is wearing the same black headband and white top as she had on earlier at the airport.
Husband Mark was not in the house while Kerry was snorting the illegal drug, having left earlier that morning.
A friend said: "Mark sent Kerry a text saying he felt suicidal over their marriage crisis. He was in a real state.
"Mark was so upset that he got out of the house. He didn't want to be there when she eventually got back although he didn't have a clue when that would actually be."
But it's believed Molly and Lilly Sue WERE still there in the house, being cared for downstairs by their nanny, as Kerry got high. It is not known where her two younger children were.
The friend said: "You'd have thought Kerry would want to spend some quality time with the older girls after such a long break apart from them.
"But she's such a chronic addict that the drugs came first.
"Even though she hadn't seen those kids for weeks they were barely back in the country a few hours before she took herself away from them and got nose down in the cocaine.
Scrapped
"It shows perfectly what a terrible grip this habit's got on her."
Kerry could now face a fresh INVESTIGATION by social services over her parenting skills, a BATTLE with ex-Westlife singer McFadden over custody of their children and a huge QUESTION MARK hanging over her £500,000-a-year deal with her main employer Iceland.
She has just filmed an important Christmas campaign for the High Street giant with Loose Women star Coleen Nolan which advertising industry insiders predict could now well be scrapped.
Kerry has gone to great lengths to cover-up her chronic cocaine addiction.
Most recently she has claimed that as a bankrupt she simply can't afford the Class A drug.
But we can reveal she is still receiving a healthy monthly allowance which could help fund a habit that can cost up to £300 a day - that's seven grams of the deadly white powder. At present all Kerry's her earnings have to be paid to Baker Tilly accountants, trustee of her bankruptcy.
They then give the star money to live on - £8,850 a month to support her reasonable domestic needs.
Everything she earns above that is used to pay off her debts.
And our revelations today will ring fresh alarm bells over her fitness to look after her four children - Molly and Lilly Sue, plus Heidi, two, and one-year-old Maxwell, her children with Mark.
Kerry was first investigated by social services in October 2006 after her 30-year-old pop star ex Brian said she was an "unfit mother" and her mum Sue branded her an "out of control cokehead".
But the investigation was dropped the following month and the council officials said: "A referral stated your children were at risk and your partner and yourself were using illicit drugs.
"After further inquiries I am able to inform you there are no concerns regarding their welfare."
Again last year worried social worker bosses were called in to check on Kerry's kids after her shambolic appearance on ITV's This Morning show.
Bizarre
Kerry insisted her bizarre behaviour was down to her medication for bipolar disorder.
Cheshire County Council made initial inquiries but ruled out a full investigation.
Brian has already threatened to apply for full custody of Molly and Lilly Sue if Kerry continues to spiral out of control. In 2007, after revelations about her drugtaking, Brian said he wanted the children full-time. And last year in an interview with the News of the World he said: "She uses my two girls as a weapon in her childish games.
"She is an embarrassment to me, my family and my children."
Brian, who separated from Kerry in September 2004 and divorced her in 2006, was given visitation rights by a judge two years ago while Kerry was given full custody.
But today's drug revelations cast a whole new light on every aspect of Kerry's life.
She has always claimed that she only took cocaine very briefly to get over the trauma of Brian dumping her five years ago. She maintains that she has been clean for years. And Kerry has repeatedly denied our stories about her cocaine abuse.
At one point she mockingly held up a copy of the News of the World on her MTV reality show.
We revealed in March that she has been dependent on the drug since June last year following the death of her stepdad Arnie Ferrier.
Kerry insisted our story was false, saying: "I really am skint.
"One week I can't afford a pint of milk, the next I'm on seven grams of cocaine a day. Do they know how much that would cost? Besides, I've put on a stone and since when have drugs made you gain weight?" But our picture of her stuffing down kebabs at Blackpool during her four-day binge this week prove that the drug does little to curb the bloated star's taste for fattening junk food.
Two weeks ago we went to Kerry's manager with new cocaine revelations and again she insisted she was clean.
Blamed
During the past four years, since we first revealed Kerry was a cocaine user, she has denied it again again and blamed her odd behaviour on a medical condition.
Last year she said: "The thing is, people think I'm still on drugs because I have bipolar disorder.
"I'm up and I'm down and my mouth is always dry and that's just like when you're on cocaine.
"Don't get me wrong, I've done coke, but I've not done it for ages." She publicly confessed for the first time in November last year that she was an alcoholic, but said: "I haven't been to Alcoholics Anonymous because I believe I'm controlling the drink not the other way around.
"I believe I have my illness under control because my first priority is to my children and husband."
But it was in 2004 Kerry that she was admitted to The Priory for the first time on the advice of a Harley Street doctor and was then diagnosed as an alcoholic.
She returned to the London clinic in 2005 with depression and more alcohol problems.
Weeks later she checked into Arizona's Cottonwood Clinic for a month after claims of drug abuse.
In 2007 she was admitted again suffering from bipolar problems.
That was two days after she and husband Mark reported they and and daughter Heidi were held hostage by burglars at their £1.5 million home. Last year she returned for a fourth time to the Priory as she plunged into depression again.
Her six-day stay followed our sensational story about her taking cocaine on New Year's Eve and Mark's infidelity with barmaid Samantha Riaz.
On March 22 this year we told how Kerry's daily cocaine habit was causing part of her nose to disintegrate and fall out.
Kerry denied it, saying: "They used pictures that were taken when I was pregnant. My whole face got big then, it doesn't look anything like that now."
Now friends are now expected to urge Kerry to go BACK into rehab.
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This article has 36 comments
get help girl, get away from that freak of a man.
By clare. Posted September 14 2009 at 1:46 AM.
Is this woman married to an alien?
I'm confused....HELP!
By Hersha. Posted August 27 2009 at 12:54 AM.
Alex.
The trouble is that neither of them seem to want to have the kids full time.
Brian is swanning about abroad somewhere most likely getting drunk and rogering every thing that moves, and Kerry only seems intrested in getting off her face on coke and trying to repair her stale joke of a marriage with that cretin.
Neither of them are thinking of the kids at all as a result the kids are suffering. The only option is to get the kids out of this very destructive envioment but until the authorities act and do something there is very little that can be done.
The general consensus is that the kids are taken away from her but if Brian doesn't want them, they could well end up being sent to different foster homes and that in itself could be just as harmful as keeping them with that awful creature.
It's a mess pure and simple.
By Lorna. Posted August 25 2009 at 11:03 AM.
i really do feel sorry for this girl, yes maybe she has a drug problem but so do loads of celebs they obviously just have "real" friends who wont sell stories every 5mins
By Leanne. Posted August 21 2009 at 5:06 PM.
If I ever was going to shop at Iceland I'm certainly not going to now.
She's a disgrace and shame on Iceland for giving her the cash to spend in this way.......
By Anon. Posted August 21 2009 at 11:57 AM.
Kerry katona is a fat TRAMP !!! she is sooooooooo common and should have her kids taken away as she clearly can not look after them properly shes a DISGRACE !!!!!
By sophie. Posted August 20 2009 at 3:46 PM.
the kids should b definately taken off her and brian should bring dem up ,and dey would have a positive outlook in life ;
By sandracorbett. Posted August 20 2009 at 2:20 PM.
Why does Brian not do anything - is he happy to leave his kids with someone who will put them in danger like this? If it were me i would have them out of there.
By K80. Posted August 19 2009 at 1:31 PM.
go get help love .
By miriam o neill. Posted August 18 2009 at 1:49 AM.
A very silly woman and to thing she taks drugs and picks her kids up from school after this is mad
By Roger. Posted August 18 2009 at 12:59 AM.
ok its pretty obvious what she's doing there and its not good, but as a former cocaine user i know that when you are trapped in that cycle its very hard to break free regardless of the consequences...depression and self loathing are a teriible thing to endure add in mental health problems and 2 failed/failing marriages it's easy to see why she's back at it, she grew up around drugs so they have always been part of her life..this doesn't make it right but we should support kerry and help her every step of the way if she's ever going to beat this addiction....just by this footage being taken goes to show what low life and callous company she's keeping , somebody please help her if not for her sake then for the sake of her children, god bless kerry , i hope she wins this battle ...
By jane davies. Posted August 17 2009 at 11:44 PM.
She is a disgrace!! first of all for taking cocaine, secondly for doing cocaine when her kids are in the house and thridly for leaving the drug on a tray in her bathroom in easy access to her children!
She is disgusting and does not deserve to have her kids with her. Brian McFadden should step up and demand full custody and for the two youngest they need to be cared for probably.
Social Services should step in it's disgraceful if they don't!
By J. Posted August 17 2009 at 10:00 AM.
give the girl a break she ant even safe in her own home you are sick hope your happy with the money your so addicted to !!!!i bet there is millons of people like her so go film them .
By richard. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:08 PM.
Watching her show on MTV, it was like watching a real life version of Shameless!!!! Those poor children basically caring for their mum because she is no fit state to look after herself let alone 4 kids and a waste of space husband........Now after seeing this article as a mum, I would feel disgusted if social services do not do something! Or are special allowances being made, as she is ‘famous’.
By Sarah. Posted August 16 2009 at 6:10 PM.
As a mum i feel sick after watching your clip.Kerry,you are a disgrace,i have always gave you the benifit of the doubt,but no,NO MORE....I Just feel so sorry for your kids and the horrible childhood memories they are going to have of their mum,who im sure they adore...SAD SAD SAD.....
By Imelda. Posted August 16 2009 at 5:51 PM.
oh kerry come on babe get sorted, before its to late, we all know what a shitty childhood youve had, but come on the kids dont need a repeat of this, you need to get help, dont allow these men to wreck your life , only you can change it,pull yourself together get help and move on !
By nix , aberdeen. Posted August 16 2009 at 5:15 PM.
Mother of the year...
By Cherryblossom. Posted August 16 2009 at 1:12 PM.
I'm sick of these 'she needs help', 'its all Mark's fault' messages. Its YOU, the public that condone and support this by buying magazines with her interviews, give viewing figures for her programme and yes, shop at Iceland. As long as that continues and royalties are paid, she'll never wake up to the fact that she is now only known as a car wreck not a 'Celebrity' because getting a proper job or at least acting like a hands-on parent is clearly beyond her grasp. She's made her choices whether its to take drugs, marry Mark, lie to the public or hide behind a genuine medical condition, so let her deal with the consequences just like everyone else. And before anyone says that no-ones perfect, I agree but not everyone goes on tv wasted,then lies about drug use, blames hard upbringing on everything whilst maintaining they are a good parent and then revert to the drugs when the cameras off. Take her kids away and she'll maybe just maybe wake up. Just look at Britney Spears but then she had talent to fall back on.
By David H. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:06 PM.
Is this a shock to anyone??! It's very sad that over the last couple of years Kerry has desperately denied and tried to hide the truth when she has blatantly been on drugs. You can't fool the whole of the British public! Someone get this girl some help, she is a victim of two lousy husbands and spongers that hang around her. I think if she was to completely clean up her act and sort herself out she would still have the support of the public....
By kelly. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:13 AM.
Just help her. That is what she needs. Not criticism. Everyone wants to take the kids but it is help she needs utmost. She has never got over Brian and never will. He should help her not threaten to take the kids. She is the mother of his children and he has done this to her.
By mog. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:36 AM.
Are any more comments being printed...
By Mandy. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:34 AM.
Kerry's children should give her all the strength she needs, but obviously they're not enough for her.
Because they have a nanny, social services are using this as an excuse to ignore the situation as they always do until it's too late.
No child should be in drug using environment.
As usual social services put the children last. It's all down to money and that's so wrong. They wont admit that though.
By Mandy. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:20 AM.
Hillbilly trailer trash who can`t look after herself let alone her kids. If she wasn`t (in)famous social services would`ve stepped in long ago. As for Croft....well parasites live off dogs.
By iand. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:19 AM.
IF THAT WAS ANY ONE OF US WE WOULD HAVE HAD OUR KIDS TAKEN OFF US BY NOW!!
By cravena. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:12 AM.
Get this girl out of the limelight, get those kids out, get that waste of space husband out and get the girl some PROPER help! We can all bitch about her but who is actually helping her?! What support system does she have?! I am in no way defending her but someone has got to step in and say enough is ENOUGH! She'll be dead by the time she's 30.
By miff. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:31 AM.
What more does this woman need to do for the intervention of Social Services.......UNBELIEVABLE!!!
THOSE CHILDREN SHOULD BE REUNITED WITH THIER FATHER BRIAN, THE OTHER TWO, GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIER FATHER IS UNFIT
By Linda. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:20 AM.
i reallt feel sorry her she has such a crap life i know we all have had bad things happen us and we dont turn to drugs but thats all she knows she has noone around her that is a trust worthy person i feel for and her kids which now she is going to lose for sure. my heart goes out to her she is lost i can see her dead very soon. its a waste of a life brian hurt her the she married that scum and all he planned was to ruin her and he has just done it. alot of people have no time for her but my heart goes out to her it took a friend of mine to lose her kids to get sorted but it was a long long time she needs to sort herself out away from camera papers her MOTHER AND HUSBAND. max cliffiord was only one she trusted and she needs him right now
By louise. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:03 AM.
Well she's been well and truly set up by someone! I feel so sorry for her daughters arriving home and she leaves then to do this.Shame on you Kerry.
By sunday. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:43 AM.
what a disgrace she has turned out to be, having drugs out in your home with small children around is despicable and no excuses can be made for that. she needs to sort herself out quick before she looses custody of her kids, she needs to stop trying to live in the past and stop fueding with others and concentrate on her own life and more importantly she needs to dump that idiot for he is quite clearly a manipulative thug who thrives off kerry's insecurities and loves the money more than her.
By caroline. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:14 AM.
I am a business man running a business in the UK. I am totally bewildered as to why Iceland continue to allow this women to promote their brand. What is says to me is that they think that she is typical of the average Iceland customer. They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, well take a look at Kerry if you want the exception to the rule
By john. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:09 AM.
Seems to me that having brought this right in to the open the N.O.T.W has shown that the need for a place of safety order for the children is paramount.But will the authorities act?
By Alecko. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:03 AM.
What a terrible role model she is to those kids! I can't believe no one has done nothing yet to take the children out of that house PERMANENTLY!
By toni. Posted August 16 2009 at 6:44 AM.
Sadly, I have to agree with One point Kerry does make and it seems true.
Brian is not interested in having the kids full time as anybody that cared for their kids would not allow them to return to a unfit mother.
All he keeps say is he wants custody but it seem to be only lip service. He prefers his part time father role.
Those kids are going to hate him as much as they going to hate Kerry for messing up their lives.
By Alex. Posted August 16 2009 at 3:42 AM.
SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE!!!! GET THOSE KIDS OFF HER!!!!
By cooper blue. Posted August 16 2009 at 3:52 AM.
Brian and Delta
It is time to step up to the plate.
Save your daughters NOW
By SASKIA. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:17 AM.
A fine role model Kerry has turned out to be. No wonder a large proportion of Britain's population a so slobbish.
It's time Iceland dumped her and found a proper mum, who is of good moral standing, not out of her head on drugs, doesn't binge eat and is intelligent to listen to. Kerry doesn't encourage me to shop at Iceland - in fact the opposite.
She has become an utter waste of space, and is another celebrity has-been, joining the ranks of Amy W, Katie Price, et al.
By Tom Watson. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:58 AM.