‘He tried to strangle me while driving’: Kerry Katona says ex-husband George Kay would beat her EVERY DAY as she reveals hellish extent of his domestic abuse
- Katona was in a relationship with former rugby player George from 2012 to 2015
- They officially divorced in 2017 and he died suddenly two years later
- Star, 42, has detailed traumatic time in new memoir, Kerry Katona: Whole Again
Kerry Katona has revealed that her late ex-husband George Kay would beat her every day during their relationship and even tried to strangle her while driving.
The former Atomic Kitten member opened up about the traumatic abuse in her new memoir – named Kerry Katona: Whole Again, saying she was even beaten while pregnant.
The TV personality, 42, married George back in 2014 after two years of dating, before they split a year later – with the former rugby league player passing away suddenly in 2019 after eating ‘a quantity of cocaine’.
‘He tried to strangle me while driving’: Kerry Katona, 42, has said that her ex-husband George Kay would beat her EVERY DAY as she revealed the hellish extent of his domestic abuse in her new book
Kerry and George split amid a flurry of shocking claims of domestic violence and substance abuse in the marriage – which she has previously revealed made her feel ‘worthless’.
In her new book, she recalled an incident where her ex attempted to strangle her during a car journey – even pulling her out of the vehicle.
In quotes obtained by The Sun, she wrote: ‘I could barely breathe and honestly thought I was done for, when he released his grip, pulled over, opened the passenger side door and dragged me out of the car by my hair.
Former husband: The TV personality, 42, married George back in 2014 after two years of dating, before they split a year later – with the former rugby league player passing away suddenly in 2019 after eating ‘a quantity of cocaine’ (pictured together in 2013)
Awful: Further detailic the horrific ordeal in her new book, Kerry recalled an incident where her ex attempted to strangle her during a car journey – even pulling her out of the vehicle
‘I fell, hitting my head on the door. He spat on me, got back in the car and drove off.’
She said the attack was sparked during a house viewing when she recalled a story about the singer Bryan Adams telling her to eat her vegetables.
She said: ‘I’m recounting the tale to George and the landlord, I had this big plate of vegetables in front of me and I didn’t fancy them, but Bryan kept urging me in his fantastic Canadian drawl, ‘Eat them, you have to eat your greens!’ she recalls.
Continuing to write: ”And then, Bryan Adams fed me broccoli off a fork’, I told George and this random landlord proudly.
Traumatic: Detailing the car incident, Kerry wrote: ‘I could barely breathe and honestly thought I was done for, when he released his grip, pulled over, opened the passenger side door and dragged me out of the car by my hair’ (pictured with George in 2015
Pregnancy: She also detailed how her late ex would hit her while she was pregnant with their daughter, Dylan-Jorge, who they welcomed in 2014 (George pictured with their daughter in 2014)
‘There was nothing sexual or romantic about that moment with Bryan. It was just a jokey exchange between two people who had just met and were getting along well — in front of their significant others.
‘But George didn’t see it that way. We left the house-viewing quickly, got in the car and as he drove off he had one hand on the steering wheel and one around my neck,’ wrote Kerry of the harrowing experience.
Kerry welcomed daughter Dylan-Jorge in April 2014 with George, and has detailed in the book how her late ex would even beat her while she was pregnant.
‘Even as my stomach grew, he would push me over, kick me and spit in my face. Soon after he’d apologise, tell me how much he loved me and gently let me know it was all my fault because I pushed his buttons. And then I’d be the one apologising,’ she wrote.
Long-standing: The pair officialy divorced in 2017, after meeting as teenagers in school and beginning a romance years later (pictured in 2015)
The star, who is mother to daughters Molly and Lilly-Sue with singer Brian McFadden, Heidi, 13, and Max, 12, with former husband Mark Croft, and Dylan-Jorge with George, is now engaged to fitness instructor Ryan Mahoney,
But despite being smitten with her fiancé, who she met five years ago on dating app Bumble, the star has been left with lifelong trauma following George’s abuse.
The pair officially divorced in 2017, after meeting as teenagers in school and beginning a romance years later.
George died inside of a Holiday Inn in Cheshire, where he crushed a ball of cocaine inside a sock and ‘ate’ the contents, according to an inquest following his death.
Loved up: Kerry is now engaged to fitness instructor Ryan Mahoney, who she met via dating app Bumble five years ago
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