Brian McFadden refuses to talk about ex-wife Kerry Katona in awkward TV moment

Former Westlife singer Brian McFadden was left squirming as he was asked about his ex-wife Kerry Katona in a new BBC documentary about boybands, before dismissing the question

Brian McFadden had an uncomfortable moment during his appearance on the BBC's new documentary, Boybands Forever. The ex-Westlife star was discussing his rise to fame in a boyband when he was asked about his well-publicised marriage to Kerry Katona in 2002, at the peak of their popularity.

However, Brian, who has two daughters with Kerry - Molly, 23, and Lilly, 21 - declined to discuss her, reports OK!. "Marrying Kerry, you're sort of..." started the interviewer, only for Brian to quickly interrupt: "I don't want to talk about her, no. Definitely no".

An awkward silence ensued after the interviewer responded with "fair enough", with Brian whistling to fill the gap and then mimicking the journalist crossing out several questions. Brian and Kerry began dating in 1999 as young pop stars in the spotlight, marrying in 2002.

Their marriage was short-lived, ending in 2004, with Kerry later accusing Brian of infidelity with a stripper. While Brian has avoided Kerry in the two decades since their split, the mother-of-five has expressed a wish to be friends with her former husband.

"I saw that Gary Lineker recently went on holiday with his ex-wife Danielle Bux as friends - I've never managed to stay that close with any of my exes! I would have loved to have been like that with my first husband Brian and our children, to have been more supportive of each other," Kerry wrote in her exclusive New! column last year.

She continued: "I've never been able to remain friends with any of my exes but I think it's a nice thing to be able to co-parent like that. It's a bit like Demi Moore and Bruce Willis' relationship. I love that dynamic and how they can still be friends despite being split up."

Brian is now engaged to Danielle Parkinson and shares a three year old daughter, Ruby. Meanwhile, Kerry has just split from her fiancé and partner of six years, Ryan Mahoney.

She revealed earlier this month: "[Ryan] has moved out of the house. We are no longer together and It's been a really tough week - I never in a million years thought this would happen. Without going into too much detail, there has been a breach of trust between us.. I don't know if we'll be able to work it out or not, but I do still love him so much."

"I feel like everything has heaped on recently and it's so much to deal with, I am really struggling. But I know I can get through it no matter what happens, I've been through break-ups before and come out the other side, so we just need to see what happens."