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Katie Price and Peter Andre

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Leedssdeel · 17/08/2025 22:19

So , the news came out this week that apparently Peter has had custody of Princess and Junior for a long time . I see that now it’s a new hate campaign against Katie. But , I just can not shake the feeling that Peter Andre is not a nice person.

I have felt it for a while , I watched all their shows and he was horrible to her and I read her books ( admittedly , we don’t know what is the truth and it is only one side of the story ) but something about him I just find unsettling. He has stayed quiet , which people seem to think shows he is the better person. But , I think he knows that it will and that is the only reason he’s done that. I also do not feel comfortable with his marriage, the way it started. Emily is his friends daughter , a big age gap, he already had 2 children and she was training to be a doctor but now barely practices .. of course , it could well be her choice as she can afford to stay at home and look after the children and she could be very happy but just the way he treated Katie and the way it all came about something feels off .

I am not massively pro Katie - she has made a LOT of bad choices …. But she’s also a businesswoman who made a lot of money doing what she does , provides for her children and has raised - and continues to raise - a severely disabled son and she clearly adores him whilst his Dad doesn’t care and Peter also appears to have forgotten about him.

Im sure this thread will have 2 clear sides , interested to hear peoples views

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PamIsAVolleyballChamp · 18/08/2025 12:46

TheMeasure · 18/08/2025 12:31

You found that horrific but can gloss over all the things mentioned on this thread about Katie’s appalling lifestyle and behaviour?
Perhaps Princess not feeling able to talk to her father was less of a failing on his part but more to do with her wanting to protect her mother’s already tarnished reputation? And because she’d found a way of handling it but that Peter’s (understandable) reaction to what may have been going on might have, in her young eyes, might have made it seem even worse.

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This. All the 'what aboutery' 'SHES A VICTIM!!' Nonsense is appalling!
Especially 'she was a young mum!!' excuse... she was 24? That's not a young mum!!

lifeonmars100 · 18/08/2025 12:50

flapjackfairy · 18/08/2025 04:43

Shr is selling Harvey online at present. £36 for a private message on Cameo.

It appalls me that she does this and it equally appalls me that people would pay.

flapjackfairy · 18/08/2025 12:50

BadDinner · 18/08/2025 12:09

Am I wrong for seeing the night club thing differently?

Harvey is disabled, yes.

But Harvey is also still a young man, and who knows, (since we're not with him) might actually yearn to do activities young people his age do. To be around girls. It might be incredibly frustrating for him that he can never have those things

To be around girls, go to a club, meet people

His disabilities are so severe he couldn't do it safely on his own, so his mother arranged and set up the entire thing for him. He appears to be drinking soft drinks, not alcohol. He has pictures with some pretty girls and it seems from the pictures that everyone was making a fuss of him.

I might be wrong but it seems the intention was to give him something close to a normal night out. We can have opinions but we do not know Harvey. He still has a personality.

That shallow and nasty people on the net may make fun of him is on them. Trolls will troll. Perhaps he also receives nice comments and appreciates those.

I honestly don't know, but giving him the chance to earn some money, I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed that because of his disabilities.

We are assuming he is totally oblivious and has no wants of his own. He could have wanted this. He has a brother and a sister who live lives in the limelight and might go to clubs I don't know.

Happy to be corrected, but I can see to a degree the other side.

Well why was she charging drunk women money to hang all over him and take photos. is that acceptable ? People pawing him and getting in his face can't be acceptable. If he was a learning disabled girl how different would these replies be ?
And to state the bleeding obvious. Harvey has no capacity to make decisions in his own interests. Her job is to.protect him not sell him for a quick buck.
No.doubt Harvey's removal to residential school was decided by soc services because Harvey ,of all her kids, is the most vulnerable .

Phatgurslyms · 18/08/2025 13:00

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 09:28

It's not illegal to tell anyone you want to that your children live with you. It's illegal to publish any documents from the proceedings and could be illegal for a famous person to refer to court proceedings because it would automatically make the children identifiable but there is no reason he couldn't have said that junior and princess live with him at any point.

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If it had been reversed and KP had custody do you think she would have kept quiet? She would have blabbed to every tabloid in the country and got paid handsomely for it.

labradormam · 18/08/2025 13:02

Screamingabdabz · 17/08/2025 22:31

All I know is that when I watched the documentary of them when they were married he looked devastated when they split. He seemed to be devoted to her and the family. She couldn’t have given a shit. She just bullied and mocked him. I even remember her mother gloating how there were photos in the press of him in Australia ‘crying to his mummy’ (he was breaking down in pap shots) and they both laughed. Vile.

I didn’t see this exact conversation, but have seen enough of her that I can imagine exactly the tone she said it in.

I feel she never sounds sincere. She always has a slightly sneering, mocking undertone to everything she says. I find it very odd.

I do agree that she is a car crash. I could also believe that Peter isn’t very nice and has contributed to her issues.

Sadly I don’t think she is going to have a happy ending. She is a deeply troubled woman and seems to have nobody around her to help.

labradormam · 18/08/2025 13:02

Screamingabdabz · 17/08/2025 22:31

All I know is that when I watched the documentary of them when they were married he looked devastated when they split. He seemed to be devoted to her and the family. She couldn’t have given a shit. She just bullied and mocked him. I even remember her mother gloating how there were photos in the press of him in Australia ‘crying to his mummy’ (he was breaking down in pap shots) and they both laughed. Vile.

I didn’t see this exact conversation, but have seen enough of her that I can imagine exactly the tone she said it in.

I feel she never sounds sincere. She always has a slightly sneering, mocking undertone to everything she says. I find it very odd.

I do agree that she is a car crash. I could also believe that Peter isn’t very nice and has contributed to her issues.

Sadly I don’t think she is going to have a happy ending. She is a deeply troubled woman and seems to have nobody around her to help.

labradormam · 18/08/2025 13:02

Screamingabdabz · 17/08/2025 22:31

All I know is that when I watched the documentary of them when they were married he looked devastated when they split. He seemed to be devoted to her and the family. She couldn’t have given a shit. She just bullied and mocked him. I even remember her mother gloating how there were photos in the press of him in Australia ‘crying to his mummy’ (he was breaking down in pap shots) and they both laughed. Vile.

I didn’t see this exact conversation, but have seen enough of her that I can imagine exactly the tone she said it in.

I feel she never sounds sincere. She always has a slightly sneering, mocking undertone to everything she says. I find it very odd.

I do agree that she is a car crash. I could also believe that Peter isn’t very nice and has contributed to her issues.

Sadly I don’t think she is going to have a happy ending. She is a deeply troubled woman and seems to have nobody around her to help.

labradormam · 18/08/2025 13:02

Screamingabdabz · 17/08/2025 22:31

All I know is that when I watched the documentary of them when they were married he looked devastated when they split. He seemed to be devoted to her and the family. She couldn’t have given a shit. She just bullied and mocked him. I even remember her mother gloating how there were photos in the press of him in Australia ‘crying to his mummy’ (he was breaking down in pap shots) and they both laughed. Vile.

I didn’t see this exact conversation, but have seen enough of her that I can imagine exactly the tone she said it in.

I feel she never sounds sincere. She always has a slightly sneering, mocking undertone to everything she says. I find it very odd.

I do agree that she is a car crash. I could also believe that Peter isn’t very nice and has contributed to her issues.

Sadly I don’t think she is going to have a happy ending. She is a deeply troubled woman and seems to have nobody around her to help.

flapjackfairy · 18/08/2025 13:02

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 12:30

Tell me you don’t understand trauma, neurodiversity and mental illness without telling me you don’t understand trauma, neurodiversity and mental illness.

often these are not horrible people, they however end up doing bad things for a whole host of complicated reasons. Few people are really evil.

no one thinks that Katie is the pinnacle of motherhood that we should all base ourselves on. But she is a product of her past, I do not believe she is an evil person, but she is messed up and misguided.

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I never said she was evil.Of course she isn't.
But no amount of trauma gives you a free pass to destroy your children's and other people's lives. Actions have consequences whether you.want to believe that or not.
And you have no idea what trauma I have faced over a lifetime and my experiences with neurodiversity and mental health. So maybe you should practice what you preach and stop judging others who don't agree with you.

Hjsjshsn · 18/08/2025 13:07

I listened to KP on the Louis Theroux podcast the other day. Kieran sounds awful - I took it all at face value but from what posters are saying here, we can’t really trust KP’s version of events?

LuckysDadsHat · 18/08/2025 13:15

Hjsjshsn · 18/08/2025 13:07

I listened to KP on the Louis Theroux podcast the other day. Kieran sounds awful - I took it all at face value but from what posters are saying here, we can’t really trust KP’s version of events?

If her lips are moving she is lying. Normally what it means is she has done it herself but she blames everyone else.

BeMellowAquaSquid · 18/08/2025 13:16

I don’t like Peter Andre personally I think he comes across so fake. I was really uncomfortable in Princesse’s documentary when his wife Emily was cooing over how Princess used to fall asleep on her lap and how cute she was. From someone that’s had to deal with an interfering helicopter step mother in my children’s lives I found it really almost baitable like they were aiming for a reaction from Katie. I’m so glad Princess reiterated how much of a good relationship she has with her Mum but felt sorry how she had been compelled to speak up for her - no young girl should even have to defend their mum. As much as Katie has made bad choices I don’t believe for a second she’s a bad person I think she’s had a lot of people make an incredible amount of money out of her. She’s probably defensive for a good reason.

redjeans28 · 18/08/2025 13:22

BeMellowAquaSquid · 18/08/2025 13:16

I don’t like Peter Andre personally I think he comes across so fake. I was really uncomfortable in Princesse’s documentary when his wife Emily was cooing over how Princess used to fall asleep on her lap and how cute she was. From someone that’s had to deal with an interfering helicopter step mother in my children’s lives I found it really almost baitable like they were aiming for a reaction from Katie. I’m so glad Princess reiterated how much of a good relationship she has with her Mum but felt sorry how she had been compelled to speak up for her - no young girl should even have to defend their mum. As much as Katie has made bad choices I don’t believe for a second she’s a bad person I think she’s had a lot of people make an incredible amount of money out of her. She’s probably defensive for a good reason.

Aaaahhh so that's it. A lot of the Katie Price fan club are jealous mothers. So because Emily did such a good job, they've turned on Pete. This unwavering support was really confusing me.

HappySummerDays · 18/08/2025 13:32

As much as Katie has made bad choices I don’t believe for a second she’s a bad person

She is pimping out her son for money. If a man was doing that he would be eviscerated on MN.

PamIsAVolleyballChamp · 18/08/2025 13:32

Bingo and nailed it @redjeans28 so as long as we stick to the script of KP does it..... 'poor lamb it's trauma so absolutely excusable' PA does anything at all.... "EVIL NARCISSIST!!!"...
Good to know.

TheMeasure · 18/08/2025 13:37

@BeMellowAquaSquidYou don’t believe for a second she’s a bad person? Well, how about you read that list posted above of all the horrible things she’s both done herself and allowed to happen on her watch.
She has zero regard for the laws of this land (or any other land, if the topless near-pornographic photos she published with her and one of her boyfriends -Kris Boyson? in Thailand are anything to go by, where such things are illegal. The pose she adopted made it look as if she was giving him a bj on the beach).
Her driving offences are eye-watering and she is widely known to have continued driving right through most of her bans.

itsgettingweird · 18/08/2025 13:42

I don’t think PA is horrible as such. I think he married her for the wrong (selfish) reasons and that backfired massively because KP MH difficulties are far greater than was known - or deteriorated quickly.

I don’t think they were a good combination together but I do think they lived each other is their own way.

I think he reflected and moved on and made good decisions where as she made another bad one after another and I’ll never forgive her for the drink driving charges. Too many times imo.

bug as far as stability is concerned he’s provided the most hands down. He Lao kept his and Emily’s kids out of the spotlight.

I wish they’d do the same for Junior and Princess. I’m worried about Princesses future as she seems to think following her mums footsteps os wise 🤦🏼‍♀️

tryingtobesogood · 18/08/2025 13:48

MounjaroMounjaro · 17/08/2025 22:22

I agree with you. I think he's calculating and more than happy to throw her under the bus to appear like the good guy.

I think that Katie price is capable of throwing herself under a bus. She has many many issues, that existed before and after Peter Andre, and have led to her losing her children, and going to court repeatedly for drink/drug driving offences. It is for these that I have no time for her, she knowingly gets behind the wheel of a car after drinking or taking drugs and puts other people's lives at risk.

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 13:48

BeMellowAquaSquid · 18/08/2025 13:16

I don’t like Peter Andre personally I think he comes across so fake. I was really uncomfortable in Princesse’s documentary when his wife Emily was cooing over how Princess used to fall asleep on her lap and how cute she was. From someone that’s had to deal with an interfering helicopter step mother in my children’s lives I found it really almost baitable like they were aiming for a reaction from Katie. I’m so glad Princess reiterated how much of a good relationship she has with her Mum but felt sorry how she had been compelled to speak up for her - no young girl should even have to defend their mum. As much as Katie has made bad choices I don’t believe for a second she’s a bad person I think she’s had a lot of people make an incredible amount of money out of her. She’s probably defensive for a good reason.

Why don't you believe she's a bad person though? Whatever 'bad person' means to you - what makes you believe she isn't? Where do you see her meaning well?

slashlover · 18/08/2025 18:56

letsstartwithlife · 18/08/2025 11:06

It pisses me off how everyone hates Katie and how she’s this and she’s that, yes she’s made mistakes as loads of people do, no one is perfect? It’s clear she suffers with mental health 100% everyone deals with depression, anxiety and trauma differently whether it’s the right way or the wrong way doesn’t mean she is a shit person. Not everyone can cope with things in life and sometimes can take the slippery slope downwards, if she wasn’t a celeb then no one would know of her wrong doings etc but because she is it’s all publicised and then everyone slags her off! As princess says in her programme her mum has taken responsibility for her past actions and is trying to correct them, lots of people are in denial about their wrong doings but at least Katie has apologised to her children and is trying to sort herself out, I’ve read her biography’s and I can honestly say I feel for the woman she’s been through ALOT she was very young when she had Harvey and the sperm donor left her to it, I couldn’t imagine the stress and the worries of bringing up a disabled child alone, she was sexually abused, there was hi jack in Africa it all contributes to someone’s mental health, as for Peter the blokes a wanker 100% he contributed to her going on a downwards spiral same with that other prick Kieran men don’t understand the long term damage they can cause a woman with emotional and mental abuse, I can imagine Peter being a right prick in real life and behind closed doors but he likes to put on an act just so he don’t look like the bad guy typical narcissist behaviour!

yes she’s made mistakes as loads of people do, no one is perfect?

There's making mistakes and there's the driving offences, animal abuse, putting men above her children and having her children removed.

if she wasn’t a celeb then no one would know of her wrong doings etc but because she is it’s all publicised and then everyone slags her off!

If she wasn't a celeb then she would have been jailed a long time ago.

As princess says in her programme her mum has taken responsibility for her past actions and is trying to correct them

Do I need to post the picture of her in bed with Harvey again? She posted it to her facebook less than a month ago.

as for Peter the blokes a wanker 100% he contributed to her going on a downwards spiral same with that other prick Kieran

They divorced 16 years ago and she's had chance after chance. How long can you blame him for? If he was that bad then surely she would have done everything in her power to keep them away from him? Strange how nothing is her fault and absolutely everything is someone else's fault. Also Peter, Alex, Kieran and Kris all went on to have happy relationships.

Stickytoffee123 · 18/08/2025 18:57

She KP has failed all of her children, all have been removed from her care. She has always put substances and men, and her own interests first, totally selfish. PA and his long suffering wife have had to step up and raise the children, because there birth mother couldn't. Now they are grown she wants a piece of the action. Not only that but PA as had to put up with abuse left right and centre most of it lies, because KP can't lie straight in bed. Indeed he had to get lawyers involved and KP had to pay damages for deformation she is utterly toxic. You need to do your homework seriously.

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 19:47

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNgQDTsCFfo/?igsh=MXd0aTExZDAyM3ludQ==

anyone who thinks she is nice and lovely deep down watch this - it's Alex Reid's instagram, fast forward to 1:40 and you'll see Katie price talking shit about Peter and Emily to princess, calling princess's siblings 'irrelevant' and saying she's extended the bankruptcy so that Alex Reid can't get her money. Money she owes him for damages after she shared revenge porn of him. So lovely! So nice!

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNgQDTsCFfo/?igsh=MXd0aTExZDAyM3ludQ%3D%3D

TheMeasure · 18/08/2025 19:50

And she’s charging £35 a pop for Cameo birthday messages to people where she gets him to say, “Happy birthday you fucking cunt.” Saw one just now.
Such a great mum.