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Phillip Schofield: Kerry Katona ambushed herself by slurring her words on This Morning

TV host denies ‘stitching up’ reality star with questioning

Phillip Schofield is standing his ground

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Phillip Schofield has defended his questioning of Kerry Katona before her TV meltdown yesterday.

The reality star, 28, slurred her words and acted erratically during an appearance on This Morning to promote her latest MTV show.

Kerry, who blamed prescription drugs for her behaviour, later claimed she'd been 'stitched up'.

‘I'll never go on that programme again, I'm extremely annoyed at how they made me look,’ she says. ‘I’ve an illness – it’s all down to tablets I’m on for my bipolar disorder.’

But Phillip, 46, insists he and co-host Fern Britton, 51, were only showing concern.

‘I know that she walked down the corridor and said that we'd ambushed her in the interview,’ he tells Radio 1. ‘At no time were alcohol or drug issues going to be mentioned, because we've done that in the past.

'She ambushed herself by slurring her words. It's a shame that she feels that way.'

Phil realises Kerry is 'very, very angry' about the incident but is convinced that she was in no fit state to appear on the programme in the first place.

‘She arrived very late [and] didn't give anyone any time to sit down and talk to her,’ he adds. ‘She came through to the studio, we kissed her on the cheek and the programme went on air, so at no point had we any idea what condition she might be in.

‘[There was] no way that our producer would have allowed that interview to go ahead, had we known the situation she'd found herself in that morning. The last thing I want to do is to witness a car crash in front of my eyes.’

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