Kerry Katona has admitted she had "a brilliant time" filming Celebrity Gogglebox in Ireland, which aired on Virgin Media Television last week.

While sitting around watching TV may sound like an easy gig, Kerry, 43, has revealed it's much more tiring than you may think.

The former Atomic Kitten singer, who appeared on the show alongside her pal and comedian Alison Spittle, said: "I had a brilliant time. Who knew watching TV was so exhausting? I get really into my TV programmes and become very animated, so it was a bit of an emotional roller-coaster."

Gogglebox Ireland started airing in 2016, three years after the original version debuted in the UK.

Kerry added that she'd love to do the Channel 4 show here if she got the chance. "I hope people in Ireland enjoyed it. I’d absolutely do the show here if the opportunity came up," she confessed.

Kerry and Alison were joined by other famous faces including Una Healy and Brian Dowling.

Kerry has strong links to Ireland and spent a lot of her time there during her marriage to Brian McFadden, who was born and raised in Dublin.

The former couple are parents to Lilly, 20, and Molly, 22, who currently lives in Ireland with her grandparents.

Kerry opened up about her love for the country after her a recent visit with her fiancé Ryan Mahoney.

"I love coming to Ireland, it always feels like a home-from-home," she wrote in her column. "Ryan and I went to The Black Forge Inn, which is Conor McGregor’s pub, and were greeted with nothing but love."

Meanwhile, Kerry recently discussed a surprise career move as she revealed that she wants to start working with people in prisons.

Discussing the idea on the Getting Lippy podcast, she said: “I want to be a motivational speaker and visit prisons – God, I’ll probably know half of them!”

She continued: “I want to help people. I should be dead, but I’m a grafter and I’m proud of myself.”

Kerry, who has had a publicly turbulent past with a drug addiction and suffering from bipolar disorder, said she feels like she is “here for a reason” and to give people the hope that she feels she never had.

“I am my own hero because no-one helped me, so be your own hero," she added.

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