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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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seafronty · 04/04/2024 02:21

If Ferret Faced Frankie off the estate has this level of driving behaviours every single poster would be screaming phone the police they need banned. Can't help but like her? Pol Pot wasn't too bad when you got to know him right?

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.

YoureALizardHarry11 · 04/04/2024 03:28

She’s clearly quite mentally unwell. I don’t know why it’s seen as acceptable to chastise her all the time. To be that way someone has to have been through a pretty shitty life, you don’t end up that way for nothing.

Yes, she’s made some appalling choices but she clearly has some issues for her to accept the way Peter Andre treated her for one example, and probably others. It suggests she is vulnerable to abuse. It’s okay for people to get on their high horses. If your mate struggles mentally, you support and love them but because she’s a celebrity it’s somehow different.

To be honest she comes across as someone who has borderline personality disorder.

Computercalendar · 04/04/2024 03:34

She said she was raped aged 7 in a podcast I watched the other day. She said it didn't mess her up but I'm sure it did.

RogueFemale · 04/04/2024 03:36

I don't care about her. I care about the animals which died under her 'care'.

RogueFemale · 04/04/2024 03:38

Computercalendar · 04/04/2024 03:34

She said she was raped aged 7 in a podcast I watched the other day. She said it didn't mess her up but I'm sure it did.

Shit happened to me, too, but how does neglecting animals make you feel better about yourself?

YoureALizardHarry11 · 04/04/2024 03:44

RogueFemale · 04/04/2024 03:38

Shit happened to me, too, but how does neglecting animals make you feel better about yourself?

But not everyone reacts the same way to things, depending on genetics, support networks, brain chemistry, other life events. I’m not saying anything she has done is right at all, what I’m saying is you can’t compare your own experiences and reactions to those experiences to someone else who you don’t know. Some people struggle to look after themselves never mind other people and animals when they are in the throes of a mental health crisis.

Monty27 · 04/04/2024 03:55

Who is she anyway?
A sad desperado and needs to have some self respect and dignity.
Her problem not mine thank goodness.

RogueFemale · 04/04/2024 03:56

YoureALizardHarry11 · 04/04/2024 03:44

But not everyone reacts the same way to things, depending on genetics, support networks, brain chemistry, other life events. I’m not saying anything she has done is right at all, what I’m saying is you can’t compare your own experiences and reactions to those experiences to someone else who you don’t know. Some people struggle to look after themselves never mind other people and animals when they are in the throes of a mental health crisis.

Yeah, I know but - I suppose I can't imagine being so fucked up that I didn't care about animals.

Hoplittlebunnyhophophopandstop · 04/04/2024 04:03

DeeCeeCherry · 04/04/2024 02:10

I think leave her alone to be honest. She's good to her family, raised a disabled child. Yes her life seems messy but judging and gloating to make yourself feel 'better than' isn't a good trait. & We dont know her life fully nor how she truly feels inside.

Her children have ss involvement to keep them safe from her.

YoureALizardHarry11 · 04/04/2024 04:05

RogueFemale · 04/04/2024 03:56

Yeah, I know but - I suppose I can't imagine being so fucked up that I didn't care about animals.

Well, I guess that’s good for you then, isn’t it? You don’t know that she didn’t care. Sometimes things are nuanced, you can literally forget your responsibilities and become so wrapped up in yourself and overwhelmed. I have no opinion on her either way, really, but I’m wise enough to know that you don’t end up the way she is unless you have some quite extensive trauma. It’s pretty obvious to me that she’s unstable and being judged to hilt by people who don’t know her would only make it worse. It begs the question why her family didn’t step in and take care of her animals.

Berrymerryy · 04/04/2024 04:55

According to her own interviews there are addiction issues. Also some say she is being protected by someone high up in the legal service which is why she hasn't been jailed for her driving offences and financial issues. Many people have been jailed for driving under the influence / without insurance and without a valid licence and for tax evasion but she just keeps on getting away with it. I feel so sorry for the two youngest kids who are living with her. I live quite near Katie and it's well known she is driving locally without a driving licence. Also she is sticking two fingers up as a double bankrupt going out for meals every week and having all of the quote unquote beauty treatments and hair treatments she has.

Flufferblub · 04/04/2024 05:12

She has poor problem solving skills, and she needs to take responsibility and be held accountable for her actions.

LoudSnoringDog · 04/04/2024 05:19

She has EUPD without a doubt.

TryingToEat · 04/04/2024 05:28

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

Yep. Anyone who repeatedly drinks and drives has no sympathy from me. Are the courts waiting for her to kill someone?

Musiclover234 · 04/04/2024 05:37

When a poster on here comes along and claims her husband/partner has drunk driven . They are often told immediately to leave, they wouldn’t tolerate one time of drunk driving . Told that their partner is the lowest of the low etc.

Katie price does it with both drink and drugs multiple times (it will have been been many more times than she was caught or crashed). People actually excuse use her oh well she has a disabled child or she’s had a rough life.

No, no absolutely not there is no excuse for that list! She’s had opportunities and plenty money to get help and therapies privately if that was the case. How many people with mental health illness would so want to do that but can only rely on our shit NHS services cut to the bones.

Northernsouloldies · 04/04/2024 05:45

Taking Harvey to a night club appearance? Just another cash cow to be milked.
If her name was Chantelle off any council estate in the UK , how much sympathy would she get...none .

YoureALizardHarry11 · 04/04/2024 05:46

Musiclover234 · 04/04/2024 05:37

When a poster on here comes along and claims her husband/partner has drunk driven . They are often told immediately to leave, they wouldn’t tolerate one time of drunk driving . Told that their partner is the lowest of the low etc.

Katie price does it with both drink and drugs multiple times (it will have been been many more times than she was caught or crashed). People actually excuse use her oh well she has a disabled child or she’s had a rough life.

No, no absolutely not there is no excuse for that list! She’s had opportunities and plenty money to get help and therapies privately if that was the case. How many people with mental health illness would so want to do that but can only rely on our shit NHS services cut to the bones.

I’m not excusing her, I think she should have consequences for her driving offences BUT equally, I don’t think she should be looked up on as some evil person or ripped to pieces like she is online and in the media regularly. People can be pretty ignorant. Just because she’s had a crap life doesn’t make her a fundamentally bad person, most people aren’t.

Illstartexercisingtomorrow · 04/04/2024 06:09

Perfect example of a case where conservatorship is needed.

Unfortunately totally open to abuse as we saw with Britney.

NoBunnyHome · 04/04/2024 06:25

Poor wee Gareth, I'd forgotten all about him. Where did he end up?

He was on SAS Who Dares Wins last celebrity round. Did alright and seemed ok.

clarkkentsglasses · 04/04/2024 06:25

Even James English was shocked at how mad she is.

She is a very troubled person.

Sadza · 04/04/2024 06:37

Absolute mess, but that’s how she makes money.

SweetFemaleAttitude · 04/04/2024 06:51

Since the young age of 17 she's been used by men for her body

Well I would argue younger considering she was raped as a child.

This thread is absolutely disgusting. How sad do you have to be to start a whole thread picking away at someone like this.

Sad AF. Get a life.

Homesweethome23 · 04/04/2024 06:56

Hoplittlebunnyhophophopandstop · 04/04/2024 04:03

Her children have ss involvement to keep them safe from her.

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

Jifmicroliquid · 04/04/2024 06:56

Im always conflicted about her because I read things that she’s done and she is an absolute car crash of a person, but then I watched the documentary about Harvey and my god she is a devoted Mum to that young man, which must have been so difficult and has basically taken over her life. He is a credit to her really.
It’s like she has two sides.