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Kerry Katona urges daughter Lilly-Sue to go on Love Island to 'make a s*** load of money'

Kerry Katona reckons her daughter Lilly should go on Love Island to 'break the stereotype of girls entering the villa'.

The mum-of-five, 42, has four daughters, Molly, 21, Lilly-Sue, 19, Heidi, 15, and Dylan-Jorge, eight.

Molly, who Kerry shares with ex Brian McFadden, has left home to pursue an acting career - but the Atomic Kitten star has big ideas for her younger sister.

"Do Love Island make a sh*t load of money Lilly!", Kerry exclusively tells Mirror, admitting she'd love her daughter to go on the show to switch things up.

"Lilly is not a girly girl in that respect, I think so many kids, especially my Heidi are messed up from the image that Love Island portrays," she says.

"I want a girl in there who doesn't care about hair and make up, has wobbly bits and can have a joke and drink beer from a can.

"I said to Heidi 'what do you want to be?' and she said 'I want to be Molly-Mae [Hague], all these young girls are starting to look the same."

Kerry Katona reckons her daughter Lilly should go on Love Island (@kerrykatona7 / Instagram)
The star thinks the show needs to 'break the stereotype of girls going into the villa' (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Earlier this year, Kerry bravely opened up about the painful moment she realised Heidi was suffering from anxiety.

The Warrington-born star, who shares the teen with her ex Max Croft, says she was heartbroken when her daughter told her she 'didn't want to be here'.

Kerry revealed she felt "completely helpless", adding: "it broke my heart and I cried my eyes out."

Kerry has four daughters (@kerrykatona7 / Instagram)
Kerry has written a new book Whole Again: Love, Life and Me: My Story (Kerry Katona)

Writing in her column for new!, the singer referenced Christine McGuinness' nine-year-old daughter Penelope, who told her mum she didn't want to live during the pandemic.

Admitting the story was "absolutely heartbreaking", Kerry said: "I don’t think the pandemic had that much of an effect on my children in that sense, but Heidi suffers with anxiety and a lack of self-confidence in general. And she has got to a point where she’s spoken like that. She once sat on her bed and told me she didn’t want to be here any more."

Despite the devastating admission, Kerry said she was pleased her daughter could be open with her.

Mum-of-five Kerry is considering surrogacy with her partner Ryan (Instagram)

The mum-of-five has ruled out 'carrying more children', but is open to the idea of surrogacy with her partner Ryan Mahoney, revealing she's having a meeting about freezing her eggs.

Opening up about the couple's plans to have a baby, she said: “I haven’t fallen pregnant in four-and-a-half years with Ryan, so it will be interesting to see what happens after our meeting.

"I’ve always been fertile but I’m getting older now. We’re not putting any pressure on it. If it’s meant to be, it will be.”

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