Kerry Katona has recalled a childhood Christmas where she and her mother ate corned beef, after fleeing their home. The singer turned reality star was just nine when she and her mother spent time in a women's refuge.
They had just been rehomed in time for the festive season, and were surprised on Christmas Day by a visit from refuge staff. "I always remember being in a refuge with my mum and we’d just got re-homed.
I was only nine," she told OK magazine. "The people from the refuge knocked on the door on Christmas Day with a bin bag of second-hand toys.
We got a can of corned beef and some baked beans and I was really grateful." The mother-of-five said those memories were why she now made such a huge effort to make Christmas special. "Tha