{"id":35878,"date":"2025-04-02T15:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=35878"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:29:21","slug":"emmerdale-jay-kontzles-life-near-death-experience-family-tragedy-x-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/cast\/emmerdale-jay-kontzles-life-near-death-experience-family-tragedy-x-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Jay Kontzle\u2019s life away from Emmerdale: Near-death experience, heartbreaking family tragedy and X Factor audition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale cast<\/a> member Jay Kontzle has been playing Billy Fletcher<\/a> since 2018. But away from the show, actor Jay has had his own dramatic life.<\/p>

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During his time in the village, Billy has been mixed up in some huge storylines. And at the moment he remains unaware that his wife, Dawn, had been having an affair with Joe Tate.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

However, Jay has had quite a packed life himself. The 34-year-old is currently married with three young children. But his early years had their own tragedies.<\/p>\n

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Jay\u2019s early life was filled with tragedy (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Near-death experience<\/h2>\n

According to The Mirror<\/a>, when Jay was only a little baby, he and his mum were involved in an accident that left him with \u201ccritical injuries\u201d.<\/p>\n

His mum was pushing his pram across a pelican crossing when a car hit them. Jay\u2019s pram went through a shop window. While his mum was also seriously injured, Jay suffered critical injuries, including a fractured skull. From then, his mum called him a \u201cmiracle baby\u201d as he somehow survived the shock incident.<\/p>

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