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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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OhhhhhhhhBiscuits · 04/04/2024 16:41

DriftingDora · 04/04/2024 16:37

She was raped at 7

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

It has changed numerous times over the years. It's gone from flashing, to touching, to rape. Her mum says is was being flashed at. KP has to up the ante on everything recently she has claimed she was raped at 7. And then people ask why people don't believe her.

Her both African robbery started as a robbery with sticks to end up as a gun toting rape. As they had cameras there and they showed the aftermath of her in an ambulance and the police, itv and witnesses of the robbery all say it was a robbery you have to make your own mind up.

This is not me victim blaming, or saying she isn't acting the perfect victim etc..... this is just going on the facts out of the horses mouth in her own words, her mums words and the words of people who were actually with her at the time.

Grapewrath · 04/04/2024 16:46

Begsthequestion · 04/04/2024 12:14

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.

I didn’t say she was a liar? I said her accounts don’t match up and that ITV said that there was no mention of a sexual assault at the time. I made no mention of her being raped at 7?
It’s unsurprising that people will question her accusations when she has been inconsistent. Does that make her a liar? I don’t know.
Has Katie Price been morally sound and always told the truth in the past? Absolutely not.

FancyTaupeSloth · 04/04/2024 16:49

I so agree with this and it never seems to get said. it's an insult to so many parents saying shes devoted to any of her children when she puts herself first all of the time!

Tiedtoatwat · 04/04/2024 16:55

Cantseethewoodforthetrees44 · 04/04/2024 16:00

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.

Edited

On camera!!

I don't know quite where he fits into her chaotic life of men and holidays! And a huge amount of the shit written about her comes from her!

User135644 · 04/04/2024 16:56

MsRachelHasSavedMySanity · 04/04/2024 11:01

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

It was a toxic relationship but funny how Kate had a string of them before Pete as well as since, whereas Pete has been happily married for years.

Some people bring the worst out in each other and that seems to be Kate in every relationship.

User135644 · 04/04/2024 17:06

dammit88 · 04/04/2024 12:28

She has been used and abused by men her whole life.

Peter Andre included. He used her. No doubt of it.

She has made cracking mistakes but I think she is a very vulnerable person and I think she is good at heart. Her world is chaotic and I hope she finds peace.

We're all responsible for the choices we make in life.

She's usually always chose men who were bad news, but either that makes her a victim (because it's always a man's fault ultimately) or on the other hand she's bad news herself and birds of a feather flock together.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 17:09

Cantseethewoodforthetrees44 · 04/04/2024 16:00

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.

Edited

Because loving your child (call me old fashioned but that’s the hallmark of a normal person, not something to be revered ) isn’t relevant to her crimes. Every criminal loves someone somewhere

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 17:13

I’m actually finding the comments about loving Harvey quite ableist. Like it’s extra commendable to deign to love a child with a disability. No one would call a woman ‘amazing’ for simply loving a NT child

DriftingDora · 04/04/2024 17:14

OhhhhhhhhBiscuits · 04/04/2024 16:41

It has changed numerous times over the years. It's gone from flashing, to touching, to rape. Her mum says is was being flashed at. KP has to up the ante on everything recently she has claimed she was raped at 7. And then people ask why people don't believe her.

Her both African robbery started as a robbery with sticks to end up as a gun toting rape. As they had cameras there and they showed the aftermath of her in an ambulance and the police, itv and witnesses of the robbery all say it was a robbery you have to make your own mind up.

This is not me victim blaming, or saying she isn't acting the perfect victim etc..... this is just going on the facts out of the horses mouth in her own words, her mums words and the words of people who were actually with her at the time.

So it seems not reported/verified then.

To keep changing the story is also hardly respectful to those who have suffered assaults, either.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 17:16

I’m also rather embarrassed for the “Don’t read everything you believe in the papers” comments. Post-Levinson Inquiry newspapers in the UK have to be EXTREMELY careful about what they print and their sources, it’s not the 90’s News of the World anymore where lies aren’t held to account. Also, printing lies about court cases is contempt of court which is a very serious criminal offence. I don’t think any journalist would tell an outright lie about a KP conviction unless they want to be the ones behind bars.

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 17:19

DriftingDora · 04/04/2024 16:37

She was raped at 7

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

TBF I was raped at 6 and no one but my rapist (who would obviously lie) would verify this. Lack of verification isn’t a strong enough argument for accusing someone of lying

SweetFemaleAttitude · 04/04/2024 17:22

I can't believe this thread has been allowed tbh.

It's vile.

I'm not a Katie Price fan. I'm rather ambivalent. But this thread is absolutely awful.

DriftingDora · 04/04/2024 17:22

YaMuvva · 04/04/2024 17:19

TBF I was raped at 6 and no one but my rapist (who would obviously lie) would verify this. Lack of verification isn’t a strong enough argument for accusing someone of lying

I'm sorry to hear what happened to you, awful.

But it isn't the first time she's been economical with the truth. I agree that to lie about something like this is definitely sick, but people do tell lies, especially if they are attention seekers.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 04/04/2024 17:25

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.

People do know as she's always on social media. We also know about her court cases. Someone with as many convictions as she has deserves to be vilified.

There's a thread on MN today from someone who is worried about losing her licence for speeding. When I read it earlier there wasn't one ounce of sympathy for her unlike KP. And before I'm jumped on, I'm not necessarily saying there should be, just comparing it to the sympathy KP from some on here.

SilkFloss · 04/04/2024 17:26

It's a useful trope to hide behind - that "the papers lie/print rubbish." Katie uses it all the time.
Sure, they get some details wrong, and I've seen that in articles about her, but she uses it to dismiss the whole thing.

SilkFloss · 04/04/2024 17:29

SweetFemaleAttitude · 04/04/2024 17:22

I can't believe this thread has been allowed tbh.

It's vile.

I'm not a Katie Price fan. I'm rather ambivalent. But this thread is absolutely awful.

Why, because posters are redressing some of the misconceptions that Katie has allowed to stand over the years? Keeping quiet allows her to continue - not that a Mumsnet thread would stop her driving whilst disqualified. The courts can't seem able to so...

Notmyfirstusername · 04/04/2024 17:34

Greenfluffycardi · 04/04/2024 16:05

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.

Would you rent your son a house around the corner with an unqualified teenage babysitter and an aggressive guard dog that had killed and harmed other pets because your boyfriend didn’t want him around ? Katie Price did because her boyfriend didn’t want Harvey staying at his house. Instead of staying with Harvey, she moved in with Carl and left Harvey with a carer. Does that really sound like someone who cares about her disabled son?
This information was from an interview she did with the sun, so straight from her mouth. She’s an appalling mum.

Pixiesgirl · 04/04/2024 17:36

She reminds me of Britney, both went off the rails after being fucked over by a significant ex, Kerry Katona too. I don't think social media has been a net gain for humanity.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 04/04/2024 17:37

OhhhhhhhhBiscuits · 04/04/2024 16:41

It has changed numerous times over the years. It's gone from flashing, to touching, to rape. Her mum says is was being flashed at. KP has to up the ante on everything recently she has claimed she was raped at 7. And then people ask why people don't believe her.

Her both African robbery started as a robbery with sticks to end up as a gun toting rape. As they had cameras there and they showed the aftermath of her in an ambulance and the police, itv and witnesses of the robbery all say it was a robbery you have to make your own mind up.

This is not me victim blaming, or saying she isn't acting the perfect victim etc..... this is just going on the facts out of the horses mouth in her own words, her mums words and the words of people who were actually with her at the time.

Actually I think with Katie, she does lie as do a lot of the Z list celebs similar to her, because if their lives were boring as just popped to Sainsburys, picked up kids from school, did a photoshoot, no one would find it interesting would they? Then, if you were interested in her, either you believe her lies or you

Whereas if their lives are portrayed as glamourous (no Katie, you're not glamourous!) and with lots of drama, eg having another baby then everyone finds this interesting.

I googled her earlier today and saw pics of her when she was with someone and pregnant at her real dad, Ray Infield's wedding. She actually looked like a normal person trying to get to know her extended family through his side although a few of the wedding party were giving side eyes as to the paparazzi being there, but honestly, you'd just think she was any normal woman, going to her dad's wedding. Apparently her dad running out on her mum and Katie at age 4 and behaving badly ever since (her dad) has had the effect it has on Katie, to make her unstable. I'd believe that more than some embroidered sex case story when she was older - I heard she was sexually assaulted when she was a young teenager, not 7.

Totallybannanas · 04/04/2024 17:38

I love how people judge when they aren't in their shoes. Her mum seems absolutely lovely, as does her sister. Kate has been in rehab, she also sees a therapist. Her mum actively tells her she doesn't agree with her choices. Kate is a a grown adult though, and she will do what she wants to do. She has had massive trauma, recent events in the last few years has triggered her to have a breakdown and re visit those traumas. What we are seeing is the aftermath of where she has hidden and buried it. On top of that her mum is dying, I am surprised she is still here if I'm honest. It's alot for someone to process.

Beefcurtains79 · 04/04/2024 17:44

She is t speaking to her mum I believe, so she can’t be that bothered.

RosaMoline · 04/04/2024 18:03

Regarding South Africa:

if she had been raped at gunpoint she would’ve immediately been admitted to hospital for a battery of tests for STIs (don’t forget HIV is rife in SA) and for evidence (DNA)
she would’ve been utterly traumatised and then flown home asap, not cage diving with sharks the next day & enjoying the rest of the trip.
Not only that, I saw a clip from her YouTube channel when she and her two youngest were watching Rupaul’s Drag Race UK. One of the queens was impersonating her, and made a joke about ‘my implants being held up by gunpoint in south africa’
KP was laughing along with the kids at this. If I’d been raped and it was being used as joke fodder on TV, I certainty wouldn’t be laughing.

OhhhhhhhhBiscuits · 04/04/2024 18:03

Totallybannanas · 04/04/2024 17:38

I love how people judge when they aren't in their shoes. Her mum seems absolutely lovely, as does her sister. Kate has been in rehab, she also sees a therapist. Her mum actively tells her she doesn't agree with her choices. Kate is a a grown adult though, and she will do what she wants to do. She has had massive trauma, recent events in the last few years has triggered her to have a breakdown and re visit those traumas. What we are seeing is the aftermath of where she has hidden and buried it. On top of that her mum is dying, I am surprised she is still here if I'm honest. It's alot for someone to process.

Her mum isn't 'dying" anymore than any of us are. She had a lung transplant some 16 months ago. Since then KP has stopped with the my mums dying and it's her last Xmas stories etc..... as she can't use that for press attention anymore.

Her Mum and Sister have enabled her behaviour for years and years to keep the gravy train afloat. Her Mum basically brought up Harvey on a decent wage paid by Dwight Yorke.

How any family can stand by and let her tell these lies in front of the children and neglect the children every time a new man comes on the scene is obscene. They should hang their heads in shame.

dayswithaY · 04/04/2024 18:12

Regarding South Africa: imagine the huge news story that a high profile British celebrity had been raped at gunpoint during a carjacking in South Africa. Whenever a British person is murdered abroad (remember Anni Dewani, killed on honeymoon in SA) it’s big news.

Yes, the carjacking happened, but she has since embellished it to include a shocking detail that involves her children.

She’s either got serious mental health issues that need addressing or she has no sense of right and wrong and will do anything for a bit of attention.

LordPercyPercy · 04/04/2024 18:14

She has had massive trauma, recent events in the last few years has triggered her to have a breakdown and re visit those traumas

The sexual assaults are disputed and other than that she's inviting chaos into her own life.

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