Kerry Katona, former member of girl group Atomic Kitten, has risked reigniting a decade-long feud with her bandmates.
The television personality sang one of the group’s biggest hits by herself whilst performing at the Neath Port Talbot Pride Festival.
Katona, 43, sang the song Whole Again to a large group of attendees, and the performance quickly circulated on social media.
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A clip of her on-stage singing the hit was reposted to Katona’s Instagram, which was speculated to be a jab at her former bandmates, Liz McClarnon, Heidi Range, Natasha Hamilton, and Jenny Frost.
Weeks before the release of Whole Again, Katona quit Atomic Kittens and was promptly replaced by Jenny Frost. The song hit number one, holding the position for four weeks in the UK and six weeks in Germany.
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They re-recorded the song for their debut album, replacing Katona’s vocals with Frost’s.
The album was successful, certified double platinum and sold over 600,000 copies.
In 2013, Katona re-joined the girl group, leaving in 2017 after allegedly getting into a backstage fight with Hamilton after a performance in Australia.
Katona detailed her axing and fight in her book, Whole Again. In an extract obtained by The Sun, Katona recalled a boozy night gone wrong when she, Hamilton, and Heaton were on tour in Australia and New Zealand in 2000.
The bender resulted in Heaton – who was standing in for McLarnon – being taken to the hospital, and Hamilton accused Katona of tipping off photographers who snapped Heaton in a bad state.
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“We got into a huge fight. I’m not proud of the fact it turned physical but I was absolutely fuming that she was accusing me of doing something I absolutely didn’t do,” Katona wrote in her book of her face-off with Hamilton.
“I was going mental. I kicked off in front of everyone. They ended up locking me out of the pub, so I tried to break the door down to get back in. I was absolutely furious.”
As the singer reflects on her days with the band, Katona said she would reunite with the group in a “heartbeat”.
“I’m sad and envious. What I wouldn’t give to be back on stage with them,” Katona said of the trio who reunited to record a new version of their 2000 hit Whole Again called Southgate You’re The One.
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“There’s no better feeling than being in front of an audience with your mates singing songs and doing dance routines. I’d be there in a heartbeat if they wanted me back.”
“All I can do now is take the high road and wish them every success in the world.”
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