Katie Price has spoken out following her ex-husband Peter Andre, with whom she shares kids Junior Andre and Princess Andre, having posted a statement criticising her recently
Reality TV star Katie Price has spoken out after her ex-husband Peter Andre issued a statement about her. He criticised her in a lengthy post in which he accused her of making “repeated lies” in the years since they split up.
Katie, 47, and Peter, 52, have been separated since 2009, with the former couple having began their relationship after meeting on I’m A Celebrity in 2004. The exes are parents to kids Junior Andre, 20, and Princess Andre, 18, together.
Peter hit out at Katie in a statement earlier today, in which he accused her of making “repeated lies” and said that he wanted to “set the record straight”. Katie’s team has since reacted to the comments by her ex-husband.
A spokesperson for Katie told the Mirror: “Kate is in a much better and clear headspace and is at peace with the situation, this was in the past and she doesn’t feel the need to bring up tit for tat comments, but more importantly she’s dealing with this the right way and it’s now in her lawyers hands. Kate will no longer be gaslighted and bullied as she once was…”
Peter issued his statement about Katie this evening, writing in a post on Instagram: “For sixteen years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today.
“The latest comments about my children’s welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight. For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood. In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement. I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children.”
He continued: “In 2011 and 2015, publicly documented court cases, found my ex-wife had made false claims. She was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise, to me and my management. The same falsehoods are being repeated today.”
Peter concluded by telling his followers in the statement: “Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations I have yet to address. Those will now be dealt with in the coming months.”
Earlier this month, Katie hit out at her ex-husband and his management the CAN Group, who used to manage her too, amid the release of their daughter’s new show the Princess Diaries. She claimed that she hasn’t been allowed to be involved or help guide Princess in her career. She said that she’s “upset” that her daughter is being managed by Peter’s management, who she claimed consider Katie to be “trash”.
The former glamour model spoke out about the Princess Diaries ahead of its launch on ITV. On her podcast, the Katie Price Show, she told listeners that she’s “very upset” that the CAN Group are managing her daughter Princess’ career.
Katie, who noted that the model is following a similar career path, said: “I have not been allowed to go on any photoshoot, no signings or Superdrug openings or anything like that. Why? Because I’m not allowed and I’m not welcome.”
She also told fans that Princess lives with her. Whilst dismissing rumours of a feud with her, she said: “We get on like best friends, mother and daughter. Princess lives with me and she stays at her dad’s. Now, she’s been staying at her dad’s the past two months because she’s been filming her show.”
The CAN Group later issued a statement. It read: “As a company, our duty of care to our clients is paramount. We would never advise a client on their personal life unless asked and we have never stopped anyone seeing their families.”
More recently, Katie had called for a meeting with Peter and her former management the CAN Group. As previously reported, she said on her podcast: “I feel like I’ve missed out on so much and it’s so not fair to bring Princess as piggy in the middle so I think it’s about time all of us adults just sit down and talk about what their beef is with me and just get over it. Life would be such more at peace.”
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