Katie Price is a mess and seems beyond help?

I know someone who's met her in a quiet pub and says she's lovely.

I think she has a lot of issues but she's also an attention seeker. Look at the other Z listers like Kerry Katona, Daniella Westbrook etc who sell their stories to the papers to keep them relevant, if people don't buy the papers or read about them online to keep them relevant then they'd just live their lives.

However, a few of them seem to have mental health issues which isn't helped by the media courting them for stories.

I will defend her on the Gareth Gates front.

She was 23 he was 17. Not an alarming age gap IMO. Nothing wrong with having sex whilst pregnant at all. She was single as was he. After she spoke about it, he lied and said she was a liar. He dragged HER name through the mud and made her look crazy. He only told the truth once he was no longer relevant. I don’t think she did anything wrong on that score

She's a dumpster fire and is to be pitied.

I fear that she will meet an untimely death

She's an idiot, car crash, shallow, neglectful. Self obsessed.
I don't know why I don't hate her but I don't.
It's true she comes across as a wonderful mother to Harvey. But again you don't know if that's just for the cameras.
I always liked Peter Andre. Katie saying she made him, rubbish, he was a famous 90s pop star before he met her.
Neither were that nice on the programs I've seen but I remember Katie being absolutely horrible to him.
I've seen photos of her with her son Junior, he looks genuinely embarrassed. And Princess isn't close to her now. I think the youngest 2 will go with their dad and Harvey will be in care in future years.
I can see Katy being quite lonely and hankering after younger inappropriate men for years.
She's trying to cling onto her youth. We all have to let that go.
I feel sorry for her.

I completely disagree with you. We need to always keep talking about drink driving and how it affects people, not pretend it doesn’t happen to spare the feelings of people who drink drive

Well said.

I’m gonna actually go out on a limb and say (DISCLAIMER: I am NOT referring to what happened to her as a child or any assaults shes experienced) but when people say “She’s been treated badly by so many people especially exes” I tend to think “Well what’s the common denominator?”. She’s had 3 marriages and loads of serious relationships and just happens to have these enormous grievances with all her exes to the point she’s been slapped with a restraining order over the latest ex-H. I don’t have those grievances with my exes. Do you? I’m not buying that she’s never the problem. I think her fans maybe need to consider that she isn’t that nice a person

I think she has mental health problems and it doesn’t help to start a thread which will inevitably end up in a bun fight between supporters and detractors. No-one can really know what goes on when celebs are out of the public gaze and I don’t think it’s helpful to speculate.

Just a point on a comment in the OP about dietary advice ‘Promoting a low-calorie diet on Instagram where she detailed her meals adding up to only 755 calories a day. The NHS states the recommended daily intake is around 2,000 calories a day for women and 2,500 for men’.

The NHS doesn’t recommend these calorie levels for either gender if you’re trying to lose weight - they’re guidelines for weight maintenance and they vary according to age, metabolic rate and how active you are. My partner is diabetic and was recommended a supervised short term calorie controlled diet of around 500-750 calories a day for rapid weight loss to help his diabetes - in some cases it can actually put the condition into remission. I’m a wheelchair user and I know if I eat above around 800-1000 calories a day without adjusting I will gain weight. A lot depends on the individual.

I completely disagree with you. We need to always keep talking about drink driving and how it affects people, not pretend it doesn’t happen to spare the feelings of people who drink drive.

The campaign against drunk driving made HUGE strides in the late 90s/early 00s precisely because it brought a level of shame to people who did it. Why on EARTH would you object to shaming selfish arseholes running the risk of killing people?! What’s her excuse to drink drive - she can afford taxis, go on, what’s her excuse that we shouldn’t be talking about.

it isn't going to make the slightest difference to KP being out there and at risk of running down a MNer's loved one by slagging her off on here. That's disingenuous.

what a silly comment of course she could kill anyone if she continues her behaviour

@Northernsouloldies

I looked at the videos. Harvey didn't look distressed and if it was, it was probably towards the end (which is very common for Autistic child even if they like the activity). Katie also did a special request and the club played Harvey's favourite songs. He is bound to be photographed / signed due to his mother! That is the unfortunate part of being in the limelight. She cannot keep him at home. He was 20 at the time, and was his first experience at a night club. Just because he has additional needs, doesn't mean he can't do "normal" activities.

I can't bear Katie Price. Saw her at Badminton Horse Trials many years ago waking around with a bevy of huge minders. She was promoting an equestrian clothing line there. What struck me was her demeanour- she was absolutely loving all the attention that she was attracting, which seemed hugely superficial. Really talented riders who have won Olympic medals just dip in and out of venues there doing sponsorship appearances etc by comparison. Her ego seems to hang entirely on being the centre of attention.

I think Peter Andre did a real number on her and she's never been the same since.

The social worker who gave her back custody of her two youngest was sacked because she was allegedly telling her how to scam the system in return for a job. This is possibly why, despite the issues, the youngest kids are with her full time.
The domestic violence incident where she left her 2 children alone with her abuser who was on a cocaine rampage (according to her own words) had lost her custody in the first place. At the time Harvey, who she loves so much, was left in a rented house with an unqualified babysitter and the guard dog (whose bark was removed and who had allegedly killed other pets due to its aggression) as her boyfriend refused to live with him.
Sorry for the daily mail link :
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12795743/Katie-Prices-social-worker-breaks-cover-driving-reality-TV-stars-children-sacked-council-getting-close-ex-model.html

None of this is new information. She's been like this on some level for years.
Personally, I feel sorry for her. Something has apparently gone badly wrong in her life and she has a LOT on her plate, some self-inflicted yes, but a lot no.

Yes, she puts herself out there constantly, talking about whatever her latest drama is. But she doesn't know how to do anything else but pimp herself out. She needs more support than she's clearly getting.

she can blame add or some other thing all she likes

she consistently breaks the law uses her isabled son to get out of situations and in her house has ad numeruous pets die-the rspa want her banned but cant do anyting

she threatened her exes partner so much so she ha a restraining order-owes thousands but still as numerous surgeries an now wants a baby

why do people till stick up for her

and his ever smug wife

How is she smug? she never, ever talks about KP and is getting on with her life as a doctor and mother. You have a very weird definition of "smug"

I agree with other posters . She was a beautiful girl when she first became famous but she seems torn between maintaining her fame at any cost or having a settled family life.
I don't believe any surgeon who cared about his/her reputation would continue to allow her to have more procedures but as in most professions there are some for whom money speaks louder than ethics.
I do believe she has low self esteem , it's getting worse as she ages and that's something no surgeon can fix. ADHD might explain some of her poor decisions but it doesn't excuse them. I doubt if she's willing to accept advice from outsiders , let alone seek the MH help she desperately needs.
I hope she can somehow realise that she can manage without a toyboy or another surgery, or another baby . If she keeps going as she is I can only see a very sad end to her career, but maybe that's the only way she will realise that its not the most important thing.

She’s a doctor isn’t she? Nice of you to completely dismiss her achievements.

Wonderful mothers don't drink and drive, or drive whilst high, or drive whilst disqualified, or without fastening their kids' seatbelts. They don't abuse other mum's in the playground. They don't drag their disabled kids on PR tours for publicity. They don't abuse their former partners. They don't get arrested for all the things listed in a pp, or kill pets.

If KP was a random woman and their ex was posting about her atrocious behaviour, NOT ONE poster would say she was anything close to being a wonderful mother. We read it all the time on here about women claiming their partner is an abusive arsehole 'but he's a great dad', the overwhelming response is that he can't be if he's abusing their mum. KP has been in trouble so many times yet is still described as ' a wonderful mum'? I don't think so!

Whatever do you mean?

She’s an absolute state yes!

Er, she's talked about all the animals she's killed- it's not a secret. She's made lame excuses for every single one.

What do you mean by list?- her driving offences have been widely publicised. It's not a secret that she's been in court multiple times for drink/drug driving. You dont need to keep some weird list to know she has done it many, many times. She narrowly escaped going to prison for it.

If she was drink driving and hit one of your family how would you feel?

She was absolutely stunning as a young woman. Its so sad. And Lauren and Kerry. All sad.

This is what you get when someone has a chronic need for attention and a lifestyle that depends on lots of cash- it's like Eastenders on acid. If she was wise she would have banked the cash , downscaled and faded out of public view at 35- but that wouldn't suit the desire to be 'in the public eye' - she's a bit of a sad case, but the press also need her to be so. I don't think there is a need to be vindictive, but for people defending her as others have said, you really wouldn't if this was a girl off the local council estate and if you would then you need to raise your standards

I agree this won't end well unless she turns a corner and ends this gate crash life style. She seems to enjoy sailing close to the wind and getting away with outrageous behaviour. I don't like her very much.

It’s hard not to feel sorry for her really, she clearly is emotionally all over the place. In the same vein I absolutely do not like Peter Andre , and his ever smug wife, who clearly have all they have through his relationship with Katie price, as prior to that he was a former star with no interest at all.