Kerry Katona has gushed over her new “blended family” with boyfriend Paolo Margaglione, whom she met on Celebs Go Dating this summer, sharing how their children have bonded instantly.
Kerry Katona says she couldn’t be happier with her new blended brood of seven children, as she and new boyfriend Paolo Margaglione have brought their families together. The couple met earlier this year on Celebs Go Dating, and Kerry says things are going “perfectly” so far as they spend more time together, in between her ongoing tour with Katie Price.
“This week I’ve been super busy touring, but I did have a day with Paolo and the kids – my lot and his two girls – which was lovely. I love spending time with his girls; it’s such a nice feeling to have little ones around again. We’ve blended our families together seamlessly and everything fits into place perfectly,” wrote Kerry in her weekly New! Magazine column.
The former singer, 45, is a mum to Molly and Lilly, who she shares with first husband Brian McFadden, Heidi and Max, who are from her relationship with ex Mark Croft, and DJ, the daughter she shared with late husband George Kay, who passed in 2019. Meanwhile, 34-year-old Paolo has two daughters with his ex-partner.
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Despite the fun-filled family day out, Kerry shared that there was one hiccup during the weekend as her mum suffered a medical blip. “I did have to take time out to check on my mum, as she had a really bad fall.
“Thankfully, she’s OK, but we are trying to get her to agree to assisted living because I can’t be with her all the time and she needs more hands-on help,” she explained.
Kerry’s stint on Celebs Go Dating this summer was her second time on the dating show, after she originally appeared on it in 2019 but failed to find romance. But this time, despite initially being worried about her and Paolo’s 11 year age gap, Kerry appears to have found lasting love.
The relationship comes after the former Atomic Kitten star split with ex-fiance Ryan Mahoney last November. The couple were together for six years, with Kerry admitting she was “heartbroken” at the time of the split, which she said boiled down to a “breach of trust”.
She said at the time: “We are no longer together and It’s been a really tough week – I never in a million years thought this would happen. Without going into too much detail, there has been a breach of trust between us.”
Ryan swiftly moved out of their shared Cheshire home, but the former couple remain business partners and are still in contact when it comes to Kerry’s youngest daughter DJ, who she says Ryan saw as “his own”.
Despite being engaged and considering having more children together, Kerry recently admitted that she “never” saw herself marrying the Personal Trainer. “I knew I was never going to marry Ryan, and I knew I was never going to have his baby. That’s why we never did,” she told The Sun.
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