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To wonder why there’s no media reportings that describe Dwight Yorke as the scumbag that he is?

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Y1000 · 10/08/2025 15:47

He has had no presence in Harvey’s life. Why isn’t this repeatedly in the media as to how atrocious this is? Misogyny at its finest or something else?

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StrictlySequinsandStiIettos · 10/08/2025 16:19

Berlinlover · 10/08/2025 16:15

I was so disappointed when he won Celebrity Big Brother back in April. Clearly most people don’t know what he’s really like.

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Oh, David Platt guy, just got married?
I was amazed he won full stop. He was just there.
But I followed that series, and am prone to sleb twaddle, and had no idea he had a kid he paid for but did not see. Amazed that didn't come up either in the press or on here at the time.
Mr Reggae Reggae sauce Levi Roots and others had stories printed. Unless the mother said keep my child out of this, so GDPR, he got off lightly.

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 16:18

FenderStrat · 10/08/2025 16:16

She should probably have spend a bit more time getting know him then before having unprotected sex with him.

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That's unnecessarily harsh

So he abandons his son and its her fault?!

She is very very flawed but to blame her blames women across the world who are abandoned by their man once the disabled kid comes along

FenderStrat · 10/08/2025 16:16

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 16:15

But she didnt know how awful dwight would be towards his son

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She should probably have spend a bit more time getting know him then before having unprotected sex with him.

Berlinlover · 10/08/2025 16:15

jazzybelle · 10/08/2025 16:01

Dwight Yorke isn't the only one who has done this. Jack P Shepherd cheated on the mother of his children and had a child with another woman. The child is disabled. JPS pays but doesn't see his son.

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I was so disappointed when he won Celebrity Big Brother back in April. Clearly most people don’t know what he’s really like.

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 16:15

CopperWhite · 10/08/2025 16:03

I've another thread but I find it hard to hate Katie price, given the men shes been dealt

She wasn’t dealt them, she chose them.

But she didnt know how awful dwight would be towards his son

TinyTempest · 10/08/2025 16:11

bostonchamps · 10/08/2025 16:09

Katie wasn't 'dealt' Yorke, he isn't a playing card. She chose to have sex with him.

Yorke is a scummy man who, like many many many men, has not been any kind of decent parent.

Those two facts can exist in parallel.

Exactly!

StrictlySequinsandStiIettos · 10/08/2025 16:10

You can add Owen Wilson to the list.
Pays for but will not see his daughter.

I assume these "fathers" asked the mums to get an abortion. When they did not comply, the response was fiscal only and you're on your own.

bostonchamps · 10/08/2025 16:09

Katie wasn't 'dealt' Yorke, he isn't a playing card. She chose to have sex with him.

Yorke is a scummy man who, like many many many men, has not been any kind of decent parent.

Those two facts can exist in parallel.

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 16:09

LuckysDadsHat · 10/08/2025 16:07

He paid for Harvey until he was 18 and he also paid her mum a good wage to be his nanny.

He did want to see him but as is usual with KP she put so many road blocks in the way he eventually gave up.

She has never parented him alone she has always had nanny's or carers. Even now he has 2 carers with him at all times, she wheels him out when she needs press or deflection from something she has done and people go "oh shes such a good mum" when actually she is a terrible mum. She has lost custody of 4 of the kids from court proceedings and can only have supervised access to the younger 2.

The diet she feeds Harvey is appalling. Just look on her Instagram and see the portion sizes and crap she feeds him to keep him quiet and compliant. This is why he is the size he is, not down to PW Syndrome it is the crap she feeds him.

Tbf, I didnt know that he paid out for Harvey

He's still scum for abandoning a disabled child, but at the same time, I can't help but think he did the best thing for the boy and left him with his mum who loved him

She is flawed but I think she loves Harvey 🥺

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 16:08

jazzybelle · 10/08/2025 16:01

Dwight Yorke isn't the only one who has done this. Jack P Shepherd cheated on the mother of his children and had a child with another woman. The child is disabled. JPS pays but doesn't see his son.

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What?? Omg

I KNEW I was right to throughly dislike him on CBB!

LuckysDadsHat · 10/08/2025 16:07

He paid for Harvey until he was 18 and he also paid her mum a good wage to be his nanny.

He did want to see him but as is usual with KP she put so many road blocks in the way he eventually gave up.

She has never parented him alone she has always had nanny's or carers. Even now he has 2 carers with him at all times, she wheels him out when she needs press or deflection from something she has done and people go "oh shes such a good mum" when actually she is a terrible mum. She has lost custody of 4 of the kids from court proceedings and can only have supervised access to the younger 2.

The diet she feeds Harvey is appalling. Just look on her Instagram and see the portion sizes and crap she feeds him to keep him quiet and compliant. This is why he is the size he is, not down to PW Syndrome it is the crap she feeds him.

IkeaJesusChrist · 10/08/2025 16:07

Neither of them are what I would call parent of the year.

Maybe it's about time that Katie took ownership of some of the decisions she has made about certain men and other life decisions.

CarefullyCuratedFurniture · 10/08/2025 16:06

Noone cares about Dwight Yorke, he's a complete has-been. The less said about Katie Price the better. The way she behaves around that disabled son of hers is extremely concerning.

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Y1000 · 10/08/2025 16:04

jazzybelle · 10/08/2025 16:01

Dwight Yorke isn't the only one who has done this. Jack P Shepherd cheated on the mother of his children and had a child with another woman. The child is disabled. JPS pays but doesn't see his son.

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@jazzybelle i didn’t know that. Awful.

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CopperWhite · 10/08/2025 16:03

I've another thread but I find it hard to hate Katie price, given the men shes been dealt

She wasn’t dealt them, she chose them.

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Y1000 · 10/08/2025 16:03

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@MrsLizzieDarcy the fact you are detailing these things when Katie has parented just shows how absurd this is. Dwight has been doing whatever he wanted since the day Harvey was born! Nobody has repeatedly criticised that over the years… which is my point.

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Y1000 · 10/08/2025 16:02

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 15:58

Honestly, i said the same about mo gilligan

In my own experience, a 'dad' who doesn't want or like you, who is being forced to be around due to societal pressure, is worse than an absent one

The kid will know they aren't wanted. Better to be with a mum who is sane and loves you

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@youreactinglikeafunmum yes it might be better in the circumstances thay men think they can impose on their child. But those circumstances should never come to be. Men should be held accountable and it shouldn’t just be accepted to emotionally abuse and neglect your own child. Which is exactly what an absent father does.

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jazzybelle · 10/08/2025 16:01

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 15:56

Did dwight at least pay for Harvey? I cant remember

I suppose if you dont wanna be a dad, fine. But it seems to me it was about his disability, which makes me sad 🥺

Dwight Yorke isn't the only one who has done this. Jack P Shepherd cheated on the mother of his children and had a child with another woman. The child is disabled. JPS pays but doesn't see his son.

TinyTempest · 10/08/2025 16:01

Y1000 · 10/08/2025 15:55

It’s mind boggling that a man can do what Dwight did to Harvey and that’s apparently Katie’s fault!

Just how brainwashed are you by the patriarchy @TinyTempest and @Kangarude ? Sad.

Whoah wait a minute?

Dwight Yorke is an absolute scumbag, the lowest of the low.

But that has literally nothing to do with me saying KP hasn't been 'dealt' men, she chose them.

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Y1000 · 10/08/2025 16:00

lilaclemon · 10/08/2025 15:59

He paid out years ago for Harvey, made it clear he didn’t want a relationship and has been open and honest about that.
Maybe he still finances H?
Not Dad of the year obviously but then is KP any better?

@lilaclemon i think actually knowing your child does make Katie better, yes.

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Y1000 · 10/08/2025 15:59

Kangarude · 10/08/2025 15:58

Brainwashed? Because I said she chose her boyfriends?
What a ridiculous suggestion.

It was newsworthy at the time Harvey was born. She chose to have sex with a man who had no interest in becoming a father. Yes he is a shit bag who should have used condoms

@Kangarude there is no blame to be placed on Katie for Dwight not parenting his child. It is honestly sad that you can’t see that. Please reflect on your thought process here! Dwight had sex, Katie had sex, a baby arrived, Katie picked up all the parenting and Dwight did nothing. That’s not Katie’s fault.

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TinyTempest · 10/08/2025 15:59

youreactinglikeafunmum · 10/08/2025 15:54

Are you just gonna follow me around mumsnet today?

Yeah, shes been dealt a bad hand when it comes to men imo

She makes bad choices so isnt blameless

But no-one forced Dwight to abandon their son

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Don't flatter yourself.

It's hardly may fault if you're all over MN like a rash.