Kerry Katona sent message to ex Brian McFadden's new wife on wedding day

Nearly twenty years on from her split with Brian McFadden, Kerry Katona has disclosed that she reached out to the Westlife star's new bride, Danielle Parkinson, on their special day earlier this month. Kerry, who is mum to daughters Molly and Lilly-Sue with Brian, penned in her New! Magazine column that she sent a message to Danielle on the morning of her wedding – this came shortly after reports suggested the former couple would "never be mates."

"My ex, Brian McFadden, got married earlier this month and I just want to wish him and his wife Danielle a lifetime of happiness," Kerry wrote in her column. In response to claims that she had "burned all bridges" with Brian, she retorted: "I find it sad, though, that as he gets married, everyone writes stories about me.

"His wedding has nothing to do with me at all. I texted Danielle to wish them a happy day – it looked like a beautiful celebration and I hope they had a ball," Kerry concluded.

While Kerry's two eldest daughters were present at the wedding, she didn't comment on whether they enjoyed the festivities. Alongside Molly and Lilly, Kerry also has Heidi and Max with taxi driver Mark Croft, and daughter DJ with her late third husband, George Kay.

Kerry's gesture towards Brian and Danielle follows what has been a rocky history between the exes, with Kerry having previously branded Brian as a "rubbish dad" to their girls.

"He was a s**t dad. I'm the one who provides for them," she remarked during a podcast in 2023, which has reportedly added tension to their already strained co-parenting relationship, according to a source last week.

A confidant disclosed to The Sun: "Kerry has burned her bridges with Brian, thanks to years of speaking out of turn. She's got a heart of gold but a big mouth, and that has always been her downfall.

"Kerry has a bad habit of not thinking before she speaks, and it's landed her in hot water with Brian on many occasions. She'll say something publicly that is either outrageous or something she should have kept private between them, and it gets her in trouble."

Nonetheless, just days prior to these reports, Kerry expressed in her column her desire for friendship with him: "I wish Brian and I could have stayed friends. Molly went to watch him at a festival last week and I would have loved to have gone with her. It would be great to have a better relationship," she penned.

Brian, on the other hand, seldom mentions Kerry and made a concerted effort to avoid discussing her in last year's BBC documentary, Boybands Forever. In an awkward moment caught on camera, the interviewer probes: "Marrying Kerry, you're sort of..." only for Brian to cut in sharply: "I don't want to talk about her, no. Definitely no."