Kerry Katona looked drastically different as she stepped out after revealing the results of her recent nose job, leaving her in tears.
The media personality, 43, underwent surgery earlier this month to repair the damage caused during years of drug abuse, but was left distraught when the surgery left her no longer resembling her biological father.
Despite the upset, Kerry put on a brave face as she was spotted leaving a hair salon in Cheshire on Thursday debuting a shorter blonde haircut.
The former Atomic Kitten singer looked casual in jeans and a white bomber jacket that she wore over a peach top.
After four hours in the hairdresser’s chair, Kerry jumped into her bright green £200,000 Lamborghini Urus 4×4, which was parked nearby.
Kerry Katona, 43, looked drastically different as she stepped out in Cheshire on Thursday after undergoing a nose job – the results of which left her in tears
The media personality underwent the surgery earlier this month to repair the damage caused during years of drug abuse
She said she was distraught when the surgery left her no longer resembling her biological father (right, pre-surgery photo)
Following the procedure, Kerry wrote a new magazine column: ‘I burst into tears when I got home and saw it because it looked swollen and different.
‘I’m also a bit sad because I have the same nose as my biological father, so I think I’ve lost that link.’
Kerry used a detective agency to track down her biological father Ron Armstrong, but he died of throat cancer before they could meet.
He saw his daughter only once in his life, during a meeting with Kerry’s mother Sue when Kerry was just two months old.
The News of the World reported that Ron was a married man and already had three children when he had an affair with then 19-year-old Sue, who worked in a canteen on a construction site in Warrington.
The couple began seeing each other but ended their relationship when Sue became pregnant, and Sue agreed to raise Kerry as a single mother.
As a child, Kerry was placed in care and raised by four sets of foster parents.
Kerry wrote in her column: ‘Let this be a lesson – don’t do drugs! If you are thinking about rhinoplasty, make sure you are prepared for the aftermath.”
Despite the upset, Kerry was all smiles as she was spotted leaving a hair salon in Cheshire on Thursday as she debuted a shorter blonde haircut
The former Atomic Kitten singer looked casual in jeans and a white bomber jacket that she wore over a peach top
After four hours in the hairdresser’s chair, Kerry jumped into her bright green £200,000 Lamborghini Urus 4×4, which was parked nearby
As she drove away, she put on a pair of stylish sunglasses
Explaining how she started using drugs, Kerry explained that her mother was introduced to them at the age of 14, after checking herself into rehab in 2008 and 2010.
But she has now been proudly sober for 15 years and insisted she “can’t be left with any regrets” about moving on.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain, Kerry opened up about her dependency on cocaine and how it caused her nose to collapse.
She recently went under the knife to reconstruct her nose after her drug abuse left her with a hole in her nasal septum.
She showed the results of the operation to presenters Ranvir Singh and Richard Madeley, explaining that it was her mother who first gave her medication as a young teenager.
Speaking about her addiction, she explained: ‘I think cocaine became my crutch, it was my best friend, it gave me the support I needed, when I needed it.
Kerry explained how she started using drugs and explained that her mother was introduced to them at the age of 14, after checking herself into rehab in 2008 and 2010 (pictured with mother Sue)
‘I didn’t do it every day, I was more of a binger – once I started I couldn’t stop. And then I could go months without it. It just became my best friend because everyone was really using me.”
She talked about how dependent she was at the time and admitted: ‘At one point I even overdosed, got up again and immediately took another line of cocaine.’
Kerry recalled: ‘I started doing drugs when I was fourteen, before I became famous. My first medicine I took was with my mother.
“I adore my mother and I love my mother, but we’ve had our ups and downs and my mother wasn’t much of a mother. She told me it was sherbet and it was speed, and I thought that was normal!’
She went on to say that she had put her past behind her, saying, “My mother wasn’t doing well. It is what it is, it happened. I can’t sit with regret and hatred.
‘I have to accept the people who are there. My mother is drug free. But for a long time I lived in a pity party saying, “poor me, the world owes me, it’s everyone’s fault but mine.”
“But I have to hold my hands up and take responsibility, let it go, otherwise it’s like sitting in a rocking chair back and forth.”
She continued, “Certain people and situations have had a huge impact, but I think if you really want to move on from the lessons you’ve learned, you have to own them. You have to let it go.’
