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Katie Price is a mess and seems beyond help?

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whatthesaar · 03/04/2024 22:44

Reading the tabloids of late and Katie Price seems desperately out of control.

  1. She has been declared bankrupt for the second time, owing nearly £762,000 in debt to HMRC.

  2. She has been caught driving without a licence and insurance again and claimed she did not her attend her court appearance due to her ADHD.

  3. Currently planning on having a baby with her latest boyfriend who she has only been dating for a couple of months.

  4. Constantly making snide remarks about her ex's.

  5. Announced to the whole world on a podcast that she took Gareth Gates virginity when he was 17 and she was 6 months pregnant.

  6. 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.

I know Katie Price has never really had a clean cut image but surely she must realise what a mess she has become?

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Pluviophile1 · 04/04/2024 08:22

Misthios · 04/04/2024 07:41

Wikipedia tells me she's 45. You can add "deluded" to the long list of what's wrong with her.

Women can still be fertile at 45. Even if she isn't, she might pay for fertility treatment, so it is possible.

Moonlitwalk · 04/04/2024 08:22

I'm fed up of the pious claims she is more to be pitied and merely in need of help. She's had endless allowance (because she's a celeb, and she cites Harvey) and opportunity to clean her act up, and the type of resources at her finger tips that regular people, who genuinely suffer depression and anxiety, could only dream of

I agree. If a non famous ordinary neighbour down the road was constantly drink driving and abusing animals in their care I highly doubt people would be defending them by saying they've had a hard life and so we should all care about them. People are so dazzled by fame its ridiculous.

YourFluentCrab · 04/04/2024 08:21

I'm her age, and yes she's a mess. She needs better people around her and total media shutdown

MsLuxLisbon · 04/04/2024 08:17

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 04/04/2024 08:02

Just because she’s had a crap life doesn’t make her a fundamentally bad person, most people aren’t.

Multiple drink/drug driving convictions and killing your pets makes you a bad person

Of course it does!! Good lord I feel as if I've taken crazy pills on this thread. The woman is a whole mess, not a poor ickle thing.

MsLuxLisbon · 04/04/2024 08:16

LSTMS30555 · 04/04/2024 00:57

I've always liked Katie Price. I think most her Ex's have used & abused her to inflate their own fame/career/profiles!
Since the young age of 17 she's been used by men for her body; I'd like to see anyone who wouldn't have struggled with that once she hit a certain age and had kids and that realisation kicked in.

Katie hasn't had a easy life by anyone's standards surely? I'm more shocked she hasn't had a mental breakdown long before now.
I wish her nothing but the best and really hope in time (after looking after herself properly first) she finds a decent man who loves her like she deserves.

Don't be absurd. She isn't a victim, she is a narcissist who thinks that rules are for the little people, who abuses animals, who thumbs her nose at her creditors, who drives drunk, who is a deadbeat mother. She doesn't deserve 'love' she deserves prison time! Why is this site so soft on crap women??

usernother · 04/04/2024 08:16

Chatonette · 04/04/2024 07:55

I hope she doesn’t have a baby with her current boyfriend/MAFS reality star. He’s an absolute loser. She seriously wants to procreate with him? 🤦‍♀️

Another child will ensure more time in the media spotlight and stories to sell. That's all it's for.

Homesweethome23 · 04/04/2024 08:13

Hoplittlebunnyhophophopandstop · 04/04/2024 08:03

With ss involvement that doesn’t mean they been removed yet or will be. But she doesn’t have her oldest 3.

SS are involved but that’s to do with the youngest 2 kids when they was in the care of their Dad.
Her oldest 3 are different as they are all over 16 now. 2 of them spend time with her when they choose to and then Harvey visits or she visits him due to his health conditions.

Brightandbubly · 04/04/2024 08:08

Not much of a Mother, v dysfunctional for them and uses Harvey as a performing seal

Hoplittlebunnyhophophopandstop · 04/04/2024 08:03

Homesweethome23 · 04/04/2024 06:56

That’s incorrect. Her 2 youngest are currently in her care full time.

With ss involvement that doesn’t mean they been removed yet or will be. But she doesn’t have her oldest 3.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 04/04/2024 08:02

Just because she’s had a crap life doesn’t make her a fundamentally bad person, most people aren’t.

Multiple drink/drug driving convictions and killing your pets makes you a bad person

susiedaisy1912 · 04/04/2024 08:00

she hasn’t had a single decent person to support or advocate for her.

She's had her mum who has stood by her and supported her this entire time. She's a product of her own invention. Now that's she's no longer relevant in the public eye she can't accept it so her behaviour has become more and more bizarre.

WalkingThroughTreacle · 04/04/2024 07:59

She clearly has mental health issues. Maybe we should show some love and empathy for a fellow human being who is clearly struggling. If we are to judge, maybe we should be judging the sleazy industry (and society) that exploited a woman at a very young age and used a teenager as a topless model.

Chatonette · 04/04/2024 07:55

I hope she doesn’t have a baby with her current boyfriend/MAFS reality star. He’s an absolute loser. She seriously wants to procreate with him? 🤦‍♀️

SloaneStreetVandal · 04/04/2024 07:54

I'm fed up of the pious claims she is more to be pitied and merely in need of help. She's had endless allowance (because she's a celeb, and she cites Harvey) and opportunity to clean her act up, and the type of resources at her finger tips that regular people, who genuinely suffer depression and anxiety, could only dream of.

It seems to me that her issues are largely down to immaturity and very poor lifestyle choices.

She's also very vengeful, she tries to publicly ruin anyone who crosses her. Fortunately the public see her for what she is now (as opposed to the period of time she was taken seriously as a savvy business woman). She ruined Gareth Gates career and reputation, and she'd've gladly did the same to Peter Andre if she could've got anyone to take her seriously.

Beefcurtains79 · 04/04/2024 07:47

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 02:25

I have to say when celebrities do bad things/commit crimes and people are still dazzled by their status and prattle on about how the celeb has had a bad life/is misunderstood/didn’t mean it etc, I tend to think they’re on the lower end of the IQ chart. Also, they aren’t your mate, and they ain’t gonna be by seeing you defend them on the internet.

This. Mumsnet is full of celebrity arse lickers, it’s so strange. She was banned from her child’s school for screaming at her children’s stepmother that she was a fucking cunt, many times in front of all the children present- including her own.
I imagine if that tale was told in AIBU? Everyone would think she was a terrible mum, but she’s famous so her behaviour is constantly ignored, justified and excused on here.

Justleaveitblankthen · 04/04/2024 07:47

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 02:25

I have to say when celebrities do bad things/commit crimes and people are still dazzled by their status and prattle on about how the celeb has had a bad life/is misunderstood/didn’t mean it etc, I tend to think they’re on the lower end of the IQ chart. Also, they aren’t your mate, and they ain’t gonna be by seeing you defend them on the internet.

This.
And you Always get posters who say they met her and she's really lovely. 🙄
So in the few minutes they said hello at a book signing or in a crowded public area, they had them sussed.
Everyone is also forgetting about the horses. There was at least one killed on the road outside her home.
I had no idea about the latest TikTok dog abuse one.
Smacked it because it sat on her jumper?
(She'll dump it and buy the next exotic pet, so it doesn't matter to her)
And posted that on TikTok?
What else does she do that doesn't see the light of day.
She's an utter disgrace of a human.
No excuse for animal abuse and drink/drug driving.
None.

PegasusReturns · 04/04/2024 07:45

She’s an addict with mental health issues, having been abused and objectified all her life and obviously needs help.

she hasn’t had a single decent person to support or advocate for her. She’s been raped, abused and repeatedly cheated on.

Both her eldest sons father and Gareth Gates said disgusting things about her when she stated he’d fathered her child/ they’d had sex. Not just denials but really vicious insulting crap. Gareth Gates publicly threatened legal action despite them having been in a relationship. I can’t imagine what that does to someone’s self esteem.

it doesn’t excuse her behaviour but is certainly an explanation. This thread is awful.

Starseeking · 04/04/2024 07:45

MyLovelyPurse · 04/04/2024 07:36

These threads soliciting nasty comments about KP appear regularly. It’s one thing to have a low opinion about her but quite another to deliberately stimulate hatred towards her on a public forum. I have reported this thread.

I am not a fan of KP and I don’t know her but it is surely obvious that she has mental health issues. The law is responsible for dealing with her law breaking. Threads like this just stoke screeching hatred, like medieval witch trials.

Same here. If this was about "someone else" it would have been removed before 5 posts in. It's not in MN spirit at all.

Eastie77Returns · 04/04/2024 07:44

Flapearedknave · 04/04/2024 00:28

Apparently she never visits him. Just trots him out for media opportunities.

I didn’t know that. I saw an interview where she’s described the challenges involved in raising Harvey plus dealing with the sickening jokes and comments people made about him. It seemed incredibly difficult as he grew older, heavier and increasingly violent. I thought she did so well keeping him at home for as long as she did and I really couldn’t blame her for seeking residential care in the end. Particularly as Harvey’s poor excuse for a ‘father’ washed his hands of him when he was tiny.

Misthios · 04/04/2024 07:41

RicePuddingWithCinnamon · 03/04/2024 22:46

Currently planning on having a baby with her latest boyfriend who she has only been dating for a couple of months.

Thats because her ex just had a baby with his wife.

Wikipedia tells me she's 45. You can add "deluded" to the long list of what's wrong with her.

turnips4u · 04/04/2024 07:37

I feel for her having very obvious MH issues but the way she has treated animals in her care is appalling and there is no excuse for that. My sympathy for her stopped when her animals all started dying

MyLovelyPurse · 04/04/2024 07:36

These threads soliciting nasty comments about KP appear regularly. It’s one thing to have a low opinion about her but quite another to deliberately stimulate hatred towards her on a public forum. I have reported this thread.

I am not a fan of KP and I don’t know her but it is surely obvious that she has mental health issues. The law is responsible for dealing with her law breaking. Threads like this just stoke screeching hatred, like medieval witch trials.

K0OLA1D · 04/04/2024 07:36

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 01:35

To Price’s defenders - here’s a quick breakdown of her crimes:

Driving related rap sheet:

Driving bans - 4
Speeding instances - 5
Drink driving arrests - 3
Driving without a licence and insurance arrests - 2

Other offences she has been arrested or charged for:
Using a mobile phone
Not being in control of a vehicle
Speeding to the point she accumulated 13 points on her license
Failing to stop at a red light
Driving whilst disqualified
Failing to provide details of drink driving incident and also speeding incidents
Crashing her car whilst banned

Now to her defenders: how would you feel if she mowed down your child? Or mum, sibling or friend? It’s an absolute miracle she never has.

She was also handed a five year restraining order for harassing a mum at her kid’s school - an order she breached and was arrested for breaching

The animal thing is that 7 dogs have died in or around her home in 7 years - the last one she smacked in a TikTok video because it was sat on her jumper.

So he’s some of us CAN help but like her.

Edited

I don't see how she's not ended up inside

Beautiful3 · 04/04/2024 07:32

She also seems to accidentally kill her pets. I think she's should start counselling, and stop dating and procreating.

SoupDragon · 04/04/2024 07:31

SoupDragon · 04/04/2024 07:20

surely she must realise what a mess she has become?

Of course she doesn't, that's the point. She is clearly unwell and needs help, not condemnation.

As an addendum, I would clarify that I do think she deserves condemnation for any illegal stuff like the driving offences etc.