After months of deliberating moving to Spain, Kerry Katona has suddenly made a U-turn on her decision.
The former Atomic Kitten star, 43, has revealed the terrifying reason she’s decided against the move, despite originally falling in love with the sunny hotspot.
Kerry, who currently lives in her £2million Cheshire mansion, was planning on ditching the UK to start a new life with her fiancé Ryan Mahoney and children.
But now, the star has has shared that she doesn’t feel safe moving to the area due to shootings at the start of the year.
Speaking in her OK magazine column, Kerry said: ‘It’s no secret that Ryan and I have been thinking of uprooting to Marbella for a while, but now we’re undecided.
After months of deliberating moving to Spain, Kerry Katona, 43, has suddenly made a U-turn on her decision
The former Atomic Kitten star has revealed the terrifying reason she’s decided against the move, despite originally falling in love with the sunny hotspot
‘We have read that there’s been a couple of shootings in that area and we’re just not sure if it’s the best place for our family to move to.’
Having decided to stay in the UK, Kerry and Ryan are planning on downsizing because they won’t need as many rooms anymore.
She added: ‘Now, the plan is to stay in England and we’ve been viewing houses already – but we’d definitely like to downsize, as Heidi will be going to college soon, so it’ll just be Max, DJ, Ryan, and I. A new home is on the horizon – but we won’t need as many rooms!’
Kerry has five children from previous relationships, Molly Marie McFadden, 22, Lilly-Sue McFadden, 21, Heidi Croft, 16, Maxwell Croft, 14, and Dylan-Jorge Kay, nine.
The TV personality revealed in May 2022 that she planned to ‘look at schools soon’ ready for the big more abroad.
In her OK! magazine column she said she hoped to move Spain by next year, she revealed: ‘We are likely to do another 12 months in the UK.’
At the time the former singer explained how she went to London for work and the long journey put her off staying in the UK due to the trip taking a whole day.
She added: ‘You can hop on a plane and be in Marbella in less time. So, that’s our plan. It’s exciting.’
Kerry, who currently lives in her £2million Cheshire mansion, was planning on ditching the UK to start a new life with her fiancé Ryan Mahoney and children
But now, the star has has shared that she doesn’t feel safe moving to the area due to shootings at the start of the year
Speaking in her OK magazine column , Kerry said: ‘It’s no secret that Ryan and I have been thinking of uprooting to Marbella for a while, but now we’re undecided’
‘We have read that there’s been a couple of shootings in that area and we’re just not sure if it’s the best place for our family to move to’, she added
The star then said that she wants to wake up to glorious sunshine each day and thinks it would be a nice life abroad.
She continued: ‘We will start looking at schools soon to get an idea of what we’re getting into.
‘So much of my work is online now, so it does make sense to think about a new start.’
In June that same year, Kerry was spotted in Costa del Sol house hunting but it seems she was unsuccessful as she was still ‘undecided’ then whether to move.
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