Kerry Katona says This Morning runner who Phillip Schofield had affair with is 'lovely lad' and there 'were always rumours'

Kerry Katona has said she met the 'lovely' runner Phillip Schofield had an affair with on several occasions and readdressed her infamous 2008 This Morning interview during a recent TV appearance. Kerry, 42, appeared on GB News in the wake of Phillip's bombshell admission that he had an 'unwise but not illegal' affair with a 'much younger' This Morning colleague while still married to his wife Stephanie Lowe.

The former Atomic Kitten star admitted she had heard rumours but 'did not know' about the affair. She added: "There were always rumours. I know his wife, my heart goes out to her. I met the young runner several times, lovely lad."

She also addressed her 2008 interview on the ITV mid-morning show, in which Phillip accused her of "slurring" her words, reports the Mirror. During the chat, Phillip – who co-hosted This Morning alongside Fern Britton at the time – asked Kerry: "Your speech is a bit slurred, how are you feeling right now?

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"Our phone is already going off up in the gallery from people asking is she ok. We are merely pointing out someone who is very different from a few years ago."

She has now reflected on the interview, telling GB News: "I don't think people understand what that interview did to me emotionally. Even now, when I go back to ITV – which isn't very often – there is a sense of snobbery. I feel like I have to impress them, I can't slur."

In 2021, Kerry said the interview left her feeling suicidal. She explained on Marnie's Home Truths how she was in fact struggling with bipolar disorder. She explained: "Never once did they say to me, 'Oh, oh right - what’s bipolar and what’s the medication you’re taking?' I didn’t get any of