Love dramas
She’s had three failed marriages, but Kerry Katona is set to make it fourth time lucky with personal trainer Ryan Mahoney.
The former Atomic Kitten star, 40, said “yes” to Ryan, 32, after he proposed during their recent family holiday to Spain, and now insiders tell Closer the pair are already planning a baby together.
Despite Kerry – who is already mum to Molly, 18, Lilly-Sue, 17, Heidi, 13, Max, 12, and DylanJorge, six – saying in a recent interview that they’ll wait a couple of years, a source reveals she’s now thinking sooner rather than later.
The source says, “Kerry has felt torn about having more children; after having DJ, she insisted ‘no more’. But now she definitely wants to complete her family with Ryan by having another and she knows that, at 40, she doesn’t have much time to waste.
“Even though she has said they won’t rush into it, she likes the idea of her kids being closer in age and she wants to have as much energy as possible to be running after a little one, so her friends wouldn’t be surprised if they’re already trying. Ryan is desperate to be a dad – he’s already so amazing with her kids.”
The couple, who have been dating for two years, last week revealed their plans to tie the knot in a “low-key ceremony” in Las Vegas.
Kerry first wed Westlife singer Brian McFadden in
2002, followed by taxi driver Mark Croft in 2007, which lasted for four years, and then ex-rugby player George
Kay in 2014, who tragically died last year.
Her latest relationship hasn’t been completely plain sailing. Last year, the newly-engaged couple briefly split, but they rekindled shortly after. Kerry told Closer at the time, “Ryan is unlike anyone I’ve dated. He’s very quiet, very private, very shy – the complete opposite to me, really... It’s a normal relationship and it took me a while to get used to that. I’m extremely happy.”