Katie Price’s ex-husband Kieran Hayler has spoken about their break-up after her daughter Princess Andre opened up about the former couple’s split on the Princess Diaries
An apology has been issued to Princess Andre by Kieran Hayler following his split from Katie Price. It comes after the teenager said she found it difficult dealing with her mother and stepfather’s separation seven years ago.
Katie, 47, married Kieran, 38, in 2013 but they separated five years later after he cheated on her, including with one of her “best friends”. He was a step-parent to his wife’s eldest three children during the relationship and the former couple, who later finalised their divorce, share two kids.
Princess, 18, spoke about the aftermath of her mother’s break-up from stepfather Kieran on her new reality TV show the Princess Diaries, which launched last week, saying that she found the situation “hard”. It comes after Princess said she was ‘independent’ from her parents as she broke her silence after drama with Katie.
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Kieran, who has said that “nothing ended badly” between himself and his stepchildren, has now spoken to the Daily Mail. Addressing comments made by Princess on the ITV show, he said that the situation makes him “feel so sad”.
He said: “I am as sorry as I can be to Princess witnessing us go through such a horrible separation. Leaving them was one of the hardest things I ever had to do.” Kieran suggested that he “would love to apologise” to her in person.
Further discussing the “difficult” situation following the break-up, Kieran said that he would like to reach out and support Princess. He added that he intends to watch her reality TV show, which launched over the weekend.
Kieran said that the breakdown of a marriage and a parent leaving the house “rocks” the world of any children involved. He said that as much as the split from Katie impacted the adults involved, it “disrupted” and “affected” the kids.
He said that he “made sure” to keep in touch with his stepchildren after the separation but admitted that the bond “disappears over time”. He suggested that he no longer has a role in their lives after being a “massive part” of them once.
Kieran, who said that he believes he was the “best stepfather” that he could have been, expressed regret over his relationship with Katie. He however suggested that some things should be “kept private” from kids.
He said: “I regret the way things happened but at the same time those are issues I never put around the children, they were put around the children by everything becoming so public.” Kieran, who said that he’s “never spoken honestly” in a bid to “protect” the children involved, said that the family weren’t able to “get away from it” and that it often gets “dragged up”.
His comments come after Princess spoke about Katie splitting from Kieran. She said on the launch episode of the Princess Diaries on Sunday: “He was in our lives for like five years so we got really close to him, obviously we loved him.”
She added: “He did a lot of stuff and when they split up everything kind of went downhill. My mum, obviously being heartbroken, didn’t deal with that the best way. She went through a very, very like dark time, which is understandable.”
Princess said: “It was hard for me because I was around adulty things that kids should never see and I think as well when we needed our mum there, she wasn’t emotionally able to be there because she had so much of her own problems going on.” She went on to discuss crying amid press coverage in the aftermath.
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