Kerry Katona returns to GMTV sofa

Kerry Katona

Kerry Katona returned to breakfast TV today for the first time since her erratic appearance on This Morning last year. Wearing an incredibly low-cut top, the reality TV star admitted she had skipped taking her bi-polar medication last night in preparation for GMTV today because she was afraid of a repeat of last year’s appearance.

During a joint interview with clinical psychologist Dr Funke Baffour, Kerry appeared nervous as she shuffled on her seat and fiddled with her ear throughout the chat. At point, she appeared to loose track of what she talking about and asked GMTV host: ‘What was I saying?’

The mother-of-four was criticised last October for her shambolic appearance on This Morning, where she appeared to be slurring.
At the time Kerry insisted her garbled speech was down to her bipolar medication and angrily rebuffed suggestions by host Fern Britton that she had been drinking.

The 28-year-old said today that she was so nervous about being portrayed badly she didn’t take her medication in case it made her slur again. She said: ‘I never took my medication last night because I was so embarrassed about what happened on This Morning I didn’t want to slur.

Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric condition which affects the diagnosed’ moods. Sufferers can go from depressive, sad states to feelings of extreme highs and jubilation. Around one in 100 people in the UK are believed to suffer from the condition.

I think Kerry is more to be pitied than laughed at but why do we still want to see her slip up on telly, so that we can talk about it and tell our workmates, must be just me but I’m not convinced about the “This Morning” medication story.

Posted on May 29, 2009 | Filed Under Showbiz