Emmerdale star Jay Kontzle's extensive tattoos - tough childhood to sweet tribute

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Emmerdale after he joined the soap back in 2018.And it didn’t take long for Jay Kontzle to fit in perfectly with the rest of the cast on the popular ITV soap.Just one year later, he went on to collect the award for Best Soap at the 2019 National Television Awards just weeks after his first appearance on the show.But one thing fans know the TV hunk for is his impressive collection of ink which he proudly shows off both on and off air.With this in mind, here we take a look at the meanings behind some of his most eye-popping tattoo transformations.One of Jay’s most striking tattoos to date has to be his injured teddy bear which is seen hunched over with a bandage wrapped around his eye on his lower back.The actor got the new ink back in 2014 which he captioned “#EarlyChildhood” as he showed off his new artwork online.Many fans believe this tattoo is a tribute to his tough start in life after he and his mother Louise were seriously injured when they were struck down by a car when he was a baby.When he was just a few months old, his mum was pushing him in a pram across a pelican crossing when a car hit them and Jay’s pram went through a shop window.His mum was seriously injured, with Jay branded a "miracle baby" as he survived the incident, despite suffering critical injuries including a fractured skull.But just a few years later, his mum died at the age of 21 in a car accident as she was travelling to DJ at the legendary Hacienda club in Manchester when Jay was just four years old.One of the popular themes that the actor has tattooed in various forms across his body is his musical influence, including depictions of keyboards and musical notes dotted through his jam-packed sleeve.What many doting fans may not know is that.