Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Kerry Katona was praised by fans for opening up over her struggle with literacy, which she says she failed to properly learn at school. The former Atomic Kitten star, 44, admitted in an interview that when she first moved to Ireland with her then-husband, Westlife star Brian McFadden, she couldn't read or write. Kerry told Ireland AM: “I remember when I moved over to Ireland with Brian when I was pregnant, I couldn’t read or write.
I'm dyslexic. With Brian being on tour all, the time, I did a typing course and taught myself how to read and write properly. The Whole Again singer continued: "I'll never forget being an Atomic Kitten, bearing in mind I had four sets of foster parents, three refuges and I went to eight different schools which I was very rarely in because my mum never let me go to school really.
So I couldn't even spell the word 'orange' at some point." But Kerry also revealed that her illiteracy also had some amusing unintended repercussions – including thinking that her band mate had ordered a 'dead baby' to eat from a restaurant menu. She explained how she was eating at restaurant while in Atomic Kitten, when it became Liz McClarnon's turn to order.
"I remember I was so dim when it came to restaurants, my local restaurant was like a chippy. I was.