Kerry Katona and Katie Price have been friends for years and both appeared on I’m A Celebrity in 2004. They are going on a tour this weekend.
Long-time pals Katie Price and Kerry Katona have known each other from more than two decades. As well as being “best friends,” the two reality TV stars have worked together on several projects over the years since they first met.
As their most recent joint venture, Katie, 47, and Kerry, 44, are currently touring together tonight. They are expected to share their lives, and questions about them are being promised during the shows.
This evening, Katie and Kerry’s An Evening in Fleetwood opens. Before moving on to Camberley in November, the tour will then travel to locations like Lincoln, Swansea, and Oldham.
We’ve looked back at their friendship ahead of the national tour. In addition to providing insight into their relationship since their initial romantic relationship, there has also been much speculating about them.
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The friendship between former glamour model Katie and former Atomic Kitten member Kerry, who both launched their careers in the 1990s, is said to date back to 2004. They appeared as campmates on I’m A Celebrity that year, as did singer Peter Andre, whom Katie went on to marry.
Kerry ended up winning the ITV show and remained close with Katie after they had left the jungle. She was even a bridesmaid at Katie’s wedding to her now ex-husband Peter in 2005 alongside Michelle Heaton and Sarah Harding.
There is however said to have been tension years later, with the pals reportedly embroiled in what was described as a “feud”. As previously reported, Katie was said to have called Kerry a “druggie” in 2007. According to the Daily Mail, Kerry, who has spokenly candidly about past drug use, later said that she had been in “denial” about having an “addiction” and began “slagging” Katie off after she had expressed concern.
Katie was said to have later been chosen as a bridesmaid for Kerry’s wedding to the late George Kay in 2014, whom she married following her split from Mark Croft. Kerry later said that she “wasn’t best pleased” when her pal dropped out on the day of the nuptials, though she assured that Katie did attend the wedding, just not as part of the bridal party.
In her memoir Kerry Katona: Whole Again, she remarked, “The morning wasn’t without its issues, but she pulled out as I was getting ready,” adding: “The morning wasn’t without her issues. Kerry acknowledged that Katie had just delivered her daughter Bunny, who is now 11 weeks old, but that she couldn’t remember the cause. She also claimed to be a “bridezilla” and that she was.
A few years later, it was reported that Katie and Kerry had “really become close again”. It was suggested that issues in their respective relationships with now exes Kieran Hayler and George had led them to bury the hatchet.
A source told the Sun in 2017: “Kerry and Katie drifted apart after their time in the jungle but have always kept in touch in a very loose way. […] They both live near each other in Sussex so it’s easy for them to see each other and they have become a regular fixture in each other’s lives again.”
The pals, whose children are said to be close friends, have since shared updates on their friendship. Kerry ruled out being a bridesmaid at Katie’s wedding to Carl Woods, which never went ahead, in 2022. She said that whilst they weren’t “bosom buddies,” they remained on good terms.
Kerry told the Daily Star: “I highly doubt [I’d be a bridesmaid] – I wish her all the best – but I’ve never met Carl. People have this impression that me and Katie are like bosom buddies, I live up north she lives down south. […] We may send the odd text every now and then but that’s about it.”
The following year, Katie hit out at rumours of a rift. As reported at the time, she Katie wrote on Instagram in 2023: “[Me and Kerry] will be friends forever nobody will tarnish our friendship, we will always support each other and if we really need help we are there for each other.”
Later that year, the pals were thought to have welcomed in the New Year together at Kerry’s home. Katie teased at the time that she was “single” after splitting from Carl and they were joined by some of their respective kids.
Since then, Katie and Kerry have appeared to be close, with the former sharing her pride over her pal at the end of last year. It came following Kerry’s split from her fiancé Ryan Mahoney, with her later praising Katie for her support amid working on a pantomime together. She said: “I want to say thank you to Katie because she has been an absolute lifesaver through all of this heartbreak and it’s been a massive distraction for me.” She went on to say: “The one thing I am learning is that I will never put my happiness in anybody’s hands ever again.”
Katie proudly read Kerry’s message on Katie’s Instagram page and expressed her pride in the title. She remarked, “I’m so proud of you and your strength,” about her pal. She continued, “They have so much” to look forward to as a “duo.”
Kerry revealed that Katie had been staying with her amid the pantomime production, sharing in her column for New! magazine, as reported by OK! at the time: “I’m feeling really grateful for Katie being here recently, I’ve been having a tough time since splitting from Ryan. It’s all felt overwhelming but she’s been supporting me throughout. It’s so nice to have someone who is in the industry and understands what I’m going through.”
They were then said to have spent Christmas together at Kerry’s home in Cheshire. Kerry shared a photo of them beside her five children and Katie’s eldest child Harvey Price, writing: “Merry Xmas from the Katona and Price household.”
More recently, in April this year, Kerry dismissed a rumour that the pals have a romantic relationship. Addressing claims that they were dating, she wrote in her New! column: “There’s a joke article going around Facebook that Katie Price and I are in a relationship, which I just want to confirm is definitely, definitely not true! I have no idea where it has come from but it’s quite hilarious, I’ve heard it all now.”
She made fun of her, saying, “We’re good friends, but I’m not sure our romantic relationship would work so well.” Additionally, I’ve never previously dated a woman. Although the direction my current dating relationship is taking, perhaps it’s worthwhile to consider.
Two months later, a source told the Mirror that they have had a “rocky” relationship in the past but “always” come back together in the end. The source said: “Katie and Kerry have fallen out many times before – there has been the odd feud – but they always come back together.”
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