Kerry Katona showered with praise for sharing reading and writing struggle

27 July 2023 , 14:55

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Kerry Katona praised for opening up about her struggles with reading and writing

Reality star Kerry Katona has opened up about her struggles with reading and writing up until her 20s.

The I'm A Celeb star revealed her struggles with literacy and explained that her struggles with dyslexia held her back until she was in her 20s. Kerry taught herself reading and writing via a typing course, after confessing that she was rarely' in school due to a tough upbringing.

"I remember when I first moved to Ireland with Brian, I was pregnant, I couldn’t read or write. I was dyslexic. With Brian being on tour all the time, I did a typing course and I taught myself how to read and write properly," she revealed.

Kerry revealed that she taught herself to write

Speaking to Ireland AM, Kerry explained that her mother rarely sent her to school and that she was in and out of foster homes, which really affected her ability to read and write.

She shared: "Being in Atomic Kitten, bearing in mind I had four sets of foster parents, three refuges, I went to eight different schools which I was very rarely in because my mum never let me go to school really, I couldn’t even spell the word 'orange' at one point."

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Kerry also said that her reading and writing struggles were so dire, that Atomic Kitten’s manager had to read out restaurant menus to her back in the day. Kerry told viewers: "I remember we were in a restaurant with Atomic Kitten and I couldn’t read the restaurant, our manager had to read it for me.

"I’ll never forget, we were in a Mexican restaurant and Liz (McClarnon) ordered fajitas and I was like, 'Oh my God, she’s going to eat a dead baby.' Fejitas, fetus. That’s how uneducated I was with food."

The star has been praised for being so open with her struggles with reading and writing and managing her dyslexia (Instagram)

She explained 'I couldn’t even spell the word 'orange' at one point'

Kerry, who overcame her battles with literacy and her dyslexia, went on to write several books including her most recent autobiography titled 'Kerry Katona: Whole Again: Love, Life and Me'.

Kerry has also revealed that a potential movie of her life is in the works, as her memoir Whole Again is set to be made into a film. The 42-year-old has been open about difficult moments in her life, including her three marriages and the death of her third husband George Kay from a cocaine overdose in 2014. She said she has already decided on an actress who would play her, saying Florence Pugh would be "great".

Writing in her Closer column, Kerry said: "I've got two screenwriters who have copies of my book and are turning it into a film."

She added: "I've been through everything, you name it, there's enough material for a sequel, or a prequel. When I was recording my audio book, I said to my producer, 'You couldn't make this s*** up, could you?' Even Stephen Spielberg couldn't write this! I would love for Florence Pugh to play me, she's the right height, has blonde hair and is British. She'd be great!"

Niamh Spence