Kerry Katona was ordered to 'cover her boobs' in Atomic Kitten
Kerry Katona was ordered to cover up her boobs during her time in Atomic Kitten, according to her former bandmate Natasha Hamilton.
Kerry Katona was ordered to cover up her boobs in Atomic Kitten, according to her former bandmate Natasha Hamilton.
Natasha has opened up about their time in the girl group together and she's revealed Kerry was given different costume rules to the others because she had a bigger chest and it was "a little unfair" on her.
During an appearance on the True Reflections podcast, Natasha explained: "In the early days it was tough with Kerry, she was quite big chested. It was like, the boobs need to be covered at all costs.
"For kids TV and jumping around, she used to have to wear jackets and the poor thing was totally restricted and covered. I could wear the tiniest bit of material and all backless because I didn’t have any boobs at the time, so there was no stress that they were gonna come out on TV.
"I remember that was a little bit unfair to Kez."
Natasha went on to admit she also had some issues with the Atomic Kitten costumes because she felt self-conscious about her slim figure when wearing tight costumes.
She added: "I wasn’t curvy back then, it was pre kids, I was very athletic looking, very up and down. And stood next to the girls they looked quite womanly and sexy.
"I was like I don’t feel confident to put this figure hugging all-in-one on every time we do a TV performance."
Natasha was 16 when she joined Atomic Kitten, with the original line-up also including Kerry and Liz McClarnon.
The singer recently admitted that being in a pop group from such a young age did not prepare her properly for adult life and she was in dire financial straits after she quit the band in 2004 after being handed a £250,000 tax bill.
In an interview with The Times newspaper, she said: "I first really learnt about money when I left Atomic Kitten and was hit with a tax bill of over quarter of a million pounds. "The period after Atomic Kitten was incredibly hard. I’d just bought and renovated a house, and I took a step back from work because I had postnatal depression ... To pay that tax bill I went back to work too quickly and it had a huge impact on my mental health. I had a mental breakdown. My divorce happened.
"I literally had nothing. If I’d cashed in all my assets earlier, maybe I’d have had a couple of million, but it all just went. I remember being on the phone to my bank crying because everything had been paused, and I didn’t even have the login to my online banking because I’d given someone else that power.
"I was too trustworthy and quite naive. Numbers are not my strong point. I remember just crying, thinking I have no idea what I’m supposed to do next ...
“I remember getting quite upset about that."
