Is Katie a toxic friend for Kerry?

As Kerry Katona and Katie Price spend all their time together rehearsing for panto season, a source tells new Kerry's friends are concerned Katie is a bad influence.

- Mitya Underwood

After the shock demise of her relationship with her partner of six years, Kerry Katona has been crying on the shoulder of none other than her old jungle friend Katie Price - who has also been giving her plastic surgery advice.

Kerry and her I'm A Celeb BFF, who both appeared on the show in 2004, have been spending a lot of time together as they prepare to star as the Ugly Sisters in the pantomime Cinderella, which is running at a theatre in Cheshire throughout December.

But a source tells new that their growing closeness - and rumours Katie is encouraging Kerry, 44, to go under the knife again - has left some of Kerry's other pals worried that she's looking for support in the wrong place.

This comes as Kerry told new this week, "I am thinking about having my boobs done.

When Katie saw me, she asked if I was having them done straight away and it was the third time she's said it. I was like, 'OK, I get the hint - you think I need them done."" A source has voiced their concern about the influence surgery-loving Katie, who has had a whopping 17 boob jobs, is having on newly single Kerry.

"Friends are worried it could become a toxic friendship and that it's not the right support Kerry needs," the source claimed.

"They're worried where she's headed. They don't have anything against Katie as a person, but they know that both she and Kerry have had difficult and similar experiences in the past, which they've both spoken about, and there's always a risk in a friendship like that of one leading the other astray.