Kerry Katona broke down in tears as she spoke openly about her mum's battle with self-harm in a heartbreaking podcast episode. The former face of Iceland revealed her first "traumatic memory" was watching her mother Sue "slit her wrist" before being taken to rehab. The mum-of-five sobbed as she revealed a step she needed to take, preventing herself from ever doing the same later in her adult life.
Speaking on the Exhibit A podcast with host Abbey Clancy, Kerry admitted she still gets "emotional and upset" about the experience these days. She said her mum's mental health problems left her younger self feeling "unloved" and "not wanted" in her sad admission. Asked what her first "heartbreaking memory" was, Kerry replied: "Watching my mum slit her wrist.
I can get emotional and upset about it now I'm older." She continued: "I remember sitting in rehab and I couldn't believe I let myself get so low. "I kept thinking if this is in my DNA and if it is a genetic thing.
.. the one thing I never want my kids to feel is unloved or not wanted by me, because that's how I felt.
So I thought if this is something that I might end up doing, I got Molly and Lilly tattooed on my wrist because I thought I'd be so selfish to put my kids through that no matter what's going on my life. "I want my kids to know I love them so much and I'm never going to leave them," Kerry said as she broke down in tears alongside Abbey. Fans flooded to the comments to praise the reality TV star as she wrote her own m.