In a bid to take her mind off her health woes, Kerry Katona headed to Spain to celebrate daughter Dylan-Jorge’s 12th birthday and get some much-needed sun with her blended family
Kerry Katona beams in the sunshine after ploughing on with her holiday days after an ambulance dash over fears she was having a stroke.
Mum Kerry fell ill while watching her eldest daughter, Molly, in a new play earlier this week. The 45-year-old started to feel unwell midway through the performance, and after the show, she realised she couldn’t smile properly – a major tell-tale sign of a stroke.
She has headed to Spain to celebrate daughter Dylan-Jorge’s 12th birthday with Kerry’s boyfriend, Paolo Margaglione, and her blended family. It has taken her mind off things, but she had flown to Marbella without any follow-up checks and she still has fully recovered from the ordeal.
The star, who was with her daughter Heidi and her partner at the time, told us: “As the day went on, I didn’t feel well. I went to the toilet and noticed my face wasn’t right. And Heidi was like, ‘Mum, what’s wrong with your face?’ I started panicking. I discreetly left, went to my hotel and asked to see a doctor. I told the staff, ‘Something’s not right.’”
A doctor wasn’t available for four hours, so the mum-of-five took a taxi to St Thomas’ Hospital. “I got there, and they said, ‘We’re treating this as a stroke,’ so they blue-lit me in an ambulance from St Thomas’ to King’s College Hospital,” explains Kerry. “It really, really scared me. I texted all my children and told them I loved them. I’ve never been so scared in my life.”
Thankfully, Kerry was well enough to fly out to Spain to enjoy her planned trip with Paolo. She bumped into Real Housewives of Cheshire star Ester Dee at the lavish Laguna Beach resort and the pair posed for a photo, proving Kerry is on the mend following her sudden health scare.
“Jeez, you come out for a quiet drink at @laguna_beach_estepona and you end up seeing the most loved up couple @kerrykatona7 and her sweetheart @paolomargaglione1,” the reality star wrote.
“I have never realised that Kerry has size 2,5 and she suits wearing my cowboy hat. Love shines high. So nice to be reunited by pure luck. See you soon sexy MamaMia.”
At hospital, Kerry was subjected to various tests, including CT scans, before finally being told what was causing the changes in her speech and face. “It was a suspected stroke, but luckily that was ruled out after my scans. Instead the CT scans showed there’s a part of my brain that’s broken and isn’t able to send signals to my face due to stress,” Kerry said.
“I’ve spoken to Anna Williamson from Celebs Go Dating about it since, and apparently it can also happen when you’re feeling content. It’s like delayed stress hitting you suddenly because you feel at peace. Every now and then, I’ll get a shooting pain in my head. And I’m noticing my speech – even though I think I’m saying something properly in my head, it doesn’t sound right out loud.
Poor Kerry can’t pinpoint exactly what stress might have caused the condition, she admits that she’s feeling run down. “I don’t know if it’s because I’m run down from balancing family life, but I don’t have a social life. I don’t go out drinking. I don’t socialise with anybody outside of my circle, which is Paolo and my kids,” she says.
The setback follows a string of health-related problems Kerry’s faced over the past year. In 2025, she suffered two heartbreaking miscarriages after falling pregnant by Paolo. And in January this year, she was hospitalised with severe stomach pain and diagnosed with colitis – a chronic illness that causes inflammation of the rectum and colon.
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