Kerry Katona has defended Stacey Solomon after the singer was caught smoking while pregnant, claiming: "It was Silk Cut - not even a real cigarette."
Kerry insists mum-to-be Stacey shouldn't pay any attention to outraged critics who accused her of putting her unborn baby at risk.
Kerry, who is a former Mum of the Year, was also once at the centre of a public backlash when she was caught having a sneaky drag while expecting a baby.
She adds: "I got the same stick Stacey got. I smoked during pregnancy, two to three a day. My doctor said, 'If it's stressing you out don't panic, because smoking isn't as harmful as stress.'"
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Stacey, who is seven months pregnant with her second child, claimed her doctor gave her the go-ahead to smoke because she was struggling to stamp out her nicotine habit.
The scandal led to her being axed from Foxy Bingo's Celebrity Mum of the Year competition - a year after she walked away with the title.
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