Star still refuses to seek help for her addiction

Aug 26, 2009 13:26 GMT  ·  By
Kerry Katona’s drug habit has burned a hole right through her septum, which is “rotting away,” report says
   Kerry Katona’s drug habit has burned a hole right through her septum, which is “rotting away,” report says

Just recently, former Atomic Kitten bandmember and television personality Kerry Katona was again publicly humiliated after a video of her doing cocaine was leaked on the Internet. She received a slap on the wrist from authorities for it, but, according to her step-sister Pat Ferrier, speaking to News of the World, parts of her body are “rotting away” from the many coke binges along the years.

Katona’s septum is rotting away from her drug addiction, Ferrier tells the British publication, and has been so ever since 2007, when the star first noticed that something was wrong when she pulled a piece of it out with the tweezers. Sadly, Ferrier reveals, this is not enough to get the former singer, who is just 28 and a mother of four, to seriously consider seeking professional help for her addiction.

“We were in America for our dad’s funeral last year when the hole first started to develop. Kerry was in the bathroom for ages. I’d seen her take the tweezers in and I said, ‘What you doing?’ She said, ‘I’ll be out in a minute.’ Then in her hand she’s got this thing that she dragged out of this hole in her nose. It looked like when you get the fat off bacon. I’ve got a strong stomach but that was almost too much.” Ferrier recalls of the first time her step-sister told her of the hole burned in her nose by the class-A drug.

According to the relative, who claims to be speaking out only to scare Katona into seeing the harsh reality of her life, namely that she is an addict, and thus convince her into checking herself into rehab, the shamed star is well aware that she will die young if she keeps up her current lifestyle. Still, even that cannot make her see sense and listen to those close to her, and seek help. Not even the fear that she will need reconstructive surgery on her nose is enough to motivate her to fight the addiction.

“Kerry’s life is out of control now. She IS a drug addict. Her nose IS caving in – I’ve seen it with my own eyes. She needs to get help or she’ll DIE. If she doesn’t change her ways and keeps on going like this she’ll be dead before she’s 30. She’ll kill herself. And I’ve told her that. Shockingly, Kerry agreed with me. She just turned around and said, ‘I’m going to tell you something Pat. My mum will outlive me. I’ll die young.’” Ferrier further says for News of the World.