Kerry Katona has accused This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield of being ‘ignorant and arrogant’ during her infamous appearance on the show last year. During an interview in October last year to promote her latest reality show Schofield changed his line of questioning after Kerry appeared to be slurring. “Our phone has already gone in the gallery from people in ITV who've said 'is she okay?'” Philip said before co-host Fern Britton asked about a recent magazine article that discussed Katona’s drinking. “A lot of people say when you have an addictive personality and you get rid of one addiction it's replaced with another. Is it alcohol?" she asked. “I was on holiday in Spain, I'm allowed to have a drink aren't I? So would that mean I'm an alcoholic?" Kerry replied. “I have a serious illness," Katona told a press conference for her new show, Kerry Katona: What’s The Problem? "But what really annoyed me when I was on This Morning was how they ignored the illness and my medication and just presumed I was a drunk. I gave an answer about my bipolar. The public do not take it seriously, nor do interviewers or anybody for that matter. It's a serious illness, I told them what I was on, I told him it was medication. I said I had an illness and he just went: 'Are you drunk?' which I thought was quite rude." Schofield has issued a statement denying Kerry’s claims. “In light of Kerry Katona's recent press conference I would like to point out that the recollection I have of the interview we did with her, differs considerably from hers," he says. “Anyone who regularly watches This Morning will hopefully agree that we try our very best to give a balanced point of view. I still believe we approached her difficulties with a much fairer, gentler hand than she would have received in many other arenas. It is fantastic that she is attacking her problems head-on, it can't be easy and is to be congratulated. As always, I wish her nothing but health and happiness.”

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