{"id":186325,"date":"2023-12-04T07:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T07:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=186325"},"modified":"2023-12-04T07:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T07:24:02","slug":"kerry-katonas-tears-over-shock-operation-my-nose-is-collapsing-after-cocaine-abuse-im-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/celebrity\/kerry-katonas-tears-over-shock-operation-my-nose-is-collapsing-after-cocaine-abuse-im-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry Katona\u2019s tears over shock operation: \u2018My nose is collapsing after cocaine abuse – I\u2019m scared\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerry Katona is to undergo surgery to save her nose, after doctors warned her that it is \u201ccollapsing\u201d due to years of drug use.<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram last week, the former Atomic Kitten star opened up about the emotional moment the operation \u2013 which involves taking a piece of her rib to rebuild her septum \u2013 was recommended.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I have damaged my nose from doing drugs,\u201d she told her followers. \u201c[The doctor] went, \u2018Your nose is collapsing\u2019. So he said, \u2018Do you want us to fix it for you?\u2019 And I started crying because it\u2019s a massive 360 from where I was to where I am now. And I think, \u2018Wow wow wow, OK I\u2019ll get it fixed\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to OK!, Kerry, 43, revealed how she previously put off having a nose job, saying the fear of it collapsing deterred her from ever taking drugs again.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI got offered to get it fixed years ago and said I didn\u2019t want it,\u201d she told us. \u201cWhen they asked why, I said, \u2018It\u2019s a reminder to myself that if I ever touched a line of coke again, it could all collapse\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kerry was visiting Pall Mall Medical for a consultation about a potential eye lift when a doctor told her that her nose is collapsing and raised the topic of surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually have a hole in the middle of my nose from when I was doing all the cocaine,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt softened the cartilage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mum-of-five has been clean from drugs for over a decade, but has bravely spoken out about her past addictions, which spiralled during her marriage to ex-husband Mark Croft.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur relationship was just about coke,\u201d she said after their split. \u201cWe\u2019d have three-day sessions and not eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kerry and taxi driver Mark \u2013 who is dad to her children Heidi, 16, and Max, 15 \u2013 were married from 2007 to 2011. But during the relationship, 2004 I\u2019m A Celeb\u2026 winner Kerry went on a downward spiral, using drugs as a way to get by. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was using drugs as a coping mechanism and I don\u2019t regret it,\u201d she said last year. \u201cI\u2019ve had many good times on drugs. I can\u2019t regret it. I\u2019ve got to accept it and move on from it. It is what it is. There are no mistakes, only lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The star now says that it was the people she was hanging out with, rather than the drugs themselves, that were the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t that I even needed that reminder not to do drugs, because walking away from cocaine wasn\u2019t a problem \u2013 it was walking away from the people,\u201d she said. \u201cThat was my problem. To walk away from the people whom I thought I loved was hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I think, \u2018God, what would have happened to me If I hadn\u2019t become who I am now?\u2019. Even if it almost did kill me, I would\u2019ve died so much sooner if I hadn\u2019t stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now in a loving relationship with fianc\u00e9 Ryan Mahoney, Kerry \u2013 who is also mum to Molly, 22, Lilly-Sue, 20, and DJ, nine \u2013 is proud she managed to ditch cocaine, which she once famously described as her \u201cbest friend\u201d.<\/p>\n

But she admits looking back on her past can be tough. \u201cIt makes me emotional because I could\u2019ve looked so different and been in a different place if I hadn\u2019t stopped the drugs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kerry\u2019s nose procedure will be carried out in conjunction with an eye lift and will take a whopping eight hours to complete. Having steered clear of surgery on her face in the past, the star admits she\u2019s concerned.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m so scared,\u201d she said last week. \u201cThey have to take a piece of rib from my ribcage and put it in my nose. [The doctor] said that the older you get, the more your nose goes like that anyway, so this will fix it. It\u2019s not a vanity thing at all \u2013 it\u2019s a health thing because if I don\u2019t have it done, it could collapse. <\/p>\n

"I\u2019ve never thought about getting anything done to my face drastically, only subtle things. I\u2019m too scared to ruin my face. I\u2019m even nervous about the eye lift that I want!\u201d<\/p>\n

While the prospect of going under the knife is scary, it\u2019s something Kerry is ready for after being sober for almost 14 years. She says, \u201cI\u2019m so proud of myself for becoming who I am now. It could have gone so differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n