THE DIARY

Viewers of Celebs Go Dating will struggle to imagine the show’s stars shunning booze for a health kick.

Especially Kerry Katona, who downs an entire glass of Prosecco in seconds in episode one. But the former Atomic Kitten star has ditched alcohol as part of a health kick, and lost more than two stone in the past few months. She credits 5am yoga sessions for whipping her into shape. “I’ve lost about two to three stone,” she boasts. “And that was just off my left nipple. I don’t weigh myself, I just go by my clothes. I’m a size 8 now. I’m naturally tiny, but I do love food. “The drink has been cut out and that’s a massive factor – alcohol puts weight on.” But Kerry, 38, needed some Dutch courage for the first meet and mingle on the new series of the E4 dating show. “You won’t see me drunk again on the show,” she insists. “Apart from the second episode. Then not after that. I just don’t enjoy the feeling the next day. I can’t remember what’s gone on. I like to be in control. I want to know what I’m doing on the dates.”

Any prospective suitors will have to be up for a laugh to keep up with thricemarried Kerry. At a screening of the new series, the audience were invited to give the celebs a clap. “Some of us got that from our dates,” she cackled.