Who spent all his Westlife royalties on pies? Brian McFadden reportedly can't afford another court battle with Kerry 

When we FINALLY saw Brian jetting in at Heathrow on Thursday morning we all got ready for the showdown of the year. It was a little bit surprising then when the former Westlifer instead went straight off to Ireland to mingle with the likes of David Grey, Cherie Blair and Joan Collins (all big players when he was last in the country to pay his kid's a visit) on the set of Late Late Show.

Kerry and the kids weren't too far from his mind, though. In the televised interview, he did say:

"I want Kerry to give me the kids, and me and my mum will look after them for the next six months to a year to give her time to get her life together. Then they can go back. It's important to the kids to be with her.

 

"Kerry can't afford a court case at the moment, neither of us can. Our last one pretty much cleaned me out. People think because I was in Westlife I must have millions of pounds," said Brian. "But I still have to work to live.

 

"People keep saying, 'Why aren't you here all the time?' or 'Why don't you get a house in Manchester?' and it's because I can't get work here."

Hmmm, so what's all this work you've been doing in Australia then?

Oh, and he also added:

"Mark is a good stepdad, the kids love him. I don't know about what else he does, but he's a good stepdad to them."

Christ, we've heard it all now.

We hope Brian's not using this deeply unfortunate situation to drum up publicity for his dead-as-the-dodo-career...