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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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YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:05

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 04/04/2024 12:41

You really need to ask that? About tabloids?

I wonder at the sense of people who can't discern fact from fiction but, anything for salacious gossip and and opportunity to froth away with the other like-minded.

Are you claiming that the press are incorrectly reporting court stories? If so please report them as they are in contempt of court - a very serious crime.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:08

Easipeelerie · 04/04/2024 12:59

Yes but she’s a doctor living in luxury beyond the means of most people on her salary. She’s also a celebrity doctor and mum.
She is these things due to PA and he is still a celebrity due to KP. He wouldn’t be a celebrity still without having had that association so the lifestyle and fame she has is directly thanks to KP.

So what - ALL celebrities have other people to thank. I used to hate him on the ITV shows they did, he was so PA towards his wife and always made snarky comments about her wearing makeup (like mate you married a glamour model what do you expect) - but he met her what 20 years ago now, and unlike her he has managed to sustain a good reputation and refrained from a life of crime. They haven’t been together for 15 years so she can hardly take credit for the fact he has a steady, normal life

Tiedtoatwat · 04/04/2024 14:10

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 02:14

The Dr's should never have given her those huge knockers she was a child

She was 20 when she had her first breast enlargement. Far from being ‘a child’.

Goodness some people really do like to exaggerate

She was barely out of childhood!! 20 is very young!

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 04/04/2024 14:11

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 13:54

So because I can’t personally get her to stop drink driving I need to STFU about something that kills 240 innocent people a year?

No. If calling out this fucking terrible behaviour contributes to the shame then I’ll do it as much as I like.

Knock yourself out. Impotently blethering on a chatboard about someone/something you can't change is absolutely your prerogative.

It would be great to see that same energy put into supporting campaigns like MADD here but it's just not as fun when you can't froth, is it?

I'll call that out as often as I like too.

LordPercyPercy · 04/04/2024 14:12

I'll wager the OP's partner absolutely lusts after Katie Price, hence this thread.

I highly doubt many people lust after Katie Price these days.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:13

I’m not condoning what Ant McPartlin did but he actually took a year out to heal, apologised and paid a whack in fines for his crime (rather than paying an expensive lawyer to get him off with it) showed genuine remorse and has not done anything like it since.

Most people think giving people a second chance is a reasonable ask. But KP left her second chance behind many many years ago, and has shown no remorse.

FrancisSeaton · 04/04/2024 14:14

peakygold · 04/04/2024 14:05

I'll wager the OP's partner absolutely lusts after Katie Price, hence this thread.

Most men don't to be fair

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:16

peakygold · 04/04/2024 14:05

I'll wager the OP's partner absolutely lusts after Katie Price, hence this thread.

Yeah because if a woman dares say anything but lovely stuff about another woman, she must be jealous 🙄

I think even KP’s biggest male admirers back in the day would now agree that she isn’t the pin up she once was - as happens when one ages, so I don’t think your assumption is at all likely

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:17

Tiedtoatwat · 04/04/2024 14:10

She was barely out of childhood!! 20 is very young!

What age do you think women should be able to get breast enhancements from then?

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:19

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 04/04/2024 14:11

Knock yourself out. Impotently blethering on a chatboard about someone/something you can't change is absolutely your prerogative.

It would be great to see that same energy put into supporting campaigns like MADD here but it's just not as fun when you can't froth, is it?

I'll call that out as often as I like too.

But that’s the point - change doesn’t happen when people STFU. Change happens with conversations, awareness and discussions about why even when you’re a woman with ADHD drink driving is unacceptable.

I’ll support what I like without your permission thanks. You can carry on kissing arse to criminals who don’t know you exist, I’ll carry on talking about how drink driving is unacceptable.

Tiedtoatwat · 04/04/2024 14:20

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:17

What age do you think women should be able to get breast enhancements from then?

Most women do not need breast enhancements.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:22

Tiedtoatwat · 04/04/2024 14:20

Most women do not need breast enhancements.

Most women don’t need about 95% of things they have (yourself included) but the beauty of living in a free society is we are allowed to have our own choices about how we look even if others don’t agree with them.

Ill ask again, what age do you think women should be allowed breast enhancements from?

LizzieSiddal · 04/04/2024 14:24

Totallybannanas · 04/04/2024 13:17

She is a complete mess and needs help. She has had massive trauma in her life and before her ADHD diagnosis I thought she had something underlying. Being raped at 7 years old and then being sexualised and taken advantage by men all through you life is going to have a massive effect on you.

Agree with this. She needs to find a fantastic therapist who will help her. It’s the only way she’ll ever change her behaviour.

Thefutureisourownpath · 04/04/2024 14:24

She was raped at 7 and been used all her life. The fact she considered it ok and that it didn’t bother her until recently is even more worrying.

But she also had millions and could of paid for therapy at any time, she could completely change her life if she wanted.

She wants to be loved - that all she wants. You can see it with the men and the dogs and the children - except she doesn’t know what love is.

The car driving - not acceptable
The way she mothers her children - at best worrying and at worst neglect (out drink drinking and doing drugs etc)

She has wrecked her looks, ADHD or not - not excuse for drink driving ever.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:25

LizzieSiddal · 04/04/2024 14:24

Agree with this. She needs to find a fantastic therapist who will help her. It’s the only way she’ll ever change her behaviour.

I think she actually needs a long intense stay in rehab and for to also actually be held responsible her her actions. If people never ever have to be accountable then of course they will never change

kimf1963 · 04/04/2024 14:27

I actually feel so sorry for her, she’s obviously got mental health issues, why on earth does she think her ridiculous boobs look good, I think she is obviously deeply unhappy.
I do quite like her, she can be very funny, I don’t know how she will cope when her poor mum passes away, I wish she could find peace of mind.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:32

I’ve already said that I don’t like people casting doubt on her stories about rape and assault but after googling the South Africa thing (which I’d never heard of before today) I do actually on reflection think it’s fair to say that KP made the claims 4 years after the robbery and the production company released a statement that defended their security protocols and also said:

”Reported allegations of sexual assualt are most concerning. At no point, during the robbery or the subsequent investigation, did anyone involved or who witnessed this incident suggest that a rape had taken place”

Interesting indeed

LizzieSiddal · 04/04/2024 14:34

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:25

I think she actually needs a long intense stay in rehab and for to also actually be held responsible her her actions. If people never ever have to be accountable then of course they will never change

She’d have to do that with a therapist.

justaboutdonenow · 04/04/2024 14:36

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.

Absolutely this.

She's spent her life surrounded by leeches, sycophants, abusers & enablers, all of them have some responsibility in this obvious crisis she is going through.

And I include her own family in that list.

Saying that, the harm she has caused her children & animals also can't be overlooked, really SS need to be involved, her current pets need removing & she needs a ban on keeping animals.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 04/04/2024 14:39

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 14:19

But that’s the point - change doesn’t happen when people STFU. Change happens with conversations, awareness and discussions about why even when you’re a woman with ADHD drink driving is unacceptable.

I’ll support what I like without your permission thanks. You can carry on kissing arse to criminals who don’t know you exist, I’ll carry on talking about how drink driving is unacceptable.

I wouldn't arse-kiss anybody, least of all celebrities but I'll counter that you can carry on with your cohort, being as thick as you like since you're all about name-calling.

Ranting on a chatboard isn't making KP or anybody else take accountability, as much as you think you're doing something useful. Froth away.

Tiedtoatwat · 04/04/2024 14:40

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.

Are you quite mad???!!

No 1, most of us have managed not to go bankrupt several times, shag everything that moves, drink drive, do drugs, bring a string of random men into her kids' lives, etc etc etc!!

No 2, How can someone who's done all the above in a blaze of publicity be a "wonderful mother"?? She's a disgrace of a mother, and a terrible role model!

destroyess · 04/04/2024 14:42

My mate saw her pink ranger parked on a double yellow in Brighton the other day. Surely she's about to lose her house?

whathannahsaid · 04/04/2024 15:02

This is what gives people with ADHD a bad name, I have ADHD and have struggled my whole life to fit in but I'm a decent human, wife, mother and friend.
Her mental health is not good, she craves attention good or bad and that's probably due to past trauma but very little of what we see is due to ADHD, maybe the state of her house, disorganisation and chaotic life but not the dramatic showdowns and lack of morals we see spread over media which give her the reputation she has.

AmethystSparkles · 04/04/2024 15:13

whathannahsaid · 04/04/2024 15:02

This is what gives people with ADHD a bad name, I have ADHD and have struggled my whole life to fit in but I'm a decent human, wife, mother and friend.
Her mental health is not good, she craves attention good or bad and that's probably due to past trauma but very little of what we see is due to ADHD, maybe the state of her house, disorganisation and chaotic life but not the dramatic showdowns and lack of morals we see spread over media which give her the reputation she has.

I see a sociopath not someone with ADHD. She’s always been dead behind the eyes.

SilkFloss · 04/04/2024 15:27

All the current stories in the media about Katie Price are lifted directly from her own social media - things she has said herself on camera or posted on IG.
The reports on her criminal actions come from court papers.
Katie Price did not "make" Peter Andre. They both had a similar level of fame when they went into the jungle and everything subsequent to that was based on their relationship as a couple. He went on to make sensible choices (like ditching her) with his money and she lurched into a downward spiral due to her own actions.
"Wonderful mother?" Don't make me laugh. She's about the worst example of one I've ever seen.

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