Brian McFadden says he ‘probably wouldn’t have left’ Westlife to spend more time with his ex-wife Kerry Katona in rare comment about their marriage
In a rare comment about their marriage, Brian McFadden admitted he would ‘probably not’ leave Westlife to spend more time with Kerry Katona.
The singer was married to the TV star, both 45, from 2002 to 2006, and the former couple also have daughters Molly, 24, and Lilly-Sue, 22.
In an interview revealed nearly ten months after the release of BBC documentary Boybands Forever, Brian opened up about his mindset during his time in the music industry.
At a press conference with his bandmates, the singer reportedly announced that he planned to leave the band to spend more time with Kerry and his children.
He told The i newspaper: ‘If I was as confused as I am now, yeah, I probably wouldn’t have gone.
‘But I can’t change the way my mind was back then.’
Brian McFadden admits he’s “probably not leaving” in a rare comment about ex-wife Kerry Katona
The singer was married to the TV star, both 45, from 2002 to 2006, and the former couple share daughters Molly, 24, and Lilly-Sue, 22, who were born in 2001.
In an interview revealed nearly ten months after the release of BBC documentary Boybands Forever, Brian opened up about his mindset during his time in the music industry (Brian pictured in Westlife)
The former couple were doomed from the start, as Brian admitted to cheating on Kerry with a lap dancer on his hen party night.
The couple split in 2006, with Kerry revealing the singer’s infidelity triggered childhood trauma from seeking the approval of her mother Sue, who had mental health issues, and spending time in foster homes.
Appearing on Slingo’s Getting Lippy Gossip Show with presenter Emma Conybeare and the Daily Mail’s Rebecca Lawrence, Kerry said about her love life: ‘There are lessons to be learned. ‘I can’t blame Brian for Brian leaving me.’
Brian married his current wife Danielle Parkinson in July, while Kerry is currently dating personal trainer Paolo Margaglione.
The pair appeared to be on good terms after reuniting over the weekend for their daughter Molly’s 24th birthday in September.
Kerry has admitted in the past that she and Brian rarely see each other now that their daughters are adults.
But they reunited for Molly’s birthday and rejoiced together in a sweet moment.
The post, made to commemorate his daughter Kerry’s birthday on Instagram, included a family photo as well as a series of photos of him and Kerry taken over the years.
In September, Kerry had an adorable reunion with Brian while celebrating their daughter Molly’s 24th birthday over the weekend.
Kerry wrote: ‘How come I was born for the first time today at 24!!!!! Happy birthday my beautiful baby.
‘Honestly, I can’t tell you how proud I am of the woman you have become…. ‘I love you in the world, baby, and I miss you like crazy’.
Molly currently lives in Dublin and is an acting student at the prestigious Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin, alma mater of Normal People stars Paul Mescal and Éanna Hardwicke.
Last year Kerry claimed her and Brian’s marriage was ‘completely fake and sham’.
In an interview with The Mirror, she said: ‘Honestly I thought my first marriage would last forever, so I went for it.
‘It was just fake, it wasn’t real, it wasn’t meant to be; This wasn’t what I wanted, it was all fake and fake.’
She explained that since Kerry’s daughters are now adults, there isn’t much need to see Brian anymore.
Kerry added: ‘I haven’t seen him since. [Molly’s 21st birthday] Because the girls are grown up now, we have no reason to talk.’
It comes after Kerry candidly detailed her traumatic upbringing in a brutally honest interview, reflecting on how their marriage stemmed from her long-standing desperation to have a father figure.
She wrote: ‘I honestly can’t tell you how proud I am of the woman you have become…. I love you so much, baby, and I miss you like crazy.’
We open up to Paul C. Brunson on his podcast: We Need To TalkThe Atomic Kitten star recalled how she grew up not knowing who her real father was, only discovering her biological father after his death.
She described her mother having numerous short-term relationships with men she was led to believe were her father, one of whom physically abused her and forced her and her mother into a witness protection program.
Explaining that she went through four different foster parents and lived in a shelter while her mother struggled with mental health issues and drug addiction, Kerry admitted that she was exposed to “unspeakable situations” in her childhood and that “no child should be put in this situation.”
He explained: ‘But that was my normal, Paul. I didn’t know any different. Do you see what I mean? It took me a long time to realize that’s why I pursued these men, that’s why I wanted a father figure.
‘I kept getting married because I really wanted to have a father. ‘It took me so long to realize that I was more than enough.’
Kerry is currently dating personal trainer Paolo Magaglione, 33, and she reportedly moved him in just two months after they met on Celebs Go Dating.
Before this, she was in a six-and-a-half-year relationship with fiancé Ryan Mahoney before splitting at the end of last year.
She reportedly planned to have a child with Ryan before their split.
Besides her daughters with Brian, Kerry She is also mother to Heidi, 18, and Max, 17, with ex-husband Mark Croft, and DJ, 11, from her relationship with the late George Kay.
