Kerry Katona has revealed that she had to sell her pet parrot Alfie as a teen, in order to afford period products so she could perform at a gig.The 41-year-old former Atomic Kitten star, who now runs a lucrative OnlyFans account, was asked in an interview if she’s ever been ‘really hard up’.Speaking to The Times, she replied: ‘God, yeah!
When I was 17, we sold my parrot, Alfie, for £20 so I could buy some Tampax.‘I had this gig paying me £50 to dance in a nightclub and I got my period, so I needed sanitary towels, but we didn’t have the money.
That was the last we heard of Alfie!’The star reflected on her ‘tough’ childhood, remembering how the kindness of others had made all the difference.Recalling Christmas Day when she was nine years old.
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