Kerry Katona hasn’t had the best of years; so you would think that a New Year’s celebration would be cause for resolutions and making peace. But not this girl. The ex-Atomic Kitten star entered the New Year with a bang after hitting out at her mother-in-law for trying to protect her daughter Heidi.

Marylin Croft was simply pointing out that the smoky environment caused by partygoers was not the best environment for her 11-month-old granddaughter, when pregnant Kerry flew at her in a rage. She kicked the gran out of the party and topped off the bizarre behaviour by telling her that she would never see the kids again if she spilled the beans.

But in an interview Marilyn, 59, stormed: “I have to speak out. Kerry is five months’ pregnant with my new grandchild yet she was roaring drunk on vodka and smoking like a chimney. Heidi was still up at midnight being passed around like a parcel in a smoke-filled room when she should have been in bed. But like everyone in Kerry’s life, Heidi is just a prop for her celebrity.”

Ouch. Now Marilyn has now been frozen out of Kerry and Mark’s life just like Kerry’s mother Sue who dared speak out about Kerry’s monster drug and drink binges.