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Katie Price

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Dard · 26/11/2019 19:34

To feel sorry for Katie Price?

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Kazzyhoward · 27/11/2019 11:16

It’s often tax that forces celebs to go bankrupt. They are earning high, then their career drops and they get landed with a huge tax bill.

Same with a lot of businesses too. They earn the money and spend it. Then things go South and they've no cash to pay the tax bill a year later. Stupid thing is that they always act surprised as if it's some kind of unexpected demand. They should have been putting aside the tax monies and not spending it. Funny how low earners starting a business can often be paranoid about putting 20% or so of their profits into a savings account so they've enough to pay the tax, but these high flying business owners and slebs don't have that common sense. I think they just think it'll never end and they come a cropper when the bottom drops out.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 27/11/2019 11:16

I used to feel a little bit sorry for her, and always had a bit of a soft spot for her, especially after that creep Peter Andre manipulated the media after their separation.

But her recent behaviour... absolutely not, especially the driving offences. Like others have said, it's as if she has deliberately set out to do this and blow that money. That's fine if she only had herself to consider, although still idiotic, but she has 5 children to consider.
It's them I feel sorry for, growing up and watching that car crash.

Peter Andre can't possibly be earning much either, what does he even do anymore? Hopefully he has been more sensible with his finances.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 27/11/2019 11:20

There are only so many times he can do the same interview over and over again, gushing about how much he loves his kids Envy

bohemia14 · 27/11/2019 11:24

Peter Andre is this week at the Jet 2 Travel Agents conference in Spain. Presumably being very well paid for it.

Patroclus · 27/11/2019 11:38

Yeah I do but at least now we can stop hearing that fucking maddening 'shes a shrewd businesswman' cliche.

mencken · 27/11/2019 11:44

sad up to a point - has clearly only ever felt valued for her appearance and so like most models, not doing well.

but sells fraudulent diet supplements and drives drunk, so that's where my sympathy ends.

in a recent photo she looked as if she had been beaten up, I hope there isn't yet another bad choice of bloke on the scene. Those poor kids.

Dieu · 27/11/2019 13:00

Why would anyone feel sorry for the stupid cow? Bankrupt, Jesus Christ ...

CallmeAngelina · 27/11/2019 13:16

I wonder if they've been "doing up" the house, not for a wedding venue but in order to be able to sell it. Apparently they've done it in neutral colours, getting rid of that dreadful sparkly stuff.

lolaflores · 27/11/2019 13:27

The house looked dire even after a clean up. Anyone buying it in current condition is going to have a job getting it smartened up. Very very knocked about. It looks like it has overwhelmed her and she is blanking it.
Fire damage on the wall of one room. Floors scuffed and patch worked badly. Not a swish millionaire pad by any standards. Faded tatty sparkle and tat just mouldering

astralweaks · 27/11/2019 13:30

Ranting at a captive audience on a train while quaffing wine from a can is not a good look.

greeentopmilk · 27/11/2019 13:36

I used to like her. But she's barely recognisable from the person she was.

When she was a young and independent mother of a very unwell and disabled baby she was admirable with the way she handled it all. She seemed to really have her shit together, earned very good money and appeared to be an amazing mother.

She could have had it all when she married Peter, had a stable and happy life, he was clearly besotted with her but she didn't seem to treat him very well. If I remember rightly she used to take the piss out of him on their reality shows for being a washed up pop star and not earning as much money as her.

Having said that I do feel sorry for her. She has had a string of terrible and unhealthy relationships since her marriage to Peter and the wheels seem to have well and truly fallen off this time.

Peter and Kieran who are the fathers of her kids have both gone on to have happy relationships and she should too. But she seems to ruin every relationship she gets into and turn it into a circus.

Her mother is probably the only constant source of unconditional love and support and it seems won't be around for her for much longer. That will be a very difficult thing to be facing.

She needs to cut her losses and try to start over on a much smaller scale.
Do what the little people do when they hit hard times.
Get a smaller much more affordable house that isn't falling to bits and doesn't need millions of pounds of renovations.
Get rid of all the cars and have a simple car to get her from A to B.
Get rid of all the clutter. Watching her reality show and seeing the storage containers and the rooms filled to bursting with crap really stresses me out and it's not my stuff!
Take herself and her kids away from the glare of public life and social media.
She needs therapy, counselling and a lot of it. She is obviously in a lot of emotional turmoil and clearly suffers with body dismorphia.

People can only he helped when they want to be helped though. Hopefully she will realise she can't go on like this.

TheHodgeoftheHedge · 27/11/2019 13:40

She doesn't help herself in any way, does she? Not turning up to the bankruptcy hearing and then posting rantings about "not caring", still blaming Peter Andre and going out on the town afterwards, does her no favours.

Frankly her driving offences should have landed her in jail already in my opinion. She's obviously an awful mess but I have no sympathy for anyone other than her children.

TheHodgeoftheHedge · 27/11/2019 13:41

I do also hope it will finally stop people talking about how they respect her because she's such a great business woman, but seeing as half of America still believes Trump's lies about being a great business man, I don't hold out much hope.

Dandelion1993 · 27/11/2019 13:54

I don't feel sorry for her one bit.

She had everything but was just too selfish to appreciate it. She had no financial awareness, spent on cheap surgery then needed to pay to fix it.

The only people to feel sorry for are her children and their fathers.

Those children need to live with their fathers for some stability and the fathers will have to take on the role of both mum and dad as right now she is incapable of doing anything for it hers.

Poor Harvey though. What will happen to him. He needs specialist care which will mean moving now to residential as she'll certainly lose her house.

I don't thi k she has thiught about her children at all in this.

OrangeZog · 27/11/2019 13:58

She was once a very pretty woman but she has ruined her looks with surgery, she has a desperate need to always be with a man, clearly has volatile relationships, her mum is very ill, she has a need to be in the public eye no matter how bad the situation, and now she is bankrupt with her earning days behind her.

She might be a very nice person or she might be very unpleasant but either way, I feel sorry for her although I do think she is her own worse enemy and does nothing to help the situation.

lolaflores · 27/11/2019 14:10

It's a case of kicking her now she's down. At one stage, she was thr golden goose and she could handle the stick as she was still earning, still getting good attention and there were those who were telling her she was some sort of business genius.
The days of wine and Rose's are over. Suddenly shes as thick as mince and no better than she should be. This was being stored up well in advance of her inevitable fall.
The chaos cant be fueled forever.
I am sure there are those gloating/laughing, which cant be avoided but she has largely been the architect of this situation. I am glad though that there are some who can see how damaged she is. Tje world isnt entirely set against her.

Grumpelstilskin · 27/11/2019 14:49

Just rubbed my eyes in disbelief when I saw someone feeling sorry for 'Gazza'. Someone who is a domestic abuser! Just wow!

As for Katie, can't really muster up strong feelings either way.

Redglitter · 27/11/2019 15:09

Peter Andre can't possibly be earning much either, what does he even do anymore?

He seems to be doing very nicely with TV work & musicals among other things. The lifestyle he leads certainly isnt funded by a Doctors salary.

DobbyTheHouseElk · 27/11/2019 15:18

Peter seems to be everywhere, I think he’s doing ok.

Thesearmsofmine · 27/11/2019 15:32

I feel sad about what she has become. When she was younger she was gorgeous and clearly she has issues which have caused her to have so much surgery.
I used to like her, when she had Harvey, and his dad walked away it must have been difficult and she obviously adores him. I hope the residential care he is in can continue(I’m not sure if she would have been paying for private care?) without having to move.

I have an acquaintance who travels around the country to Peter Andre gigs. I don’t know how much he makes from doing them though! I find him a bit smug but I imagine he is a good father.

She has been on a downward spiral for years now, I don’t feel sympathy for drug taking etc but I do find it sad that she had everything and now has nothing.

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Patroclus · 27/11/2019 16:27

What does he do? loves his kids, obviously....

Meltedicicle · 27/11/2019 17:19

I remember her years ago on The Frank Skinner Show when she was pregnant with Harvey and Dwight Yorke had been saying he wasn’t the dad etc. I’ve never forgotten what a sad interview it was because she was such an obviously vulnerable young lady and that was before Harvey was born and his disabilities discovered. Frank Skinner said something along the lines of ‘I’m worried about you’ and she put such a brave face on.

I’m only a couple of years younger than KP and I went on to have a disabled child myself so I have a lot of empathy for her. To start motherhood in that situation is tough. Things were on a downward spiral from there I think. I view her obsession with having kids, pets and horses as a desperate attempt to fill some kind of void. And we can never know all of what happens behind the scenes. So yes, I do feel sorry for her and for her children that they have to see their mum struggling. Doesn’t matter how much money you have, if you are mentally ill and have addiction issues, it’s always going to end badly. Of course that doesn’t mean that I don’t find her behaviour, especially the drink driving absolutely appalling. I hope she can turn things around.

CallmeAngelina · 27/11/2019 17:19

Yeah, alright, that "he loves his kids" joke has done its time now, and become hackneyed. It wasn't even funny first time round.

He has a number of TV gigs and West End performances. I suspect he might have invested wisely too. Princess and Junior will be OK and by all accounts they're nice kids - well-mannered and respectful. The younger two seem to have had more exposure to Katie's chaotic lifestyle, and the jury's out as to how things are at Kieran's.
And re: poor Harvey, let's just hope that his residential care is publicly funded, otherwise he might have to undergo the stress of moving.
Katie will have to sort just herself out, and instead of slagging Peter and Kieran off, should be thanking the heavens that they've stayed on the scene so far as their kids are concerned.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 27/11/2019 17:29

Well, that's me told!

Dard · 27/11/2019 17:42

Kieran was shagging her best friend whilst she was pregnant and on holiday she forgave him and paid for his therapy for for so called sex addiction more likely just a cheat and with her for money,he did it again and she still stayed with him such a horrible thing to happen when pregnant then with young babies.Now he is a great dad on instagram does he even work.
It shows such low self esteem very sad.

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