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Going bankrupt was the best thing that’s ever happened to me, I’ve finally earned my cash, says millionaire Kerry Katona
KERRY Katona has revealed that going bankrupt was the "best thing that ever happened to her" and she's finally "earned" her cash.
The 41-year-old has previously been declared bankrupt twice in five years - once in 2008, and again in 2013.
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But now Kerry has made a huge comeback and doing amazingly well for herself.
The star is reportedly a millionaire again after raking it it in on OnlyFans and by selling clothes in her own boutique store.
She has even been able to move into a stunning £2m Cheshire mansion, which she pays £9,5000 a month for.
The singer recently opened up about how she went bankrupt for first time Anjan Luthra, the CEO of .
Kerry said: "People think that I wasted my money by doing loads of drugs, don’t get me wrong I did loads, but I could afford to do loads of drugs and buying cars, I could afford to buy my cars.
"It wasn’t the fact I lost my money, I trusted the wrong people, so I had an accountant who turned out to be a con artist, and he did it to lots of people, but i was the only celebrity.
"You have to own it, it's my own fault for trusting the wrong people and you what, it was the best thing that ever happened to me when I first went bank rust.
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"Even though I was scared... because you know what happened, all those little hangers on those rats, they all just disappeared."
Kerry reflected on her past and added: "We've gone from such a bad place and all of a sudden becoming this famous person, to marrying a popstar, to then winning the jungle to then having millions, to then losing everything, so twice went bankrupt.
"So I'm literally crawling my way back up and really I feel like I’ve really earned it. I didn’t appreciate it first time around."
The Atomic Kitten singer first filed for bankruptcy in 2008 after reportedly failing to pay the final £86,000 of a £417,000 tax bill.
Five years later she was declared bankrupt for a second time.
Kerry shot to fame in 1999 when she was just 18 as part of pop group Atomic Kitten.
After she left the band in 2001, she tied the knot with Westlife star Brian McFadden and decided to focus on her TV career.
She shares her daughters Lilly-Sue, 18, and Mollie Marie, 20, with the singer.
After her marriage with Brian ended in 2004, she later married Mark Croft in 2007, but divorced in 2011.
They share Heidi Elizabeth, 14, and Maxwell Mak, 13, together.
Her third marriage was to former rugby league star George Kay, but separated a year later.
The former couple share Dylan-Jorge, seven.
Over the years the telly favourite has starred in a number of her own reality shows and others such as Big Brother and Celebs Go Dating.
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She is currently engaged to fiance Ryan Mahoney.
The couple first started dating in 2018, briefly split that year, but reignited their flame in 2019.
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