'This Morning' presenter Phillip Schofield has again defended a recent interview with Kerry Katona on the show.
The television presenter was responding to comments made by Katona during a press conference for her new MTV show.
Katona said: "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 I had an illness and he just went: 'Are you drunk?' which I thought was quite rude."
Referring to Katona's comments, Schofield said in a statement: "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."
