Kerry Katona ‘devastated’ after split with fiance of six years who was ‘like a dad’ to her youngest kids

KERRY Katona is ‘devastated’ aft splitting with her fiance of six years who was ‘like a dad’ to her youngest kids.

The Sun archetypal spotted that Kerry, 44, and Ryan Mahoney, 36, had separated this period - and days aboriginal the erstwhile Atomic Kitten, 44, confirmed the news.

While immoderate breakup is difficult, Kerry is uncovering it peculiarly hard owed to the adjacent enslaved he'd built with her children Molly, 21, Lilly-Sue, 20, Heidi, 16, Max, 14, and eight-year-old DJ.

A root told us: “Kerry’s kids are truly devastated astir Ryan moving retired - it’s deed them truly hard.

"He was similar a dada to them due to the fact that helium has been successful their lives for specified a agelong time.

"Kerry hates seeing them upset, it makes her sick to her tummy truthful she is doing everything successful her powerfulness to marque definite she is perpetually checking up connected them.

"It’s been truly hard explaining to them each wherefore she and Ryan person separated, but she is trying to beryllium beardown for them and is putting her ain heartache to 1 broadside to guarantee the kids are supported.

"They are her apical precedence successful each of this.”

Writing successful her OK! Magazine file yesterday, Kerry said: "Last week I spoke astir however Ryan and I were having a pugnacious clip and present helium has moved retired of the house.

"We are nary longer unneurotic and It’s been a truly pugnacious week - I ne'er successful a cardinal years thought this would happen. Without going into excessively overmuch detail, determination has been a breach of spot betwixt us."

She continued: "I don’t cognize if we’ll beryllium capable to enactment it retired oregon not, but I bash inactive emotion him truthful much. I consciousness similar everything has heaped connected precocious and it’s truthful overmuch to woody with, I americium truly struggling.

"But I cognize I tin get done it nary substance what happens, I’ve been done break-ups earlier and travel retired the different side, truthful we conscionable request to spot what happens."

She added that her friends person rallied circular to enactment her, including her champion pal who stayed implicit astatine her house.

Kerry got engaged to fittingness teacher Ryan 4 years agone portion they were connected vacation successful Spain.

The mum-of-five opened up astir plans to wed Ryan, but aboriginal revealed she felt "unsupported" by her younger fiancé.

She said her eldest daughters Lilly-Sue and Molly - who she shares with ex-husband Brian McFadden - insisted they wanted to beryllium there, and truthful their planned Las Vegas wedding was off.

Their breakup comes arsenic Kerry continues to attraction for her sick mum Sue, who was precocious rushed to infirmary with clots.

Previously talking astir her mum's condition, she said: "I’ve had a precise challenging week visiting my mum successful infirmary each day.

"She’s suffering from humor clots and different wellness issues and I’ve cancelled each of my enactment to absorption connected looking aft her. It’s been an affectional week."