Kerry Katona looked drastically different as she stepped out after revealing the results of her recent nose job that left her in tears.
The media personality, 43, underwent surgery to repair the damage she caused during years of drug abuse, but was left distraught when the operation left her no longer looking like her biological father.
Despite the discomfort, Kerry put on a brave face when she was spotted leaving a hair salon in Cheshire on Thursday while debuting a shorter blonde hairstyle.
The former Atomic Kitten singer cut a casual figure in jeans and a white bomber jacket worn over a peach top.
After four hours in the hairdresser’s chair, Kerry jumped into her £200,000 bright green Lamborghini Urus 4×4 which was parked nearby.
Kerry Katona, 43, looked drastically different as she stepped out in Cheshire on Thursday after undergoing nose surgery, the results of which left her in tears.
The media personality underwent surgery earlier this month to repair damage she caused during years of drug abuse.
She said she was distraught when the operation caused her to no longer look like her biological father (right, pictured before surgery).
Following the procedure, Kerry wrote a column in a new magazine: ‘I burst into tears when I got home and saw him, because he looked swollen and different.
“I’m also a little sad because I have the same nose as my biological father, so it makes me think I’ve lost that connection.”
Kerry used a detective agency to locate her biological father, Ron Armstrong, but he died of throat cancer before they met.
She only saw her daughter once in her 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 with three children when he had an affair with Sue, then 19, who worked in a canteen on a building site in Warrington.
The couple began seeing each other, but broke off their relationship when Sue became pregnant and Sue agreed to raise Kerry as a single mother.
As a child, Kerry was placed in the care and raised by four sets of foster parents.
Kerry wrote in his column: ‘Let this be a lesson: don’t do drugs! “If you are considering rhinoplasty, make sure you are prepared for the consequences.”
Despite the discomfort, Kerry flashed a smile as she was spotted leaving a hair salon in Cheshire on Thursday while debuting a lower blonde hairstyle.
The former Atomic Kitten singer cut a casual figure in jeans and a white bomber jacket worn over a peach top.
After four hours in the hairdresser’s chair, Kerry jumped into her £200k bright green Lamborghini Urus 4×4 which was parked nearby.
He put on a pair of stylish sunglasses as he walked away.
Kerry detailed how he came to abuse drugs, explaining that his mother had introduced him to them at the age of 14, after previously entering rehab in 2008 and 2010.
But she has now been proudly sober for 15 years and insisted she “can’t stay sorry” in order to move forward.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain, Kerry opened up about her dependence 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 septum.
Showing the results of the surgery to presenters Ranvir Singh and Richard Madeley, she explained that it had been her mother who first gave her medication when she was a 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 detailed how she came to abuse drugs, explaining that her mother had introduced her to them at the age of 14, after previously entering rehab in 2008 and 2010 (pictured with her mother Sue).
‘He didn’t do it every day, he was more of a drunk; once I started I couldn’t stop. And then you could go months without it. He just became my best friend because everyone was really using me.”
Detailing how dependent he was at the time, he admitted: “In fact, at one point I overdosed and got up again and took another line of cocaine right away.”
Kerry recalled: ‘I started doing drugs when I was 14, before I was famous. The first drug I took was with my mother.
‘I adore my mother and I love her, but we’ve had our ups and downs and my mother wasn’t really a mother. ‘She told me she was sherbet and speed and I thought she was normal!’
However, he went on to say that he had overcome his past, saying: “My mother was not very well.” It is what it is, it has happened. I can’t sit with regret and hatred.
‘I have to accept the people there are. My mom 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 put my hands up and take responsibility, let it go, otherwise it’s like being in a rocking chair going back and forth.”
He continued, “Certain people and situations have had a huge impact, but I think in order for you to really move forward with the lessons you’ve learned, you have to take ownership of them.” You have to let it go.’