Post by shayne on May 29, 2006 19:41:05 GMT 8
Hi Brian, We heard you want full custody of both Molly and Lilly Sue. Why?
Yes that’s right. Kerry has crossed the line with me and I want my daughters to be with me.
What do you mean ‘Kerry has crossed the line’?
She is an unfit mother and is using her own children to wage a war against me in the media. The children should not be brought into this, but Kerry is making it impossible for me to see them. This is the last thing I wanted but I’ve got to do it to see my kids and save them from Kerry.
In what way is she making it impossible for you to see the girls?
She sends me a stream of letters from her lawyers to prevent me getting access to the girls. She lays down all these ridiculous, crazy demands about when I can visit designed to make it physically impossible for me to see them.
How has it become hard to see them?
She now says that every time I see them, I have to drive from London to Warrington to pick them up, then back with the girls to London where I am based. The after I have to drive them back to Warrington again. So it’s hundreds of miles of driving which takes up time that I could be spending with them, when my mom would be more than happy to get on a plane with the girls and bring them to me in Dublin or London. But Kerry won’t let that happen – it has to be me in person collecting them.
So do you only hear from Kerry through her lawyers?
Yes. She sends me her lawyers letters at the same tome she is drinking in a London pub with her latest fiancé – while her own kids that she cares about so much are left in Warrington.
You must find it terribly upsetting. How long has this been going on for?
I’ve been taking it for a year and have never said anything about it, but she has gone too far now. I’ve been left devastated by the way she is treating me and I was advised for the last year to stay quiet, but I have to start sticking up for myself.
Why do you think that Kerry is doing this?
She makes out that she is an amazing mom who puts her kids first, but she’s just using them to wage her own wars and that is unforgivable. I feel that I have no choice but to go for custody of the kids and I know that I can give them a great upbringing. I would be there more for them than Kerry is.
What is the next step then?
Kerry wanted a war and now she’s got one. I don’t want to have to go down this road but I have to fight for the right to see my kids and that is what I will do. I have been meeting with the lawyers to see where I stand and they think that I have a very strong case.
So when did you last see the girls?
I saw them three weeks ago in New York. I haven’t seen them since, but I speak to them on the phone nearly every day. I have made numerous attempts to see them since but Kerry has made it impossible.
So what finally tipped you over the edge and prompted you to speak to star?
I’ve been on the edge since Christmas because Kerry is just making my life a nightmare. The past couple of months have been unbearable because f the demands she is making over access to Molly and Lilly.
So has your relationship disintegrated so much that you cant even be civil to each other?
Let me give you a classic example. – and this is something that tipped me over the edge. Two nights ago, Kerry and her fiancé Mark were sitting in the same bar as me and Delta, in the Conrad Hotel in London, where I was staying. We were just feet apart and yet we didn’t say one word to each other all night. It was the same night Kerry was out on the town to celebrate finishing her book.
So what happened next?
I think because we didn’t even speak she got the hump, because the next day – by midday – I received a letter from her lawyers with all the demands I just told you about.
It must have felt awkward sitting so close together with your new partners….
Not really. We just didn’t say a word. We had a great night with our friends and Delta was playing the piano in the bar.
You must miss Molly and Lilly when you are apart. So you think they would prefer to live with you?
Well one time I saw them recently I was dropping them back to Warrington with my manager, Mark. He took them to the front door because Kerry doesn’t let me and she was lying upstairs in bed with a hangover. Her bloke mark came to the door to let them in and the kids didn’t even know the guy. Molly was screaming that she didn’t want to go inside.
It sounds awful. If you do succeed in winning custody, where do you think you will live?
We’ll live in Ireland. My mum Mairead practically reared Lilly and Molly and she is devastated that they’re hardly ever in Ireland anymore. Id love to get them into a good school their and have my family around and give them a sense of normality. At the moment their lives a re far from normal.
Do you get very emotional about what is going on?
More embarrassed than anything else. I’m just so embarrassed by it all. I haven’t given an interview to anyone for a year but all my friends and family see my private life and marital problems plasters over the papers and magazines
So if you do win custody will you allow Kerry to see the girls?
Absolutely! A lot more than they have been allowed to see me, I would never prevent them from seeing their mom.
Does delta get on well with the girls?
Oh yes, she really loves my kids. She would do anything for them.
Do you think she would want to adopt them?
No way! That would never happen. Delta’s got her own life to lead, and that’s fine..
What was your reaction to recent allegations that Kerry drinks to much and takes cocaine.
I’m not going down that road. I’ll just say that if we cant sort this out between ourselves and I have to do it in the courtroom, then the things that I could say and the realities I could tell…. it would be a miracle if the judge didn’t give the girls to me.
Have you met Kerry’s new fiancé Mark?
No – and I doubt I will. Kerry has a different best friend every month and recently she seems to have a different man just as often. She just goes so over the top. She has to be living with I guy, starting a family and getting engaged before really considering everything properly.
Has her being with Mark mad things worse.
To be honest ever since we split, Kerry has been consistently terrible to me – and she is obsessed with publicity, it’s like an addiction she has now.
In what other ways do you feel that she is a bad mom?
Well, whenever I ring her she is never at home. She never answers the phone. O have a really great relationship with the girls nanny which I important because I cant organize anything with Kerry.
A few days ago Kerry texted me pout of the blue saying ‘’you haven’t spoken to the kids for three weeks’ I was absolutely stunned because I talk to them nearly every day. She was obviously spoiling for a fight so it would give her another excuse to leak a story about me.
Are you worried that if this situation continues they’ll grow up without knowing you properly?
Yes, my only option is to take legal action for custody so my daughters don’t grow up never really knowing their dad.
Yes that’s right. Kerry has crossed the line with me and I want my daughters to be with me.
What do you mean ‘Kerry has crossed the line’?
She is an unfit mother and is using her own children to wage a war against me in the media. The children should not be brought into this, but Kerry is making it impossible for me to see them. This is the last thing I wanted but I’ve got to do it to see my kids and save them from Kerry.
In what way is she making it impossible for you to see the girls?
She sends me a stream of letters from her lawyers to prevent me getting access to the girls. She lays down all these ridiculous, crazy demands about when I can visit designed to make it physically impossible for me to see them.
How has it become hard to see them?
She now says that every time I see them, I have to drive from London to Warrington to pick them up, then back with the girls to London where I am based. The after I have to drive them back to Warrington again. So it’s hundreds of miles of driving which takes up time that I could be spending with them, when my mom would be more than happy to get on a plane with the girls and bring them to me in Dublin or London. But Kerry won’t let that happen – it has to be me in person collecting them.
So do you only hear from Kerry through her lawyers?
Yes. She sends me her lawyers letters at the same tome she is drinking in a London pub with her latest fiancé – while her own kids that she cares about so much are left in Warrington.
You must find it terribly upsetting. How long has this been going on for?
I’ve been taking it for a year and have never said anything about it, but she has gone too far now. I’ve been left devastated by the way she is treating me and I was advised for the last year to stay quiet, but I have to start sticking up for myself.
Why do you think that Kerry is doing this?
She makes out that she is an amazing mom who puts her kids first, but she’s just using them to wage her own wars and that is unforgivable. I feel that I have no choice but to go for custody of the kids and I know that I can give them a great upbringing. I would be there more for them than Kerry is.
What is the next step then?
Kerry wanted a war and now she’s got one. I don’t want to have to go down this road but I have to fight for the right to see my kids and that is what I will do. I have been meeting with the lawyers to see where I stand and they think that I have a very strong case.
So when did you last see the girls?
I saw them three weeks ago in New York. I haven’t seen them since, but I speak to them on the phone nearly every day. I have made numerous attempts to see them since but Kerry has made it impossible.
So what finally tipped you over the edge and prompted you to speak to star?
I’ve been on the edge since Christmas because Kerry is just making my life a nightmare. The past couple of months have been unbearable because f the demands she is making over access to Molly and Lilly.
So has your relationship disintegrated so much that you cant even be civil to each other?
Let me give you a classic example. – and this is something that tipped me over the edge. Two nights ago, Kerry and her fiancé Mark were sitting in the same bar as me and Delta, in the Conrad Hotel in London, where I was staying. We were just feet apart and yet we didn’t say one word to each other all night. It was the same night Kerry was out on the town to celebrate finishing her book.
So what happened next?
I think because we didn’t even speak she got the hump, because the next day – by midday – I received a letter from her lawyers with all the demands I just told you about.
It must have felt awkward sitting so close together with your new partners….
Not really. We just didn’t say a word. We had a great night with our friends and Delta was playing the piano in the bar.
You must miss Molly and Lilly when you are apart. So you think they would prefer to live with you?
Well one time I saw them recently I was dropping them back to Warrington with my manager, Mark. He took them to the front door because Kerry doesn’t let me and she was lying upstairs in bed with a hangover. Her bloke mark came to the door to let them in and the kids didn’t even know the guy. Molly was screaming that she didn’t want to go inside.
It sounds awful. If you do succeed in winning custody, where do you think you will live?
We’ll live in Ireland. My mum Mairead practically reared Lilly and Molly and she is devastated that they’re hardly ever in Ireland anymore. Id love to get them into a good school their and have my family around and give them a sense of normality. At the moment their lives a re far from normal.
Do you get very emotional about what is going on?
More embarrassed than anything else. I’m just so embarrassed by it all. I haven’t given an interview to anyone for a year but all my friends and family see my private life and marital problems plasters over the papers and magazines
So if you do win custody will you allow Kerry to see the girls?
Absolutely! A lot more than they have been allowed to see me, I would never prevent them from seeing their mom.
Does delta get on well with the girls?
Oh yes, she really loves my kids. She would do anything for them.
Do you think she would want to adopt them?
No way! That would never happen. Delta’s got her own life to lead, and that’s fine..
What was your reaction to recent allegations that Kerry drinks to much and takes cocaine.
I’m not going down that road. I’ll just say that if we cant sort this out between ourselves and I have to do it in the courtroom, then the things that I could say and the realities I could tell…. it would be a miracle if the judge didn’t give the girls to me.
Have you met Kerry’s new fiancé Mark?
No – and I doubt I will. Kerry has a different best friend every month and recently she seems to have a different man just as often. She just goes so over the top. She has to be living with I guy, starting a family and getting engaged before really considering everything properly.
Has her being with Mark mad things worse.
To be honest ever since we split, Kerry has been consistently terrible to me – and she is obsessed with publicity, it’s like an addiction she has now.
In what other ways do you feel that she is a bad mom?
Well, whenever I ring her she is never at home. She never answers the phone. O have a really great relationship with the girls nanny which I important because I cant organize anything with Kerry.
A few days ago Kerry texted me pout of the blue saying ‘’you haven’t spoken to the kids for three weeks’ I was absolutely stunned because I talk to them nearly every day. She was obviously spoiling for a fight so it would give her another excuse to leak a story about me.
Are you worried that if this situation continues they’ll grow up without knowing you properly?
Yes, my only option is to take legal action for custody so my daughters don’t grow up never really knowing their dad.