family feuds
More Highlights From The Kerry Katona V Sue Katona Prizefight
11:32AM Clem Bastow | They just don’t make celebrity family feuds like they do in the UK!
Kerry Katona’s mother recently hit the headlines when it was announced to have signed a six-figure book deal to tell family secrets like, er, the time she tried to seduce Kerry’s ex-husband Brian “Potato” McFadden.
Well, unsurprisingly, now it’s Chipshop’s time to fight back at Mommy Dearest! Anyone want some of this mega bucket of popcorn?
Kerry told Heat magazine: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if she did. I’d be more surprised if she hadn’t slept with him [McFadden].
‘She did sleep with one of my boyfriends while I was going out with him.’
The former Atomic Kitten singer also admitted in the interview with the magazine that in the past she had considered ending all her troubles, by committing suicide.
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She added: ‘I’ve watched my mum over the years, trying to kill herself countless times, and to me it’s a coward’s way out and it made me feel unloved and unworthy.
‘So I could never dream of doing that to my children.’
Wow, how much dirtier can this fight get? It’s like they’re ex-BFFs, not mother and daughter.
Can we get a quote on how much it would cost to FedEx a gilt-framed print of Philip Larkin’s This Be The Verse to both Katona women, post haste? More » 
Michael Hutchence’s Siblings Continue To Honour His Memory Via eBay Sales
1:25PM Clem Bastow | When it comes to “they’d be rolling in their graves” behaviour of deceased celebrities’ families after their loved one has passed away, you’d struggle to find a more worthy contender for the “worst ever” crown than the Hutchences.
As though it wasn’t bad enough that Rhett Hutchence had hawked a few bags of brother Michael’s belongings and scribblings on eBay (though he stopped short of using one of my favourite related phrases, “It’s what he would’ve wanted”), now sister Tina has caught the auction bug, logging on with a particularly naff username to offload some Michael memorabilia:
Under the guise of the distasteful username lilytigerlily – a reference to the Australian rocker’s daughter – Tina Hutchence endeavoured to sell the handwritten lyrics to the INXS track Wild Life featured on the band’s highest-selling 1987 album, Kick.
“Written on an 8-inch by 12-inch page in Michael Hutchence’s scratchy handwriting, torn out of a notebook,” the item description reads.
“It was among some papers Michael left in storage in Hong Kong and turned over to his family in 1999.
“The paper is slightly discoloured but in good condition.”
After initially listing the item at a starting bid of $US300, Hutchence – who lives in Nevada – shut down the sale when potential buyers began asking too many questions about the authenticity of the lyrics.
The irony in all this, as though I need to point it out, is that the Hutchence clan is fond of dissing Tiger’s adoptive dad, Bob Geldof, for his apparently poor family credentials, when in actuality the Hutchences could probably do to take a few leaves out of Sir Bob’s book.
Ten bucks says sooner or later one of them will pick up a belt at the op shop and try to pass it off as “an important piece of memorabilia for any INXS fan or collector, LOOK NOW! Rare!” More » 
Uk Press Says Our Nic’s Pregnancy Not Happy Occasion, Actually Filled With Financial And Family Woes
11:31AM Clem Bastow | What a difference a large ocean and 12 or so hours in time zone shifts makes when it comes to joyous celebrity pregnancy announcements.
It seems our distant relos across the pond have a rather different view of Nicole Kidman’s recently announced pregnancy than our own press does. Where the Aussie media is happily reporting tales of dad Anthony and mum Janelle delivering the baby and Nicole hanging out at the family home while she takes her antenatal rest, the UK press has another slant on it all, and it’s decidedly less rosy.
Nicole, 40, is said by friends to favour giving birth in the state-of-the-art luxury of Sydney’s Prince of Wales private hospital – a procedure that will cost about £23,000.
But she is deeply concerned that doing so will upset her sister Antonia, to whom she is very close.
Antonia has had all four of her own children at the state-funded Royal Hospital for Women next door – and is adamant it is the best.
To complicate matters still further, Antonia presents a TV show called From Here To Maternity, which charts the trials and tribulations of the labour ward of the Royal Hospital.
“If Nicole goes private, the birth will cost in the region of 50,000 Australian dollars,” says my source. “The family are joking that this is going to be a million-dollar baby.”
So, just in case you missed it, Nicole Kidman is NOT a happy, glowing mum-to-be with a supportive family around her, and rather she is a conniving, money-splashing bitch who wants to make her little sister cry and will stop at nothing to bring this baby into the world wrapped in 24k gold swaddling.
We’re sorry the truth had to come all the way from London, but we’re glad we know what’s up. More » 
