Kerry Katona, 44, has revealed devastating health condition she developed during her stressful split from ex-fiance Ryan Mahoney.

The reality TV star, and her 36-year-old personal trainer Ryan, separated in November after spending six years together, owing their split to a ‘breach of trust’.

The musician explains she was left ‘exhausted’ by her heartache, which saw her hair fall out in clumps towards the back of her head while she performed a gruelling schedule on stage in Cheshire in a Cinderella pantomime.

‘I was doing two to three shows a day, doing Christmas panto,’ she said.

‘It was heartbreak, it was exhausting. I also got alopecia. It was really stressful.’

Asked if her hair had started to regrow yet, she said: ‘No, I’m still bald,’ explaining she still has a bald patch where her hair has not grown back.

Kerry says her hair loss was confined to the scalp, as other areas such as her eyebrows were not affected.

So far, she is handling the traumatic experience with typical resilience.’It’s only hair,’ she said. ‘It will grow back. I wear tape extensions because it all started falling out.’