Kerry Katona: 'Big Brother will get me out of bankruptcy'

Kerry Katona has admitted that she is taking part in Celebrity Big Brother because she is bankrupt.



The former Atomic Kitten star claimed in June that she only had "£400 left in my bank account". She also confirmed that she owed her former management Can Associates £350,000.

Katona was the first famous face to enter the house last night, as Channel 5 relaunched the reality series.

"This is going to get me out of my bankruptcy," the Daily Star quotes the 30-year-old as saying. "I get no maintenance. I've got four kids to raise, neither dad helps out or contributes in any way whatsoever, so I've got to work."

She added: "It's a gig and I'm being paid for it. It means I can keep my kids in another term of school."

Katona, who has a string of fly-on-the-wall series to her name, was given a secret task during the launch episode. Speaking to Big Brother in the Diary Room, she was told that she must "throw a massive celebrity tantrum" in front of her new housemates.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 5.