Kerry's New Year Katfight
EXCLUSIVE: PARTY WITH IN-LAWS ENDS IN SCUFFLE
Kerry Katona saw the New Year in with a bang when an ugly brawl broke out at her family party, we can reveal.
The ex-Atomic Kitten invited friends and in-laws to share the New Year with her in her posh £1.3million gaff.
But the mood turned ugly after a scuffle between Kerry - who's four months' pregnant - and her mother-in-law Marilyn Croft.
And it ended with a distraught Kerry asking her mother-in-law to leave.
We're told that the pair weren't exactly best buddies before the incident and Kerry was hoping to patch up relations. A pal said: "Kerry hadn't spoken to her husband Mark's mum for ages and it's fair to say that the atmosphere between them isn't the best.
"And things got worse as the evening went on and before long they were having words.
"Marilyn began shouting at her, saying, 'Who do you think you are?' "Kerry was having a go back and then a scuffle broke out."
A camera crew from MTV - who are following Kerry around for a fly-on-the-wall show to be aired in February - captured the catfight on tape.
But Kerry, 27, asked them to leave and has begged them to erase the tape.
The source added: "The camera crew couldn't believe their luck. If they don't erase the tape, it will make great TV.
"But poor Kerry was mortified that her party had ended the way it did.
"She just wants to show the public that she's a nice person. And the thing is, none of it was her fault.
"Her family are really important to her and she thought the party was a great opportunity for them all to get together."
Her pal continued: "As you can imagine, Mark is really upset by what's happened as well. He's very close to his mum and wanted them all to get on."
Kerry's spokesman Max Clifford told us last night: "Mark's mum started arguing with her family and all Kerry tried to do was stop and defuse the situation.
"She then started on Kerry who said that if she feels that way about her, she should leave the house."
It's not the greatest of starts to 2008 for Kerry, whose two eldest children Molly, six, and Lilly, four, are currently in Ireland with ex-hubby Brian McFadden.
She was hoping to have a better year than the last in which she was the victim of an armed robbery at her home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, and then struggled to pay a £200,000 bill from the taxman.
The pal added: "It was the last way she wanted 2008 to start but she's been through worse in the past."
That's the spirit...
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