Kerry:​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​‘I've Dated People Who Have Used Me - But Ryan Is Different'

Kerry Katona opens up to Closer, revealing that shes determined to make her new relationship last but still worries that she could slip back into her bad habits

- Lily Smith

She’s endured her fair share of lows throughout the years, struggling with drug addiction and grabbing headlines with her string of turbulent romances.

But after ending her third marriage to husband George Kay last August and transforming her body and mind with a newfound focus on health and fitness, Kerry Katona has found happiness with personal trainer Ryan Mahoney. But, Kerry tells Closer, she’s trying to keep this romance away from the spotlight.

She says, “I’m very happy, and Ryan’s a great guy. People I’ve dated and married in the past have managed to become celebrities off the back of knowing me, using my name. It’s ridiculous – so I’m going to keep it to myself this time.”

The 38-year-old mum of five has had a number of high-profile relationships. She has daughters Molly, 17, and Lilly, 15, with first husband Brian McFadden, and Heidi, 11, and Max, ten, with second husband Mark Croft.

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After splitting from George – with whom she shares youngest child Dylan-Jorge, four – Kerry told Closer that her priorities were going to be her health and her children.