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Kerry Katona says Celebrity SAS ‘triggered’ hellish memories as the shouting took her back to ex George Kay’s vile abuse
KERRY Katona says Celebrity SAS ‘triggered’ hellish memories – as the shouting took her back to ex George Kay’s vile abuse.
The 40- year-old was hauled before Ant Middleton and the DS as they delved into her troubled past during Sunday’s episode of the Channel 4 show.
PAKerry Katona says Celebrity SAS ‘triggered’ hellish memories – as the shouting took her back to ex George Kay’s vile abuse[/caption]
Kerry broke down in tears on Sunday’s show as she discussed her ex
Kerry broke down in tears as she was questioned, and now in her latest column for New! she has explained why.
She said: “On the show they grabbed me by the shoulders and shouted: ‘You’ve got more to prove than anyone Katona!’
“But it catapulted me back to a place which I thought I’d got over and clearly haven’t. It was a massive trigger.
“The shouting took me back to feeling really worthless. It triggered memories of George.“
Kerry continued: “The worst thing he did was spit in my face. I got to the point where I would rather take a beating than have him spit in my face.”
Kerry has a daughter, seven-year-old Dylan-Jorge with her ex George, who died in 2019.
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She also has daughters Molly, 20, and Lilly, 18, with Westlife star Brian McFadden and Heidi, 14, and Max, 13, with ex Mark Croft.
Asking about the impact it had on her children, Kerry explained: “George was really abusive.
“They heard the shouting and saw the black eyes. Eventually I left – I just thought, ‘I can’t let my kids grow up like this.’”
Speaking on Celebrity SAS, she said: “When George died there were so many mixed emotions. I was so angry.
“How f***ing dare you die. Putting me and the kids through all that s**t and then you just die.
“The worst conversation I had to have was with my five-year-old [Dylan-Jorge] to tell her her daddy had died. I had to explain that to a baby. T**t as he was, he was still her dad.”
Getty – ContributorKerry said George, who died in 2019, was abusive during their marriage[/caption]
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