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Katherine Heslop

Kerry Katona rocks dark locks for new role as she's 'over the moon' with weight loss

Kerry Katona looked very different as she rocked a dark curly wig for her pantomime, as said she is "over the moon" about her recent weight loss.

The former Atomic Kitten singer, 42 - who has appeared in various pantos over the years - is currently touring the UK as part of a theatre production of fairytale Rapunzel, playing Mother Gothel.

Dressed in her blue and gold gown, and donning her curly brunette wig, Kerry looked every inch the Disney villain, as she told fans she had lost a stone.

Crediting a diet plan, the mum-of-five said: "I wanted to give you all an update. I have lost a stone, just over a stone, in three weeks.

Kerry rocks a brunette wig for her pantomime role (instagram/ @kerrykatona7)
The star usually has blonde locks (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

"I'm in the pantomime which has massively helped as I'm on the stage performing. But I'm absolutely over the moon."

The production of Rapunzel launched in Northwich last month and has since visited Clacton-on-Sea, Middlesbrough, Ellesmere Port and Chesterfield.

Earlier this month when she showed off her new look fans said they didn't recognise her, while others joked they had mistaken her for Emmerdale character Chas Dingle, who's played by Lucy Pargeter.

"First look I thought it was Chas from Emmerdale," said one follower. Another wrote: "I thought it was Chas". A third said: "Omg I thought it was Chas off Emmerdale".

Kerry is playing Disney villain Mother Gothel in a pantomime (instagram/ @kerrykatona7)
The star is "over the moon" due to her recent weight loss (INSTAGRAM)

Whilst others were complimentary over the look, with one person writing at the time: "The colour suits you".

Kerry isn't the only celebrity in the show, as she's starring alongside the likes of former EastEnders star Dean Gaffney. He's been cast in the production as the Prince.

The cast also includes Joanne Clifton, who is best known for having been a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing. She's playing the titular role in the production.

Earlier this month, Kerry recalled a rather hilarious horror story about her daughter's writing blunder in school.

Appearing on Alison Spittle's BBC Sounds Podcast, Wheel Of Misfortune, Kerry said that her daughter's teachers were left horrified after she submitted a rather worrying piece of written work after using one of Kerry's books to practise her handwriting.

Kerry recalled: "Year two I think she was in and she had to practise handwriting.

"So I told her to go into the library in our house and go get a book. I didn't know what book she had got.

"Next thing you know, the teacher rings me up. She was like 'Were you aware that your daughter had copied from a book' and I was like 'Yeah, I was'.

Kerry recalled a hilarious incident regarding her daughter's handwriting (Instagram/BBC Sounds)
The tot had copied passages from Kerry's biography (Instagram/BBC Sounds)

"She goes 'let me read it out to you' before it began 'So then I went into rehab'."

Not disclosing which of her daughters had made the blunder, Kerry continued: "She had picked up my autobiography.

"She had to practise her handwriting, so she copied word for word my autobiography into a school book about my time in rehab."

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