Katie Price has candidly spoken about the challenges she faces co-parenting with her ex-husband Peter Andre, describing it as “the most difficult thing” due to unresolved issues from their breakup.
The former glamour model met Peter Andre during their appearance on the reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Their relationship quickly flourished, leading to their marriage in September 2005. The couple shares two children, Junior and Princess.
Their relationship ended in 2009 amid accusations from Peter that Katie was having an affair with her dressage rider—something Katie strongly denies. On the We Need to Talk podcast with Paul Brunson, Katie revealed she discovered their separation while on holiday in the Maldives.
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She explained, “We broke up because he thought I was having an affair with my dressage rider, and I’ve never slept with him. I just kept my horse there, and I was happy keeping my horse there, and he was married.”
Katie recounted how the breakup wasn’t mutual. “He kept saying, ‘That’s it. I’ve had enough.’ It got to a point where I said, ‘F***ing divorce me.’ I remember being at the airport when it was all on Sky News—it was not mutual at all.”
She added, “I even redid a statement saying I didn’t want to split with Pete; it was Pete splitting with me. To this day, we’ve never sat down and spoken about it.”
Communication between the two about their children has been limited to interactions through their legal representatives. Katie lamented, “It’s all through lawyers. I’ve never sat down with him. We probably would have sorted it out if we had the chance, but we were kept apart.”
Despite the struggles, Katie admits that the experience has made her more independent. Reflecting on the situation, she said, “Behind the scenes, it’s the most difficult thing. But you get to know what people are really like. I’ve had it tough. It’s sad we never talked it through, but that’s where my independence comes from.”
Katie Price rose to fame in the 1990s as a Page 3 girl and has since appeared on various television programs, including a two-year stint on Loose Women. Alongside Junior, 19, and Princess, 17, she has a son named Harvey, 22, from her previous relationship with former Premier League footballer Dwight Yorke. She also shares son Jett and daughter Bunny with ex-husband Kieran Hayler.
Katie has been married three times: first to Peter Andre in 2005, then to cage fighter Alex Reid in 2010, and later to Kieran Hayler in 2013. She is currently in a relationship with JJ Slater, a former star of Married at First Sight.