Kerry Katona has admitted that ITV bosses were keen to sign her 20-year-old daughter Lilly on the dating show Love Island but said that she declined them twice despite encouragement to take part.
The 42-year-old former Atomic Kitten singer revealed that producers had head-hunted Lilly-Sue McFadden, who she shares with ex-husband Brian McFadden, but that the show just "wasn't for her" as she turned the opportunity down before Kerry slammed the dating show.
Mum-of-five Kerry hit out at the reality programme and said she 'couldn't believe' it was still going, as she explained why her daughter wasn't interested despite its huge success, with many previous contestants landing healthy careers.
"Love Island – Bore Island, it's wrong, I can't believe it's still going. Our Lilly got asked to do it twice," Kerry ranted when speaking to the Mirror.
"I went 'Do it!', our Lilly is one of these girls, she doesn't shave her armpits, she's a stunning girl, she'll sit there with a rollie looking a mess, I went 'Just go on there and show kids our Heidi's age that it's OK to be normal'.
"Our Lilly said no because she's not one to stroll around in a bikini, it's just not her."
She went on to add: "It's all fake, I've not watched it, I can't believe it's still going – I think it's shocking.
"It's fake and foggy, it gives young kids the wrong impression and wrong idea – it's like these filters on Instagram, the ones that make you look drop-dead gorgeous, they should be banned.
"They should be taken off, that's affecting my kids, that's affecting so many teenagers."
The former singer went on to say: "I think it's all fake and false, our Heidi won't have a picture taken without hiding her face, I just think it's wrong.
"Keep the filters where you've got your ears and fire coming out of your mouth but that filter which makes you look completely different and drop-dead gorgeous is wrong.
"I don't use filters, I don't filters on OnlyFans, I never work up unless I've got to for work if I'm on telly or on a photo shoot."
This week, Kerry launches the paperback copy of her memoir Whole Again: Love, Life And Me documenting her struggles growing up amid a turbulent past as she worked hard to get herself back at the top of the showbiz world.
She said: "I've had so many DMs and emails since releasing the book and it's summer now, it's easier to take a softback cover.
"For me, it's re-enlightening the fact that the book is out there and it's a ridiculous response that I've actually had to the book that I know there's more people that can go and get it and it'll help.
"I've just been doing the audiobook as well, so that will be out soon. I'm probably the most straightforward and honest celebrity you'll ever meet, I'm an open book.
"There's things in there that I really struggled writing because it was so difficult to write."
Kerry Katona: Whole Again, published by Mirror Books RRP £9.99, is on sale in paperback from 6th July. You can pre-order from Amazon now.
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