Katie Price is a mess and seems beyond help?

I disagree ,every person with ADHD is an individual with different struggles. Just because your life with ADHD isn't a car crash doesn't mean that it can't be at the heart of her issues. The NHS even states that an adult symptom of ADHD is:

• taking risks in activities, often with little or no regard for personal safety or the safety of others – for example, driving dangerously

She has made a lot of money, has terrible taste in men and was sexually abused as a child. Combine that with ADHD and I'd say it's a recipe for all sorts of issues. I feel sorry for her but she desperately needs to stop self medicating, sort out her meds and get herself stable.

People making excuses for her because of mental health or past trauma..okay but our jails are basically full of people with bad mental health and past trauma. Katie has somehow stayed out of jail and kept her lifestyle while being bankrupt.

I don't usually agree with people saying, "If this was a man you'd say X" or "If this was a woman Y" but in this case, if a man had been responsible for all the things KP has done, he would be torn to pieces on MN.

Also claims that the "media" are responsible for her woes - I'm sick of seeing "The Media" being blamed for everything and used as a get out clause (not just about KP but in general). KP used the press to cultivate her career. When it comes to the driving offences, I can't believe she has not been sentenced to prison.

I don't know much about Katie Price so I can't really comment much but she seems to be getting a lot of flak about this low calorie diet she's promoting. Dr Michael Mosley seems to have made a whole career out the promotion of very low calorie diets what with his books, newspaper articles and BBC TV series but everyone seems to thinks he's great. The man must have made millions out of it.

People with ADHD of course do tend to be chaotic and perhaps do sometimes take more personal risks - but don’t tend to have the morals of an alleycat, at least in my experience. I know a few people with ADHD and at least with the ones I know they are very conservative in many aspects of their lives, particularly romantic and sexual ones. When they mess up they are usually genuinely remorseful. None of them are addicted to plastic surgery. I am sure KP has a lot of other things going on eg. narcissism.

meh- he is an actual doctor and she's a glamour model with an out of control life. If i were going to trust either of those on diet it wouldn't be the latter.

And he gets a LOT of pushback for his dangerous dieting advice. Lots.

This is what gets me. Ant McPartlin drunk drove once, he got help and his life back on track and by the looks of it not done anything wrong since. But he is vilified daily and torn to shreds. You'd think he was Satan

Katie Price drives whilst disqualified multiple times, under the influence, without insurance, etc. Bankrupt not once but twice,has had 7 animals die in her care. and it's "she's had a bad life, she has mental health problems, it's her ADHD." Peter Andre gets vilified and blamed for her actions, too. He seems to be in a stable relationship, bringing up his/their children in a stable family.

@Brefugee I’m glad “Doctor” Mosley gets lots of pushback for his dangerous advice. He never even bothered to practice as a doctor. He simply “qualified” and went straight into the media to make his dough.

Ask Harvey and the rest of her children I agree many of her life choices have been atrocious & I admit I'm not a follower, just someone who tries to see both sides of a story. My comment is in respect of her obvious love and unrelenting care for a young man with extremely challenging disabilities. How people aren't acknowledging this I'll never know. More importantly nobody knows what really goes on behind closed doors. A lot of the media reports are utter rubbish yet people appear to believe everything written. It would be interesting to hear how her close family & friends feel about this vilified woman.

Hear, hear. If she was Jill Public she would definitely have seen the inside of a prison by now. One rule for the so-called 'slebs', one rule for the rest. In the meantime, she flouts the law and gets away with it and is no doubt laughing her head off.

Whenever she has a new bloke, like clockwork it's all "we're planning a baby!" - again. It's all about column inches. She and the press have a symbiotic relationship - they sell their rags off her back, she gets paid for her notoriety. While she gets them the hits and traffic, it works for them both. I imagine it's wildly unhealthy for her and her family but it's probably all she knows how to do at this point.

I don't know why people aren't more bored of talking about her by now, but here we are 😂

That’s true.

I really like her. My son is very much like Harvey and I guess I see how great she is with him and how well she knows him. I admit she doesn’t do herself any favours but I can’t help but like her.

Well said!

This exactly

I'm glad that you are able to see the good in her, particularly with your shared experience of having a profoundly disabled child.

But. 7 animals have died in her care. She has been caught several times drink driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving dangerously. No amount of stage managed reality tv with her son changes that for me.

Junior doesn’t seem to want to have anything to do with her anymore, after the South African rape claim.
Strange.

"My comment was in respect of her obvious love and unrelenting care for a young man with extremely challenging disabilities. How people aren't acknowledging this I'll never know."
She's his mother - she's MEANT to love him! No brownie points for that. My concern is about the obvious flaunting of him in public for money, as well as the fact that she is well-known for dumping him on any passing person to babysit whilst she goes off clubbing/having endless beauty treatments (calling it work). Not to mention the famous occasion when he was seriously ill in hospital (ICU, if you believe the reports) and hours after he was discharged, she flew off on holiday, leaving him behind.

"More importantly nobody knows what really goes on behind closed doors."
She posts live TikToks from inside her house and gives away much more than she intends. She and the younger kids appear to live in absolute squalor and any tidy bits are done by staff she employs (I wonder how many other bankrupts are able to employ staff like she does).

"A lot of the media reports are utter rubbish yet people appear to believe everything written." As I said above, nowadays they are lifting their reports DIRECTLY from her own social media. Katie WANTS people to believe what's written most of it is lies.

"It would be interesting to hear how her close family & friends feel about this vilified woman." Well, she doesn't appear to have many close friends as most of any she has had over the years have disassociated themselves from her. Yes, it would be interesting to get her mother Amy's opinion currently but they've not been on speaking terms for some time. The book she ghost-wrote last year was one long blame-fest of others.

"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."

Harvey is at residential college ( from 18) and afterwards will probably live in supported living. This is a standard pathway for young people with a significant learning disability.

I agree its a toxic and unhealthy relationship. She says she hates the press....but even if social media has taken over from traditional press and media, she is dependent on some sort of media for her career!
If no one watched her shows or talked about her she wouldn't still be famous. (Melinda messenger for example gets nowhere near the same amount of attention -possibly because she doesn't want it)

And whilst it is true that Harvey's father has not been on the scene in any practical sense (beyond the financial), she HAS had huge amounts of help from others in caring for him.

I think you’ve obviously mistaken me for another poster as I haven’t called anyone any names.

And are you under the impression that me posting on this board - or indeed anyone posting on any given board on MN - are doing so to ignite change rather than just have a cha? You know, what with it being - in your words - a chat board. Why do you think that?

Crikey and I’m accused of being thick.

I strongly suspect many people think it's an ongoing soap opera and something to laugh at, rather than lusting after her. It's more honest to say that she is now looking like someone who has had repeated cosmetic surgery, and it doesn't look good, it looks false and, to be frank, like a blow-up doll, very artificial and sad. Who would be jealous of that?

How anyone can think that it's an improvement beggars belief, natural ageing would look much better, and I'm pretty sure she would have been cautioned by cosmetic surgeons before having any more work done, but unfortunately if the patient insists, there are no doubt some cosmetic surgeons who will go along with it. I'm curious as to where she gets the money from, as she's been made bankrupt, but there you go, I guess that's another story.

She was raped at 7

And this is reported/verified.....where?

Most importantly she is a wonderful mother.

Yeah. Sure. Absolute role model.* *🙄