Kerry Katona breaks down as she discusses losing ex George Kay to addiction

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    Kerry Katona broke down on Friday, while discussing losing her ex-husband George Kay to a drug overdose in July 2019.

    The star, 40, tearfully told The Sun that she feels ‘anger’ over George’s ‘selfish’ addiction that has left their seven-year-old daughter Dylan-Jorge without a father.

    It’s been a traumatic 18 months for the former singer, having also lost her aunt Angela to alcoholism addiction in March this year.  

    'Addiction makes you selfish': Kerry Katona broke down in a new interview on Friday as she discussed losing ex-husband George Kay to drug addiction in July 2019. George left behind the couple's daughter Dylan-Jorge, 7. Pictured on the Good Morning Britain TV show in June

    ‘Addiction makes you selfish’: Kerry Katona broke down in a new interview on Friday as she discussed losing ex-husband George Kay to drug addiction in July 2019. George left behind the couple’s daughter Dylan-Jorge, 7. Pictured on the Good Morning Britain TV show in June 

    ‘George is my baby’s daddy and she’s never, ever going to see him again and I’ve got so much anger towards him for that. I’m so angry,’ Kerry said in between tears.

    ‘You become very, very selfish when you have an addiction. You don’t think about other people, and sometimes even your flesh and blood isn’t enough, and that’s really selfish.

    ‘He’s going to be missing out on so many wonderful things, because that kid is one amazing kid,’ she continued. 

    Kerry, who has not touched a drug in 13 years, went on to say how she will never take a drug again as she does not want Dylan to have to go through a similar ordeal.

    Tragic:'George is my baby's daddy and she's never, ever going to see him again and I've got so much anger towards him for that. I'm so angry,' Kerry told The Sun.'You become very, very selfish when you have an addiction.' Pictured with George in 2015

    Tragic: ‘George is my baby’s daddy and she’s never, ever going to see him again and I’ve got so much anger towards him for that. I’m so angry,’ Kerry told The Sun. ‘You become very, very selfish when you have an addiction.’ Pictured with George in 2015

    Her pride and joy: 'He's going to be missing out on so many wonderful things, because that kid is one amazing kid,' she continued. Pictured with Dylan-Jorge

    Her pride and joy: ‘He’s going to be missing out on so many wonderful things, because that kid is one amazing kid,’ she continued. Pictured with Dylan-Jorge

    Describing cocaine as having once been her ‘best friend’, Kerry recalled how at her lowest point when she was suicidal, she would consciously go on binges.

    She has remained sober thanks to rehab and cutting out any negative influences.  

    George died after eating ‘a quantity of cocaine’ at the Holiday Inn hotel in Sutton Weaver, Runcorn, Cheshire in July 2019.

    The police and the North West Ambulance service were called, with George being taken to Warrington General Hospital for treatment, where he died.  

    Another passing: Kerry also revealed in March that her aunt Angela passed away following a gruelling battle with addiction, writing on Instagram:'This vile illness took our Ang!' (pictured together)

    Another passing: Kerry also revealed in March that her aunt Angela passed away following a gruelling battle with addiction, writing on Instagram: ‘This vile illness took our Ang!’ (pictured together)

    In March this year, Kerry took to Instagram to share the sad news of her aunt’s passing after a battle with alcoholism.

    She announced: ‘My crazy, beautiful aunty (more my sister) sadly passed away yesterday! We’re all absolutely heartbroken! Oh Ang I really wish I could rewind and tell you how much I love you and I always wanted to be you when I was little.’ 

    Alluding to her aunt’s troubles, she continued: ‘I should of done more! I love you Angela! My big sister! We had so many great adventures together… I can’t believe I’m even writing this post!’ 

    Heartfelt:'I really wish I could rewind and tell you how much I love you and I always wanted to be you when I was little,' Kerry wrote in a heartfelt Instagram post for Angela at the time

    Heartfelt: ‘I really wish I could rewind and tell you how much I love you and I always wanted to be you when I was little,’ Kerry wrote in a heartfelt Instagram post for Angela at the time 

    She also opened up about the pain of addiction, writing: ‘This vile illness took our Ang! We MUST talk more about addiction!!! She tried so hard to get sober but it got the better of her.’

    The image she captioned read: ‘Addiction is a special kind of hell. It tales the soul of the addict and breaks the hearts of everyone who loves them.’

    During an appearance on the BBC’s Wednesday Morning Live in May, Kerry said her aunt had moved in with her and that she had even managed to help her get sober.

    She said: ‘She came to live with me and I got her sober. I got her doing workshops, meetings, got her to see my doctor, she was doing so well, I got her into exercise’.

    Anguish: Kerry shared an image about the pain of addiction, as she wrote,'This vile illness took our Ang! We MUST talk more about addiction!!! She tried so hard to get sober...'

    Anguish: Kerry shared an image about the pain of addiction, as she wrote, ‘This vile illness took our Ang! We MUST talk more about addiction!!! She tried so hard to get sober…’

    However Angela was spotted elsewhere with a bottle of vodka, which left Kerry shocked.

    Kerry said: ‘Then I later found out she was seen with a bottle of vodka, and it was ‘how are they doing this?”’

    Opening up about her relative’s personality, she said on air: ‘For years and years Angela was a wonderful mother, let me make that really clear. With alcoholism addiction people really judge it and think you’re a certain type of person.

    ‘Angela was a wonderful person. So separating drunk Angela from sober Angela was difficult to do and this was over 20 years, to the point we wouldn’t know if she was drunk or not.’  

    Getting help: During an appearance on the BBC's Wednesday Morning Live in May, Kerry said her aunt had moved in with her and that she had even managed to help her get sober. I got her doing workshops, meetings, got her to see my doctor, she was doing so well,' she revealed

    Getting help: During an appearance on the BBC’s Wednesday Morning Live in May, Kerry said her aunt had moved in with her and that she had even managed to help her get sober. I got her doing workshops, meetings, got her to see my doctor, she was doing so well,’ she revealed 

    Detailing her family’s ‘guilt’ over the passing of Angela, Kerry went on: ‘I think as a family member, because I’ve been on the other side of it, even I wiped my hands of her, God…

    ‘That sense of guilt. Even her own children, we all feel like we could have done more.’

    She added: ‘As a family if you can’t see something, it’s really hard to understand it. If someone comes to you and says I have cancer, people are a lot more understanding.’

    Drawing comparisons between alcoholism and a cancer diagnosis, Kerry told hosts Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones: ‘If somebody comes up to you and says I’m an alcoholic, you get angry because technically you’re doing it to yourself and you can’t understand why you’re doing that to yourself, and why can’t I stop?

    ‘I did stop myself, so I should have known better… there’s a sense of anger with a family member because you want to shake them but it isn’t that easy.’ 

    For help with addiction problems contact FRANK on 0300 123 6600 

    Family: Kerry and Angela are seen with their tight-knit family

    Family: Kerry and Angela are seen with their tight-knit family

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