Kerry Katona puts on animated display with Celebs Go Dating toyboy boyfriend

Kerry Katona and her new boyfriend, Paolo Margaglione, were spotted looking loved up as they arrived at a theatre. The singer and television personality, who found fame in Atomic Kitten, is tonight appearing alongside Katie Price in St Helens.

The pair were snapped as they returned to the venue from a smoke break and were all smiles as they walked together hand in hand. Paolo, 33, is an influencer and 12 years younger than Kerry, 45. He met the singer on the latest series of the hit show Celebs Go Dating, and they have been dating ever since the show aired this year.

This is not long after Kerry and ex-fiancé Ryan Mahoney broke up. Their engagement ended in November 2024 and Kerry revealed on Celebs Go Dating how it all went down. Kerry explained: “We were arguing quite a lot because he wasn’t there for me emotionally and that used to get to me. It’s the little things, just the little things that I want - I don’t want diamond rings.

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"So I kicked off, 'That's it, we're done', and he said, 'Look, I just don't know if I love you anymore." While talking to the relationship experts on the show, Anna Williamson and Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Kerry broke down in tears as she revealed: "I've never had anyone to look after me. I've had to be my own hero, which I'm really proud of. But yeah, I struggle with that."

But the star is looking a lot happier in these recent pics of her and new boyfriend Paolo, who has reportedly moved in with her already. Kerry fiercely came to Paolo's defence earlier this month after a fan called him a "fame hungry red flag". On a joint Instagram live, the couple watched as one viewer claimed Paolo was only with her for publicity, and Kerry quickly shot that down.

She told the viewer that their relationship is not about anything other than their "connection". “If anything, he's been more supportive of me because I'm the one who has struggled with it more than anything. When people see the connection we have together and how we are, they understand it's not about anything other than that.”

The pair were seen together heading towards the St Helens theatre, where Kerry and Katie Price are performing another show of their joint tour. The tour has had a bumpy journey so far, as fans in Whitely Bay were reported to be furious and demanding their money back after Katie missed the first half of the show, forcing Kerry to go on solo.

Katie was reportedly branded "unprofessional" for her behaviour. The Sun reported that a fan had said: "We want half our money back because it was only half a show - it's so unprofessional."

Another is said to have called it a "joke" while a third lamented that they had not received an apology. "People don’t want to be hanging around on a Monday night just for that. They didn’t even say sorry properly.” This comes after Katie cancelled a charity gig to seemingly go and party with Chloe Ferry.

She was booked to appear at Milton Keynes Pride but pulled out at the last minute. The organisers slammed her "professionalism", especially when the excuse she gave - that she was too busy filming and recording a new song in a studio - turned out not to be the complete truth.

“I was disappointed when she cancelled, but when it turned out to be Chloe Ferry’s birthday, I was infuriated. It's not right," said a former fan. “When she said she couldn’t do a charity gig because of filming, that was a load of b*****ks.”

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