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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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intrepidgiraffe · 18/08/2025 09:39

@BabyCatFaceit has been well known the children live with him - but the court making an order to that effect due to concerns about the mother wouldn’t have been able to be public.

aCatCalledFawkes · 18/08/2025 09:40

I agree with people who say they are both awful, he's just a bit less awful and the better parent.

I watched a bit of the Princess Diaries last, I turned it off when it got to him. For all of his squeaky clean image, him and his wife obviously want a certain standard of lifestyle. There both heavily invested in there social media accounts, most probably also being paid to be on her show. His wife is definitely earning more than a NHS Dr's salary. Would they actually earn the same amount of money if Princess and Junior didn't feature so heavily in there social media posts or when they are seen out together? Doubtful as who wants to watch just PA and his wife without his famous kids? You don't see the other three children often or when you do there faces are covered up.

I find all the stuff going on very conflicting. Obviously he says he took custody of them for a while but it's clear the kids have a relationship with her, it's unclear as to how much and also they have been regular photos of her and them over the years. Princess says in one interview that she has spent every birthday seeing both her parents - well if KP was so unsafe why was this happening. Regardless there both over 18 now anyway so the court order he posted about no longer exists to say where they live, in to 2019 I believe Junior would of been about 13 yrs so would of had some say as to where he lived and who he saw. Princess is the same age as my daughter by a week and at 11yrs I would very much of struggled to tell her she couldn't see her Dad given its a fully formed relationship.

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 09:41

My opinion on the subject (for what it’s worth) is that Katie is a nice, but severely damaged person who, despite wanting to be, cannot be a stable parent to her children. She just can’t stop herself. I have a friend who was like this. Very lovely, but very damaged, which made her vulnerable and her children more so.

i do not think that Peter is an awful person. I think he is probably not as nice a person as Katie and I think he very much struggled with her behaviour and was ashamed of it. Which lead him to treat her pretty shittily at times when they were together. He’s a bit big headed an has a bit of an overinflated ego, but he is capable of being a stable parent to the children. He and Emily are obviously happy together, however odd that looks from the outside.

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 09:46

intrepidgiraffe · 18/08/2025 09:39

@BabyCatFaceit has been well known the children live with him - but the court making an order to that effect due to concerns about the mother wouldn’t have been able to be public.

I know it's been well known - but she's claimed for years that they live with her. That was a lie, but he could have corrected it without mentioning court proceedings.

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 09:49

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 09:41

My opinion on the subject (for what it’s worth) is that Katie is a nice, but severely damaged person who, despite wanting to be, cannot be a stable parent to her children. She just can’t stop herself. I have a friend who was like this. Very lovely, but very damaged, which made her vulnerable and her children more so.

i do not think that Peter is an awful person. I think he is probably not as nice a person as Katie and I think he very much struggled with her behaviour and was ashamed of it. Which lead him to treat her pretty shittily at times when they were together. He’s a bit big headed an has a bit of an overinflated ego, but he is capable of being a stable parent to the children. He and Emily are obviously happy together, however odd that looks from the outside.

In what way is Katie Price 'nice'?
Animal abuse and neglect
child neglect
dangerous driving whilst under the influence of drugs
cheating
lying
revenge porn
failing to pay creditors including the person she committed revenge porn against who was awarded damages that she never paid, also including a local vet practice and Harvey's former school

What's nice about her?

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 09:49

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 09:41

My opinion on the subject (for what it’s worth) is that Katie is a nice, but severely damaged person who, despite wanting to be, cannot be a stable parent to her children. She just can’t stop herself. I have a friend who was like this. Very lovely, but very damaged, which made her vulnerable and her children more so.

i do not think that Peter is an awful person. I think he is probably not as nice a person as Katie and I think he very much struggled with her behaviour and was ashamed of it. Which lead him to treat her pretty shittily at times when they were together. He’s a bit big headed an has a bit of an overinflated ego, but he is capable of being a stable parent to the children. He and Emily are obviously happy together, however odd that looks from the outside.

In what way is Katie Price 'nice'?
Animal abuse and neglect
child neglect
dangerous driving whilst under the influence of drugs
cheating
lying
revenge porn
failing to pay creditors including the person she committed revenge porn against who was awarded damages that she never paid, also including a local vet practice and Harvey's former school

What's nice about her?

PamIsAVolleyballChamp · 18/08/2025 09:53

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 09:41

My opinion on the subject (for what it’s worth) is that Katie is a nice, but severely damaged person who, despite wanting to be, cannot be a stable parent to her children. She just can’t stop herself. I have a friend who was like this. Very lovely, but very damaged, which made her vulnerable and her children more so.

i do not think that Peter is an awful person. I think he is probably not as nice a person as Katie and I think he very much struggled with her behaviour and was ashamed of it. Which lead him to treat her pretty shittily at times when they were together. He’s a bit big headed an has a bit of an overinflated ego, but he is capable of being a stable parent to the children. He and Emily are obviously happy together, however odd that looks from the outside.

What about her animal abuse/neglect, dangerous and drink driving both on multiple occasions?
What's lovely about that?

aCatCalledFawkes · 18/08/2025 10:02

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 09:46

I know it's been well known - but she's claimed for years that they live with her. That was a lie, but he could have corrected it without mentioning court proceedings.

As someone who has been to court to get a live with order (both my children see their Dads but live with me), saying you have been to court without knowing the details means nothing - I would need to write as an essay to explain the details of my order. I don't believe the courts would of barred from seeing them (which obvs didn't happen), more likely an interim order was made that she had to recover and show acceptable levels of recovery to have them overnight again with him being able to remove them if he thinks its unsafe. The kids are 11&13yrs at the point so the courts would of taken into account that they already have a relationship with her. But also, why has he brought it up now when they are both to old for the court order? I think he said it because it makes him look good but they are of an age now where they can choose where they live.

CalamityGanon · 18/08/2025 10:06

Camille99 · 17/08/2025 23:26

Peter is a horrible man. He knew his current wife Emily since she was a child and then started dating her when she was 18. She was groomed by him.

Rubbish. I’m no fan of either but Emily was a 20 year old medical student when they met and 22 when they started dating. I have no idea if he is abusive to her or what but the insinuation that that he groomed a child which is being perpetuated by certain posters on this thread is fundamentally wrong.

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 10:09

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 09:49

In what way is Katie Price 'nice'?
Animal abuse and neglect
child neglect
dangerous driving whilst under the influence of drugs
cheating
lying
revenge porn
failing to pay creditors including the person she committed revenge porn against who was awarded damages that she never paid, also including a local vet practice and Harvey's former school

What's nice about her?

Can you not separate her inability to function as a normal person because of how damaged she is from her personality? I don’t think she intentionally sets out to be this way, but she can’t stop herself. If you’ve never known someone like this then maybe you don’t get it.

TheMeasure · 18/08/2025 10:11

2dogsandabudgie · 18/08/2025 08:37

BabyCatFace - Unless you've had access to Harvey's medical records how could you know he doesn't have Prader Willi Syndrome.

She posted a letter online from a hospital appointment for him once. (Great safe-guarding there, Katie!) There was a list on there of all his diagnoses and Prader-Willi was not mentioned.

FrenchandSaunders · 18/08/2025 10:13

I'm local to PA /Emily and they are very well liked in the area/school etc.

Coconutter24 · 18/08/2025 10:13

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

Emily does still work for the nhs, their youngest child is 1 so of course she has just taken time out to look after their baby.

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 10:14

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 10:09

Can you not separate her inability to function as a normal person because of how damaged she is from her personality? I don’t think she intentionally sets out to be this way, but she can’t stop herself. If you’ve never known someone like this then maybe you don’t get it.

This makes no sense.
If a person does a huge number of horrible, selfish, cruel things, how are you separating that behaviour from their personality? Nobody makes her behave like this, she's an adult with free will. I don't doubt at all that she has a personality disorder but she's objectively not a 'nice' person.

Overwhelmedandunderfed · 18/08/2025 10:20

RockSok · 18/08/2025 00:23

So the insinuation here is that intelligent people, and/or those with intelligent families, cannot find themselves in abusive relationships? This will have to go down as one of the most bizarre opinions I've encountered on this site.

Let's also not forget that Emily was a teenager when she met Peter.

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This. I’m smart and independent but I have been in an abusive relationship. I also don’t think Emily is overly intelligent, she seems quite ‘simple’ when speaking. I have nothing against her but it would be very hard for someone to be in a relationship with someone whose intellect is drastically different. I think we can all agree Pete is thick as mince. She wouldn’t be able to tolerate that if she were highly intelligent. I respect that she got her doctorate but most of us could learn about very specific things if we applied ourselves and were given the time, money and education to do so.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 18/08/2025 10:21

I agree. Also, he wouldn’t have been allowed to talk about the child arrangements order at all while it applied - he’s done so as soon as they’re both 18. There was a lot of emotionally abuse behaviour from him to her during their reality show. I feel uncomfortable about how much younger dr Emily is too.

aCatCalledFawkes · 18/08/2025 10:30

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 18/08/2025 10:21

I agree. Also, he wouldn’t have been allowed to talk about the child arrangements order at all while it applied - he’s done so as soon as they’re both 18. There was a lot of emotionally abuse behaviour from him to her during their reality show. I feel uncomfortable about how much younger dr Emily is too.

What like a “Happy 18th Birthday Princess” post just after her birthday at the release of her new tv series which he’s also in. Yeah great timing,

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 10:30

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 10:14

This makes no sense.
If a person does a huge number of horrible, selfish, cruel things, how are you separating that behaviour from their personality? Nobody makes her behave like this, she's an adult with free will. I don't doubt at all that she has a personality disorder but she's objectively not a 'nice' person.

You don’t get it, that’s ok. It’s nice that you don’t know people who are as damaged as this.

DeepPanCrispAndEven · 18/08/2025 10:33

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 10:30

You don’t get it, that’s ok. It’s nice that you don’t know people who are as damaged as this.

But that doesn't make her a nice person does it?

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 10:35

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 10:30

You don’t get it, that’s ok. It’s nice that you don’t know people who are as damaged as this.

I do, I absolutely do. I come across people like KP all the time in my line of work. I can try to understand their behaviour, I can try to provide interventions to help them change it, but I don't excuse their behaviour or call them 'nice' when their behaviour causes immense harm to others and is primarily motivated by self interest. There is nothing 'nice' about that.

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 10:35

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/08/2025 10:30

You don’t get it, that’s ok. It’s nice that you don’t know people who are as damaged as this.

I do, I absolutely do. I come across people like KP all the time in my line of work. I can try to understand their behaviour, I can try to provide interventions to help them change it, but I don't excuse their behaviour or call them 'nice' when their behaviour causes immense harm to others and is primarily motivated by self interest. There is nothing 'nice' about that.

2dogsandabudgie · 18/08/2025 10:36

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 09:11

Get on tattle. He has various diagnoses but not that. He also has symptoms that are incompatible with PWS.

If it's on tattle it must be true then. 🙄

BabyCatFace · 18/08/2025 10:41

2dogsandabudgie · 18/08/2025 10:36

If it's on tattle it must be true then. 🙄

The evidence is there, but no matter.

These are the physical attributes of an adult with PWS. Harvey doesn't have them.

  • Short stature (unless treated with growth hormone in childhood)
  • Small hands and feet
  • Almond-shaped eyes, narrow forehead, downturned mouth
  • Hypotonia (low muscle tone, persists into adulthood though often less severe)
  • Scoliosis or kyphosis (spinal curvature)
  • Reduced fertility, underdeveloped sexual characteristics due to hypogonadism
  • Fair skin and light hair in some cases
PamIsAVolleyballChamp · 18/08/2025 10:43

Agree @BabyCatFace @Whataninterestinglookingpotato you seem to be coming across as saying PD = must be a lovely person and everything they do is excusable?

TheMeasure · 18/08/2025 10:44

@2dogsandabudgieYou appear to have missed my post about KP putting a medical letter (from GOSH I think) listing his conditions and where PW was not included.
Nothing to do with Tattle.