Overview
- The TV personality flew back to Manchester from Spain with boyfriend Paolo Margaglione after a short break that followed her health scare.
- She fell ill at daughter Molly’s play, noticed she could not smile, went to St Thomas’ Hospital, and was urgently transferred by ambulance to King’s College Hospital.
- CT scans ruled out a stroke, and Katona says doctors told her a stress‑related issue stopped signals reaching the muscles in her face.
- She reports shooting head pains and speech that sounds different when spoken, and says she plans speech therapy and facial exercises.
- The Spain trip included daughter Dylan‑Jorge’s 12th birthday celebrations in Marbella, with reports also noting two miscarriages in 2025 and a January colitis diagnosis as recent health context.