Kerry Katona admits she's 'failing' as a single mum in heartbreaking admission

Kerry Katona has opened up about her struggles as a mum, admitting that she constantly feels as though she's 'failing' to raise her brood. The former singer is a mum to Molly, 23, and Lilly-Sue, 22, who she shares with first husband Brian McFadden, Heidi, 18, and Max, 17, whose father is her ex Mark Croft and youngest daughter, DJ, ten, who she welcomed with late spouse George Kay.

Writing in her weekly New! Magazine column, Kerry sent her support to Fearne Cotton, who recently opened up about feeling 'overwhelmed' as a single mum since splitting from her husband Jesse Wood.Comparing her own experience with parenthood, Kerry wrote: "I saw Fearne Cotton open up recently about how she feels “overwhelmed” as a single mum at times.

"Truth is, us mums all feel like that sometimes. Being a single mum is the hardest thing I’ve done in my life, and you can feel like you’re failing every day."

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Kerry continued: "You never feel like you’ve done enough, especially with multiple children who have different needs. But, if your kids have a roof over their heads and food to eat, they’re absolutely fine. We need to go easier on ourselves. Fearne is doing a fantastic job and needs to remember that."

The comments come after Fearne admitted she felt she was "dropping a lot of balls" as a single mum while recently appearing on Women's Health magazine’s new podcast, . "I had nothing the kids liked for breakfast on Monday, nothing. I had cereal, but no milk. I had butter, but no bread. I tried to make pancakes, I had no maple syrup. It is like an absolute s**t show," Fearne began.

She continued, "So I'm just dropping lots of balls constantly and never feeling like I'm doing anything particularly well. But enjoying most of it. I would say enjoying most of it." Fearne added that parenthood also has her "crying in her car" at times.

Fearne split from her husband of ten years in December, sharing the news in a statement to X which read: "It is with a heavy heart that | let you all know that Jesse and I are ending our marriage. Our priority has been, and will always be, our children. We please ask that you respect the privacy of our family at this time".

During their time together, the couple - who married in 2014 - welcomed two children - Rex and Honey - and said their priority will always remain on the pair, as well as Jesse's two older kids, Arthur and Lola.

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