Kerry Katona's late ex-husband tried to strangle her while he was driving. The former Atomic Kitten singer has opened up about the abuse she suffered at the hands of George Kay - who died in 2019, two years after they split - and claimed he beat her every day during their relationship, even while she was pregnant with their daughter DJ, now eight. In an extract from her memoir 'Kerry Katona: Whole Again' obtained by The Sun newspaper, she wrote about him strangling her in the car: "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.