{"id":239338,"date":"2025-11-02T09:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/239338\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T09:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:20:12","slug":"kerry-katona-snubs-atomic-kitten-replacement-jenny-frost-in-new-bbc-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/239338\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry Katona snubs Atomic Kitten replacement Jenny Frost in new BBC show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerry Katona is set to take a brutal swipe at her Atomic Kitten replacement Jenny Frost in a new BBC Two documentary, Girlbands Forever\"LONDON,Kerry Katona features in BBC Two’s Girlbands Forever (Image: Dave J Hogan, Dave J Hogan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Kerry Katona has taken a swipe at her Atomic Kitten successor Jenny Frost<\/a>, more than twenty years after leaving the girl band.<\/p>\n

The singer<\/a>, 45, rose to prominence as a founding member of the group in 1998 and departed in 2001, following news she was expecting her first child with Westlife star Brian McFadden.<\/p>\n

She was quickly succeeded by ex-Precious vocalist Jenny, with the band shooting to stardom following the line-up change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kerry, alongside Jenny and former bandmate Natasha Hamilton, appears in BBC<\/a> Two’s latest documentary Girlbands Forever.<\/p>\n

Over three episodes, the programme explores the behind-the-scenes challenges encountered by iconic girl bands from the nineties through to the 2010s, reports OK!<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"KerryKerry said Jenny was “handed” her success in Atomic Kitten(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

In the second instalment, Atomic Kitten’s creator Andrew McCluskey discloses they were close to being axed from their record company after Kerry’s exit.<\/p>\n

However, once their cherished track ‘Whole Again’ reached number one, the outfit gained fresh momentum.<\/p>\n

The track’s remarkable triumph, and the fame the came with it, was enjoyed by new arrival Jenny, together with original vocalists Natasha and Liz McClarnon.<\/p>\n

Kerry believes her successor’s achievements weren’t entirely earned.<\/p>\n

She explained in the programme: “I don’t know Jenny that well, I’ve nothing bad to say about Jenny because I don’t know her. But I wish her the best of luck.”<\/p>\n

Kerry added a sharp jab, stating: “I mean, she was handed it [the fame]. She was. You’re welcome.”<\/p>\n

\"AtomicJenny Frost (right) joined the group after Kerry left(Image: Getty Images)Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n

Bandmate Natasha also recognises that Jenny was incredibly fortunate when she joined the group just as their popularity seemed to be fading.<\/p>\n

“Jenny took a massive risk but that risk paid off immensely. Because she came into a band who had an instant number one and we flew from that moment on,” the 43-year-old said.<\/p>\n

However, Jenny has no regrets. “I never felt bad for Kerry because she’d made a decision,” she admitted.<\/p>\n

“She had chosen she wanted to be with Brian and have a baby. So that was her path. I went for it and it worked out. Maybe she regrets leaving the band, whether she admits it or not I don’t know.”<\/p>\n

Alongside Atomic Kitten, the new documentary series includes extensive interviews with members from Little Mix<\/a>, Mis-Teeq, Sugababes and All Saints.<\/p>\n

All three episodes of Girlbands Forever are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kerry Katona is set to take a brutal swipe at her Atomic Kitten replacement Jenny Frost in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[45063,6392,100972,4039,96,97930,13236,3146,97929,128,24106,95949,56,54,55,50653],"class_list":["post-239338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-atomic-kitten","tag-bbc2","tag-brian-mcfadden","tag-documentaries","tag-entertainment","tag-jenny-frost","tag-kerry-katona","tag-little-mix","tag-liz-mcclarnon","tag-music","tag-natasha-hamilton","tag-sugababes","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-westlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}