Kerry wouldn’t be the first popstar-turned-Corrie star, as former Hear’Say singer Kym Marsh has played Michelle Connor since 2006, while Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding appeared as Joni Preston in a four-episode stint earlier this year.
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“George Kay, 35, a labourer of Hollybank Moore, Warrington, answered bail on Saturday evening (October 24) and was charged with assault by beating and possession of a prohibited weapon”.
After Kay’s arrest, Katona’s spokesperson confirmed that their marriage is over.
Katona has children Molly, aged 14 and Lilly-Sue, aged 12 with former husband Brian McFadden, and Heidi, aged 8 and Max, aged 7 from her marriage to Mark Croft.
It was reported that she had ordered the ex-rugby player to move out because she was sick of his “party lifestyle” and the countless occasions in which he had simply “gone missing”.
He said: “It’s been tough lately”.
The mother-of-five believes that she might stand a chance too, as characters on the cobbles have mentioned Katona’s name 3 times over the years – well, that’s 3 more than us! ‘We have to live within a strict budget and that’s tough.
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George proposed to Kerry in front of her kids in Blackpool in 2013 but later said he’d always fancied her. “I’ve always loved her, I think, from very early on”, he said.
