Last updated at 3:24 PM on 9th May 2011
She has finally sold the house she shared with her Mark Croft but lost £200,000 in the process and Kerry Katona is looking likely to be further out of pocket thanks to her ex-husband.
It has emerged that Mark has been ordered to pay the reality TV star just £1.66 a week in maintenance for each of their two children, according to reports.
The Child Support Agency is said to have fixed the small change sum because Croft, 39, said he only earns £75 a week at his job in a café it has been reported in The People.
Sponger: Mark Croft pictured with ex-wife Kerry Katona before they split is said to have been ordered to pay the reality TV star just £1.66 a week to support their two children
And while he can only fork out the paltry sum for his two children with Kerry, four-year-old Heidi and three-year-old Max, it has been alleged by the paper that he still drives an Audi A4 red convertible with a personalised number plate and is said to enjoy a holiday to the Canary Islands.
Mark, who Kerry split from in 2010, also has a son from a previous relationship and the ruling means that the mother of the child will also receive £1.66 a week.
A source close to Kerry told The People: ‘She knew Mark would be reluctant to pay for his children but this amount is so derisory. It’s a complete insult.’
While the financially-troubled star has finally sold the Wilmslow mansion she-once shared with Croft but suffered a £200,000 loss on the sale.
Out of pocket: Kerry will no doubt be angry by the paltry sum which her ex-husband has been offered to pay for her children Max and Heidi
The Dancing On Ice contestant purchased the Cheshire mansion in 2007 for £1,225,000, according to the Mirror.
She is finally rid of the home, filled with painful memories, but made a substantial loss in the deal after accepting £1,025,000.
The reality star is currently renting a £3 million mansion in Surrey for a staggering £5,500 a month.
Bad memories: Kerry shared the mansion in Wilmslow with her ex-husband Mark Croft
‘Dark days’: Kerry and Mark split in 2009
The six-bedroom boasts an indoor swimming pool, gym, spa and cinema room.
She moved into the house in February after agreeing to share the rent with her management Can Associates and the move was chronicled in her ITV2 show Kerry Katona: The Next Chapter.
Kerry sold her five-bedroom, red-brick pile in Wilmslow to footballer Glenn Whelan, the Mirror reports.
It holds bad memories for the star – the bathroom was the setting of her infamous cocaine-snorting video in 2009 and in 2007 she was held captive in the house by three armed burglars.
A spokesperson for Katona was unavailable for comment.
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