Kerry Katona’s daughter Heidi, 18, has opened up about her famous mum in her first ever interview as she talks fame and what life was like growing up

Kerry Katona’s daughter Heidi, 18, has opened up about her famous mum in her first ever interview(Image: Instagram )

Kerry Katona’s daughter broke down in tears as she recalled a chilling childhood memory of her stepdad hitting her mum.

Heidi Katona was just a kid when mum Kerry was married to third husband, ex-rugby player George Kay, who tragically died of a drugs overdose in 2019 aged just 39 after ‘eating cocaine’ at a hotel.

But the now 18-year-old – who says she saw George as a dad even though her biological father is Kerry’s second husband, taxi driver and drug dealer Mark Croft – has opened up on what it was like growing up and admitted: “I saw things as a child I should not have seen.”

The teenager said she saw George violently attack her mum – who is dad to Kerry’s 11-year-old daughter Dylan-Jorge, known as DJ. Once he even threatened to kill DJ by injecting her with heroin.

Heidi with mum Kerry, who is a millionaire again after cashing in on OnlyFans(Image: Instagram )

Heidi, who wants to follow in her mum Kerry’s footsteps and be famous, now has mixed feelings about the man she called dad. In her first ever interview, she told The Sun: “I am grieving for him. But I also saw my dad hitting my mum.

“She didn’t realise at the time how much I saw. It has an effect on who I am now. I saw things as a child I should not have seen. Mum sent me to a therapist but I don’t see the point of it. I try to be tough. Like mum I use humour to cover things up, but it’s not always easy.”

The 44-year-old Atomic Kitten star has hit the headlines over the years as much for her personal life as for her career. A mum of five who has been married three times, she shares eldest daughters Molly, 23, and Lilly-Sue, 22, with first husband, Westlife star Brian McFadden.

Kerry Katona with late husband George Kay

Heidi, 18, and brother Max, 17, were born while she was married to second husband Mark Croft. Suggesting her real dad isn’t part of her life anymore, Heidi paid tribute to her mum on father’s day earlier this month and posted on social media: ‘The woman who did both jobs @kerrykatona7 Happy Father’s Day.’ Kerry’s youngest child is 11-year-old daughter DJ – whose dad is her late third husband George Kay.

Over her 25-year career Kerry – who grew up in foster care – has been a singer and reality TV star and been declared bankrupt twice. But she is now a self-made millionaire again after joining adults only site OnlyFans – and Heidi revealed she got her kids approval before signing up to the platform during lockdown.

She shared how mum Kerry sat them all down and said ‘I want to do OnlyFans – tell me if you have a problem with that’ before explaining what the site was. Heidi said: “Lockdown meant her other work had stopped. We all agreed she should do it, she’s a grown woman who makes her own decisions.

Heidi wants to follow in her mum’s footsteps and be famous (Image: Instagram )

“She bought us all Airpods with her earnings. I thought, ‘This is great’. She’s done glamour before, she’s been pictured with her boobs out, there’s not a huge difference. This way she takes control and makes money from her sexuality.

“We didn’t know at the time that she was struggling for money. She has hidden a lot from us over the years.”

Her mum now lives in a five-bedroom house in Cheshire and drives a Lamborghini – all paid for by her earnings from OnlyFans, where Kerry admits she’s made a lot of money selling foot fetish photos.

But though she has fame in her sights, Heidi insists she wants to be a lawyer or a property developer – and says she would never do Love Island as she doesn’t want her mum to see her kissing on TV.