She’s long been known for giving it to us warts and all – but now Kerry Katona has bared her soul like never before in her most revealing and explosive interview yet.
The former Atomic Kitten star, 42, has sensationally opened up about the abuse she suffered at the hands of ex George Kay and how his behaviour made her fear for her family’s safety.
And she has told of how she suffered a harrowing miscarriage after a fling with a mystery man, had a secret tummy tuck she regrets and how she fears she and fiancé Ryan Maloney may be unable to have children.
Speaking ahead of the launch of her third autobiography, Kerry Katona: Whole Again, the new columnist tells us it has been “traumatic to re-live” the previously untold stories.
“It’s been really hard, my anxiety has been through the roof,” she tells us. “I’ve been stuck in the past, feeling full of anxiety and fear.”
One of the subjects that causes her the greatest anxiety is her marriage to George, the father of her youngest daughter Dylan-Jorge, eight.
Kerry’s book details her suffering at the hands of her ex, who died in 2019 at the age of 39 following a drug overdose.
Kerry, who married George in 2014, recalls how he would spit on her, strangle her and hit her while she was pregnant with Dylan-Jorge – and then tell her it was her fault.
“George has such a hold on me, even in death,” she says, with a look of sadness. “I still feel scared he’s going to get me. He was so manipulative and calculated. I’m also very aware George is dead and he isn’t here to voice his side of the story. But this is all fact – and it’s my truth.
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