Kerry Katona: 'Alex Reid, Chantelle Houghton proposal was cringey'

Kerry Katona has described Alex Reid's proposal to Chantelle Houghton as "cringey".

Reid proposed to the Celebrity Big Brother winner live on Irish television's Saturday Night Show earlier this month.

Katona theorised in her latest Now magazine column that the proposal was a "publicity stunt".

"It's so romantic when a guy shows the world how much he loves his girlfriend," she wrote. "If any other couple got engaged on TV I'd think it was great - but as it's Chantelle Houghton and Alex Reid, it's a cringey publicity stunt!"

She added: "At least someone wants to marry her. I've got no-one!"

Soon after Houghton and Reid began dating earlier this year, Katona said that the pair were "chasing fame".

Kerry Katona was listed among the celebrities most people would like to punch in a recent poll.