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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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Grapewrath · 04/04/2024 11:51

I dont think that Peter Andre was without his faults- he seemed very judgemental and controlling.
Katie Price is awful. She’s a complete narc and takes responsibility for nothing. She lives near me and she’s a mess

Begsthequestion · 04/04/2024 11:55

Ever since I read that she was raped when she was 7, I just think - leave her alone. What good does a thread like this bring anyone?

Grapewrath · 04/04/2024 11:56

Also she kept her kids from their Dad Kieran due to a crooked social worker. He might not be a perfect person but he’s a good Dad who offered them stability alongside his partner Michelle ( who I have heard from local people is a really lovely woman)
Katie repeatedly made things up about Kieran and had him arrested but no charges were ever brought. Social services have been involved with her kids because she isn’t safe as a parent

mamacorn1 · 04/04/2024 11:57

MsRachelHasSavedMySanity · 04/04/2024 11:49

I didn't say anything of the sort. I simply said that I think he'd done a number on her - there's video footage of some reality show with them in and he was a real bastard to her.

This is what I was referring to in my previous post. I think KP really loved him and has never quite recovered. It has to be hard for her seeing him and his wife being a “golden couple” when PA certainly wasn’t a family fave before he met her.
I also accept PAs wife is a doctor - but she can still be a doctor and be smug. It doesn’t take away from her achievements, it’s just how I perceive her .

DriftingDora · 04/04/2024 12:00

FeckOffNowLads · 04/04/2024 09:36

Are none you aware that she was gang raped aged SEVEN?

What do you think that does to your mental health/ brain development exactly?

And the record of this is...where? Who said it - Katie Price herself?

Lifeomars · 04/04/2024 12:02

I think it will end in tragedy, the constant surgeries must get increasingly risky given the amount she has had and her increasing age. Then there are the allegations of substance use and the mass of debt. I wonder how she will cope when she is in her 50's and beyond.

canyouletthedogoutplease · 04/04/2024 12:04

Ahh tabloids. Known for their fair unbiased representation of all and solid unwavering ability to stick to the facts.

Engage your brain.

Everanewbie · 04/04/2024 12:06

Urgh.

I wish KP all the very best, and hope she gets and fully engages with the help she needs. I wish her kids well too.

My grievance is twofold.

  1. Her celebrity and MH problems seem to get her out of being accountable. If she is bankrupt, why isn't her possessions repossessed? Her home? Her horses? That infamous pink Range Rover? How can the system allow her to carry on spending when any Joe Bloggs out there would be starting from scratch. Why is her car not being seized and and she not facing a custodial sentence for the repeated motoring offenses? An ordinary person would have lost their house and possessions worth anything, and been sent to prison for the animal deaths and motoring offenses, why is she still allowed to rattle around in a mansion, live the celeb lifestyle when council estate Kate would have the book thrown at her? Its the injustice. The feeling that she gets away with stuff that a) she shouldn't and b) others wouldn't.
  2. My other issue is that her celebrity and popularity as an extremely sad reflection the populations intelligence. She did some modelling? There are women out there who actually do things. Invent vaccines, run companies, go into politics. Lets celebrate them, not a car crash of a human who used to show her boobs 20 years ago. As a population we've fueled her, we've made her rich multiple times. She hasn't done anything worthy of the adoration. And her story has led to an army of young women who think that she is a role model which is even more sad.
Thatslife18 · 04/04/2024 12:06

AmysFriend · 04/04/2024 09:06

Define 'wonderful mother', @Thatslife18

Successfully raising a child with Harvey's issues is definition enough. Try walking in those shoes before judging.

Grapewrath · 04/04/2024 12:07

The accounts of her sexual assaults don’t match up with what others (and she herself has said) in the past. ITV all but denied she was raped.
Junior and Princess seem to have very little to do with her these days

MuscariFan · 04/04/2024 12:11

Ramalangadingdong · 04/04/2024 08:47

And because in her glory days she and Peter Andre made millions from magazine deals with photoshoots of them with their newborns, them with their toddlers, them with their preteens etc.

I have a feeling PA's current wife has put her foot down because you never see pictures of their kids in magazines.

Not that I give a monkey's about him really, but Peter Andre is 51, and was party to some dubious publicity choices for five years of that when involved with the dominant personality of Katie Price. I always find it weird that people pigeonhole him for that.

Katie should have been locked up long ago.

Begsthequestion · 04/04/2024 12:12

Everanewbie · 04/04/2024 12:06

Urgh.

I wish KP all the very best, and hope she gets and fully engages with the help she needs. I wish her kids well too.

My grievance is twofold.

  1. Her celebrity and MH problems seem to get her out of being accountable. If she is bankrupt, why isn't her possessions repossessed? Her home? Her horses? That infamous pink Range Rover? How can the system allow her to carry on spending when any Joe Bloggs out there would be starting from scratch. Why is her car not being seized and and she not facing a custodial sentence for the repeated motoring offenses? An ordinary person would have lost their house and possessions worth anything, and been sent to prison for the animal deaths and motoring offenses, why is she still allowed to rattle around in a mansion, live the celeb lifestyle when council estate Kate would have the book thrown at her? Its the injustice. The feeling that she gets away with stuff that a) she shouldn't and b) others wouldn't.
  2. My other issue is that her celebrity and popularity as an extremely sad reflection the populations intelligence. She did some modelling? There are women out there who actually do things. Invent vaccines, run companies, go into politics. Lets celebrate them, not a car crash of a human who used to show her boobs 20 years ago. As a population we've fueled her, we've made her rich multiple times. She hasn't done anything worthy of the adoration. And her story has led to an army of young women who think that she is a role model which is even more sad.

Do you see how the first part of your post is completely contradicted by the rest?

You don't give a shit about KP or her kids, you just wanted to slag her off.

At least own it and stop pretending.

taxguru · 04/04/2024 12:13

Probably time for her to be sectioned to be honest!

Begsthequestion · 04/04/2024 12:14

Grapewrath · 04/04/2024 12:07

The accounts of her sexual assaults don’t match up with what others (and she herself has said) in the past. ITV all but denied she was raped.
Junior and Princess seem to have very little to do with her these days

Gross. What do you get out of calling a rape survivor a liar?

And she never said she was gang raped at 7 - she was raped in a park at age 7.

She was held up at gun point in a car in South Africa in 2018 by six men, and one of them raped her in the car in front of her kids.

I'm no fan of any celebrity but your statements needed addressing.

Lifeomars · 04/04/2024 12:15

FluffyFanny · 04/04/2024 10:17

KP claims to have been raped at least 3 times. Hmm, funny how she wants to be so vocal about it yet at the same time doesn't want to prosecute.

Rape victims (and in fact all victims of crime) do not bring prosecutions. A victim reports a crime, the police take statements, investigate, hopefully manage to find and arrest the alleged perpetrator. Then they send the files to the CPS who will decide what to charge them with and if the charges are likely to result in a successful prosecution. I am a survivor of sexual violence and believe you me, the process is gruelling and if God forbid it ever happened to me again, I would not report, it's a cliche but the process is almost as bad as the original crime. My attacker was jailed but what I went through with the court case was horrible. This has a significant bearing on why victims do not report crimes of sexual violence and attitudes like yours do not help

Everanewbie · 04/04/2024 12:16

Begsthequestion · 04/04/2024 12:12

Do you see how the first part of your post is completely contradicted by the rest?

You don't give a shit about KP or her kids, you just wanted to slag her off.

At least own it and stop pretending.

Maybe I got carried away with "car crash of a human" which is unnecessary. I genuinely hope her children can carve out a life for themselves and I don't want KP to suffer unduly.

But I want her to face the same justice as everyone else would and I am frustrated that the UK population deem her worthy of celebration.

dayswithaY · 04/04/2024 12:16

She has made several rape claims. The South African one she claimed was in front of her children plus a full film crew, who had their equipment stolen. No further corroboration, surely ITV would launch an investigation? It would have to be reported for legal and insurance reasons.

Her childhood abuse story has shifted and changed many times.

I really don’t think Peter Andre is the root cause of her problems.

I don’t understand why respected podcasters like Elizabeth Day and Grace Dent are giving her airtime. A bit of titillation for all their middle class listeners?

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 12:18

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.

This thread is awful.

If this thread was about her sex life id agree with you. But her actions continue to be extremely dangerous and I think it’s fair to warrant discussion about people who should probably be in prison but have managed to dodge it through the medium of expensive loophole lawyers

Rosscameasdoody · 04/04/2024 12:20

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 11:38

LOL at comparing women being murdered brutally for being a bit different or having an opinion to a woman who repeatedly flouts the law and behaves very dangerously.

Get a grip

It’s actually a reasonable comparison. There would have been no need for the ducking stool or burning at the stake if social media had been around in medieval times.

pleasecallmeback · 04/04/2024 12:20

Katie is yet another famous woman who is struggling with growing older and being less relevant. Glamour models usually reinvent themselves in their 30s and 40s, but Katie still wears barely their clothing and gets her bits out for cash on OnlyFans.

Her ex husband now has a brand new baby daughter, he's married to a doctor, he's still working - she must find that hard to deal with.

There was a thread about Kerry Katona's similarly chaotic personal life, both women found celebrity because of their looks and nothing else. Given the choice of Katie or Kerry as a day drinking buddy, I'd rather stay sober.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 12:22

YoureALizardHarry11 · 04/04/2024 08:23

No, it doesn’t necessarily. She clearly has mental health issues, her actions are symptoms of BPD/EUPD, caused primarily by childhood trauma/ toxic stress as a child. She has addiction problems. I don’t think she kills her pets in cold blood, THAT would be a bad person. I think she isn’t a rational person, is impulsive and reckless and has made bad decisions, is lax with responsibility at times. That’s not a bad person, that’s a troubled person.

She runs a very high risk of killing a human in cold blood. It’s sheer luck rather than choice that she hasn’t yet

MuscariFan · 04/04/2024 12:23

fisherking1 · 04/04/2024 11:38

I think Peter Andre did a real number on her and she's never been the same since.
@MsRachelHasSavedMySanity
I think there is an element of truth to this.

I think Peter Andre recognised the car crash and got himself right out of it, and she has ever since regretted losing him.

Neither of us will ever know if we're right.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 12:25

LuckySantangelo35 · 04/04/2024 08:51

@Girliefriendlikespuppies

not true at all!

it’s deffo recognised that 2000 is outdated, most people these days are more sedentary
same goes for men too - most don’t need 2500

Source please

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 04/04/2024 12:25

Thatslife18 · 04/04/2024 09:03

Let those without sin cast the first stone. Katie Price has been diagnosed with ADHD which definitely contributes to her issues. Most importantly she is a wonderful mother.

Wonderful mother?!! Really, how has the bar got so low.

And the without sin bit ... how does that work in reality? I mean just taking the drink driving thing , if I'd done that once I would be absolutely riddled with remorse for the harm my actions have and could have caused. She doesn't give a shit so I shall absolutely judge her

MarkSloaneComeBack · 04/04/2024 12:26

I don't condone drink driving at all, I think it is completely selfish.

I also don't condone animal abuse.

I am just saying that I feel sorry for her, she is obviously struggling with addiction, PTSD and other things. She is constantly being slated in the media, by social media forums such as MN and Tattle.

I think she has just become the person everyone is accusing her of being.

Also, don't believe everything you read in the Daily Mail ffs.

Also, it is funny how Ant McPartlin didn't get this much shit for his crash whilst drink driving, as Katie.