Upon receiving backlash from angry fans for posting a fake ultrasound, the 'I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!' winner deletes her Instagram post and apologizes for the insensitive joke.
- Apr 2, 2022
AceShowbiz - What Kerry Katona thought to be a fun and harmless April Fools' prank turned to bite her in the back. Less than 24 hours after receiving a lot of backlash for her fake pregnancy prank, the "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" winner took to her Instagram Story to apologize for her misleading and insensitive prank.
"So here's me thinking I was posting the most unoriginal April fools joke by telling my other half he'd unintentionally knocked me up was the norm on the 1st April!! Lesson learnt!! Absolutely no malice and most certainly no intent to upset anyone!" Kerry wrote on her Story. "I honestly feel sick to my core that anyone would think that I would intentionally go out of my way to upset another human being! Last time I do April fool! My sincere apologies Sorry folks."
In addition to Kerry's apology on Instagram Story, the former member of girl group Atomic Kitten immediately took down her fake ultrasound picture on Instagram earlier. The post was captioned, "Love you @ryanmahoney_7 bloody knew you lot wouldn’t believe me."
After Kerry posted the fake pregnancy photo, fans marched together to criticize her on Instagram. One person wrote, "Kerry katona faking pregnancy for April fools then deleting it is just f***ing weird." Another expressed annoyance, "Kerry katona already showing she's an insensitive dumb a** with a fake pregnancy announcement."
Shortly after, Kerry's spokesman issued a statement saying, "it was an April Fools joke for her fiance Ryan but she posted it to her public account and not her private one with very close friends by accident. Kerry herself cannot have any more children due to medical issues and has openly spoken about this in the past. She sincerely apologizes to anyone who is offended and would never post anything to purposely upset anyone."
At the moment, Kerry is preparing to tie the knot with her soon-to-be-husband, Ryan Mahoney. The two lovebirds matched on a dating-app have been going strong for two and a half year.
