Kerry Katona looks different with new nose after surgery to repair damage

Kerry Katona is no stranger to going under the surgeon’s knife to achieve a new look.

And now, the former Atomic Kitten singer has taken the plunge once again but this time on her nose to repair the damage caused following years of past drug use. But it seems that her new look has triggered an emotional response after she was left in tears as she felt her new appearance left her looking too different from the nose of her biological dad.

Kerry, 43, underwent the surgery earlier this month and despite her concerns, she was spotted out and about in Cheshire at a salon showcasing a new blonde hair do. Wearing a pair of denim jeans, the mum of five teamed her look with a white bomber jacket over a peach top.

And after a number of hours waiting for her hair style to be completed, the TV personality, who was previously married to Brian McFadden, jumped into her green Lamborghini, which was parked nearby. Kerry had recently said that the surgery would entail removing a rib to replace the cartilage lost through drug use and make it look ” a bit smaller.”

She then claimed that it was a necessity as she had “three holes” in her nose due to past cocaine abuse. Following the procedure, she wrote in her New! magazine column: “I burst into tears when I got home and saw it, because it looked swollen and different. I’m also a little sad because I have the same nose as my biological dad, so it makes me think I’ve lost that link.”

Kerry had once instructed the professional service of a private detective to hunt down her biological father named Ron Armstrong, but he had passed away from throat cancer before they were due to meet. He had only met the star once in his life following a meeting with her mother Sue when Kerry was at the tender age of two months old.

She continued in her column with the publication: “Let this be a lesson – don’t do drugs! If you’re thinking about rhinoplasty, make sure you’re prepared for the aftermath.” Kerry started taking drugs at the age of 14 after being introduced to them by her mother after checking into rehab in 2008 and then again in 2010.

But she has since been sober and clean of any substances for 15 years. During her appearance on Good Morning Britain with Richard Madeley and Ranvir Singh, she gave the back story to her addiction and how it resulted in her nose to collapse. She explained: “I think cocaine became my crutch, it was my best friend, it gave the support I needed, when I needed it. I didn’t do it everyday, 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 using me really.”

Speaking about how dependent she became, she added: “I actually OD’d at one point and got back up and took another line of cocaine straight away.” In 2009, during her marriage to her now ex husband Mark Croft, Kerry was quizzed by police after a video surfaced of her snorting the class A drug through a £20 note.

She admitted: “I started drugs when I was 14, before I was famous. My first drug I took was with my mum. I adore my mum and I love my mum, but we’ve had our ups and downs and my mum wasn’t really a mum. She told me it was sherbet and it was speed and I thought that was normal!”

She continued: “My mum wasn’t very well. It is what it is, it’s happened I can’t sit with regret and hatred. I have to accept people who there are. My mum is drug free. But for a very 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 being in a rocking chair going back and forth.”

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