Overview
- McFadden told The i, “If I was in a headspace like I am now, yeah, I probably wouldn’t have left,” adding that he cannot change how he felt at the time.
- He originally announced his departure at a press conference, saying he was leaving to spend more time with then-wife Kerry Katona and their children.
- The comments resurfaced nearly 10 months after the BBC’s Boybands Forever examined the impact of boyband life on performers’ wellbeing.
- Katona recently spoke fondly of him on Paul C. Brunson’s podcast and said he prefers that she not discuss their relationship publicly.
- In July, McFadden married long‑term partner Danielle Parkinson at a beachside ceremony that reports say was attended by his daughters and was his third wedding.