But now I genuinely did not know if my daughter could be taken away from me. ‘But I was confident of one truth: Violet was impeccably looked after, protected and loved. ‘I’d made bad choices for myself, there had been a few volatile men in my life,’ Katherine says. The lowest point came one night when, having just come off stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the child protection services called to announce they were investigating allegations made about her and Violet, then four. Then Katherine was a struggling single mother, with a track record in ‘diabolical’ boyfriends, so poor that she survived on a diet of Rice Krispies with milk snaffled from the offices where she temped and very far from friends and family in her native Canada. It’s quite a trajectory for someone who, just a few years ago, found themselves at rock bottom. Meanwhile, apparently undaunted by her newborn’s demands, Katherine, 38, seems to be everywhere – appearing on endless panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats and QI, filming a stand-up show for Amazon Prime, Backstage with Katherine Ryan, and about to embark on a nationwide tour. The family live in a mansion in the North London suburbs complete with swimming pool and fields nearby for Violet’s pony. Happily married to her high-school boyfriend Bobby Koostra, three months ago they had a baby boy Fred, a much longed-for brother for Katherine’s 12-year-old daughter Violet. If ever someone was top of their game it’s Katherine Ryan.
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