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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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NeelyOHara · 18/08/2025 20:09

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.

£35 to say ‘Happy Birthday you fucking cunt’ ?
That is nice work if you can get it, to be fair.

SpaceRaccoon · 18/08/2025 20:37

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

Not got to raise her own children, numerous drink and drug driving offenses, numerous dead pets, a revolting door of unsuitable men, bankruptcy so owes money left right and centre but spends it on disfiguring surgeries instead...

I must admit I'm struggling to see how she's not a bad person?

Camille99 · 18/08/2025 21:32

redjeans28 · 18/08/2025 01:22

This is made up nonsense. She was 20 when she met him and 22 when they started dating. Why tell lies?

That is incorrect. He was always friends with her parents. He's known Emily since she was a child.

TheMeasure · 18/08/2025 21:37

Camille99 · 18/08/2025 21:32

That is incorrect. He was always friends with her parents. He's known Emily since she was a child.

It is not incorrect. He met Emily’s father when he was operated on by him for (I think) kidney stones in 2010. They became friends as they were both interested in an African charity and Peter subsequently met Emily on a trip out there. She was 21 at the time.

redjeans28 · 18/08/2025 22:06

Camille99 · 18/08/2025 21:32

That is incorrect. He was always friends with her parents. He's known Emily since she was a child.

Stop telling lies.

KatyPerimenopause · 18/08/2025 22:38

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!

All I see is a trailer for Alex Reid to promote Alex Reid?

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 22:45

KatyPerimenopause · 18/08/2025 22:38

All I see is a trailer for Alex Reid to promote Alex Reid?

Skip forward to 1min 40

AntiBullshit · 18/08/2025 22:50

i stopped liking him when he’d split with Katie and said his new girlfriend must not have children - this from someone who had 2 and a step kid. Twat

DeepPanCrispAndEven · 18/08/2025 23:06

That video. God. The weight of stuff she has put on her kids.

She's dreadful.

KatyPerimenopause · 18/08/2025 23:46

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 22:45

Skip forward to 1min 40

Thanks. Ended up watching it from a tabloid Blush
So...she's counting money and Princess wants to count it too. She then says she's bankrupt and Pete has to pay the school fees and if he is cross about it. She then asks Emily's pov and then says she's probably angry because it's £ that could be spent on her own kids, who don't go to private school and who are "irrelevant."
And she admits to extending her bankruptcy so as to avoid paying Alex. Have I missed anything?!

SquishedMallow · 18/08/2025 23:51

PringlesTube · 17/08/2025 22:25

I think there’s a lot you don’t know about KP. I feel sorry for all her children, especially Harvey.

100%

LemondrizzleShark · 18/08/2025 23:55

RockSok · 18/08/2025 00:14

Had no opinion on this until recently when my social media started showing me clips of them both.

One video of Peter and Emily really stood out to me. They were on a date fairly on in their relationship and he tells her he's booked a surprise safari in Kenya. She dare says she's been before because she LIVED THERE as a child, and Peter is seething. You see Emily try her hardest to placate him and stop it escalating. Think she was 21 or so at the time.

It's made me think that he and Emily are working, not because he's not bad news, but because she's very patient and perhaps slightly intimidated by him.

Tried to find the video on YouTube but no luck. It's doing the rounds on tiktok.

Yeah I’m Team Free Emily. Fuck both KP and PA, they both seem like horrendous people.

Lotsnlotsoflove · 19/08/2025 00:31

Maybe he is not a person you would like or approve of in real life, but the fact is, to have her kids removed from her care, KP must have had some pretty severe problems and been putting them at huge risk of harm. The bar for children being removed from their mothers full-time is extremely high. That doesn't mean she deserves hate, as her own story appears to be quite tragic. But for him to have maintained his current marriage (by all accounts, happily), balanced caring for his kids from a previous marriage who were removed from their mother for their own safety, along with raising his kids with Emily — well, he must have some redeeming qualities and emotional skills.

Theunamedcat · 19/08/2025 03:41

Lotsnlotsoflove · 19/08/2025 00:31

Maybe he is not a person you would like or approve of in real life, but the fact is, to have her kids removed from her care, KP must have had some pretty severe problems and been putting them at huge risk of harm. The bar for children being removed from their mothers full-time is extremely high. That doesn't mean she deserves hate, as her own story appears to be quite tragic. But for him to have maintained his current marriage (by all accounts, happily), balanced caring for his kids from a previous marriage who were removed from their mother for their own safety, along with raising his kids with Emily — well, he must have some redeeming qualities and emotional skills.

His redeeming qualities are Emily and the children he has with her she is stable secure and a good influence

I think without her the kids wouldn't have much of a chance and the social worker might not have removed them

flapjackfairy · 19/08/2025 06:50

Theunamedcat · 19/08/2025 03:41

His redeeming qualities are Emily and the children he has with her she is stable secure and a good influence

I think without her the kids wouldn't have much of a chance and the social worker might not have removed them

they don't remove children based on what kind of step mother they could potentially have. If children are sufficiently at risk then they are removed . full stop.

Phatgurslyms · 19/08/2025 07:33

Theunamedcat · 19/08/2025 03:41

His redeeming qualities are Emily and the children he has with her she is stable secure and a good influence

I think without her the kids wouldn't have much of a chance and the social worker might not have removed them

We Have evidence of KP’s neglect of her children. We don’t have any of PA’s and it is awful to put that out there just because you are a KP fan.

Phatgurslyms · 19/08/2025 07:38

I also want to say that I was disgusted by the comments of KP’s sister on their podcast when she suggested that Princess should put her foot down and have KP on her show. What a lowlife move for an auntie to criticise her niece in public like that and add to a feud when she could be persuading KP to be more reasonable. A lot of KP’s family (allegedly) seem to have been on her payroll their whole working lives. Instead of projecting all her s* onto PA perhaps she should take a look at who is really exploiting her.

BabyCatFace · 19/08/2025 07:40

Phatgurslyms · 19/08/2025 07:33

We Have evidence of KP’s neglect of her children. We don’t have any of PA’s and it is awful to put that out there just because you are a KP fan.

Misread, sorry!

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 19/08/2025 07:56

flapjackfairy · 18/08/2025 13:02

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.

You’re right, I have no idea about what anyone on this site has been through in their past and nor do you. I can only base my assumptions on what you say.

no one believes she should have a free pass to behave how she likes. All I’m saying is that given everything she has been through, and how abnormal her life has been, coupled with her being neurodiverse, you can see how this has come about and it doesn’t necessarily make her a horrible person. It doesn’t make her a good and stable parent either.

in the same way there are stable parents, who actually aren’t that nice as people. The two can be separated. Doesn’t mean I agree with her actions, it just means that I can see that she as a whole is the product of her very unusual circumstances. Tbh it’s sad.

Starseeking · 19/08/2025 07:59

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.

This can’t be real, surely not even KP would stoop that low???

flapjackfairy · 19/08/2025 08:07

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 19/08/2025 07:56

You’re right, I have no idea about what anyone on this site has been through in their past and nor do you. I can only base my assumptions on what you say.

no one believes she should have a free pass to behave how she likes. All I’m saying is that given everything she has been through, and how abnormal her life has been, coupled with her being neurodiverse, you can see how this has come about and it doesn’t necessarily make her a horrible person. It doesn’t make her a good and stable parent either.

in the same way there are stable parents, who actually aren’t that nice as people. The two can be separated. Doesn’t mean I agree with her actions, it just means that I can see that she as a whole is the product of her very unusual circumstances. Tbh it’s sad.

OK fair enough. And I don't disagree with anything you said at all. We seem to be totally on the same page.
And yes my overriding feeling is sadness especially for all the children involved especially Harvey .I have a similar child and it breaks my heart to see Harvey paraded like an exhibit in a freakshow repeating stock phrase ( love you mum being one as if even he has learned to appease her ) for financial gain and to promote her image as mother of the year ! Meanwhile poor Harvey looks bewildered by it all and is exposed to.endless ridicule online. Just awful.

TheMeasure · 19/08/2025 08:09

Oh it’s quite common. If you watch any of her Snapchat or TikTok stuff, he swears like a trooper and she laughs and therefore encourages him. She goes through the motions of pretending she’s shocked but the laughing gives it away. It’s chosen behaviour too, as they refer to “college mode,” meaning he knows he has to not swear when he’s there.
She seems to have had Harvey home with her for a few days recently and she films herself in the car with him. He is in the back seat and she’s been promoting the Cameos and does one there and then for someone called Neil. She is in the reel too (of course she is!).

kerstina · 19/08/2025 08:13

I thought he left her because she was taking illegal drugs. Fair enough but you wouldn’t want your children to be around that would you but they were.

HappySummerDays · 19/08/2025 08:32

I’m surprised that adult services have not stepped in to remove her access to Harvey.
She is abusing him.

Phatgurslyms · 19/08/2025 09:23

nopiesleftinthisvehicle · 18/08/2025 09:29

This is a brilliant post.
Makes complete sense 👏

I dated a man much older than me when I was younger (he was about 17 years older) and I ended up feeling like his mum. There was this childlike quality to him even though he was highly accomplished. It made me wonder at the time if some men who date younger women might be a bit immature.

Relationship dynamics can change and I imagine that a woman like Emily may have more to her than meets the eye. She may be able to run intellectual rings around Andre who always comes cross (in public anyway) as a tad naive and vulnerable.