PETER Andre has finally defended himself after being under fire from Katie Price for 16 years.
They’ve been devoted parents to kids Junior, 20, and Princess, 18, since their split in 2009 but Katie has taken every opportunity to slam her ex.
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Peter finally snapped in a blistering statement on Thursday, following Katie’s latest claims that their kids live with both Pete and her.
In the same podcast, she said she had been frozen out of her daughter Princess’s blossoming career, which includes glam photoshoots, brand deals, and a new ITV reality show titled The Princess Diaries.
Last night, Pete directly addressed her claims and sources tell The Sun he was pushed to the brink.
One said: “Pete had to speak out now because things had just become unbearable.
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“Katie lies and lies about Pete, she talks about him and tells lies about the kids all the time and he was sick of it.
“The fact is, she went on her podcast and said that Princess lived with her and that’s just not true.
“It’s been a really difficult and upsetting time for the family – she’s goading him and constantly speaking about him and none of it is true.”
Sources also noted how Katie booked herself into more face surgery in Turkey on the weekend that Princess’s ITV show launched.
Previously, Katie flew to Ibiza and partied with celebs like Wayne Lineker, Dean Gaffney and Jamie O’Hara, at the same time Princess was making her debut on the Spanish island in a catwalk show.
The source said: “It’s almost like Katie wanted to overshadow Princess’s show and insert herself into the narrative – normally, you’d think a parent would step back and let their child enjoy their moment in the spotlight but Katie couldn’t do that.
“One minute she’s admitting she wanted to film with Princess in Ibiza, then this week she’s saying on her podcast she doesn’t need to be in the show.”
Peter and Katie are doubtless proud of their children’s impressive achievements.
They have been thrust into the spotlight, thanks to their mum and dad being two of the UK’s most well known celebrities.
They’ve capitalised on that schooling, rightly so, with Junior releasing a No1 single and Princess signing a huge beauty deal and launching her own brand.
The source continued: “This should have been a really exciting time for the family, instead it’s overshadowed by Katie’s rants.
“It really affects everyone – it’s hard for Princess as she loves her mum, but it’s just drama and negativity at every turn.”
Over the past year Peter has also been accused by Katie’s fans of being “cruel” and “emotional manipulation” during his marriage to Katie.
TikToks have been doing the rounds showing carefully edited clips from Katie and Peter’s reality shows.
Moments show them snapping at each other, but with Pete coming off worse.
It hasn’t gone unnoticed by Pete who has found that the clips hatefully exclude any context.
Peter Andre’s statement in full
Peter hit back after Katie’s claims on her recent podcast that she was being frozen out of Princess’s career – despite Princess living with her.
Peter wrote 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 silence 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.”
“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.”
“Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations that I have yet to address. Those will be dealt with in the coming months.”
His statement came just hours after Katie claimed that Princess was living with her on her latest podcast.
She said: “I’ve missed out so much with Princess. I haven’t watched the show, but, people have told me how proud I should be of the kids and how they Princess does talk highly of me all the way through it so although I’m not in the show she speaks about me all the time which is really sweet.
“But why wouldn’t she, because she lives with me. And this is another thing I need to clear up, the kids have never lived just with Pete, we’ve shared the kids.”
A source continued: “People online are making heavily edited TikToks using clips from the old reality shows where they take out Katie’s audio so it looks like Pete is being cruel to her.
“If you watch the original show, certain lines have been taken out.
“Things like that where Pete is made to look bad really upset him.”
They continued: “Pete would like nothing more than for Katie to never ever speak about him in public ever again but she won’t stop.
“He’s kept a dignified silence for so long, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns legal as she’s gone too far now. He just wants a harmonious life for his family.”
A rep for Peter tells The Sun: “Peter has issued his statement as he is not prepared for this to go on any longer and it’s affecting his family.”
It comes after Katie’s ex Peter took to social media with a lengthy post in which he accused his ex of saying ‘baseless accusations’ against him, and claimed their children Princess and Junior have been in his care since 2018 ‘for their safety.’
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Following Peter’s surprising words, Katie spoke out in a statement via her rep.
A spokesperson for the mum of five told The Sun: “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…”
PRINCESS RESPONDS
While Princess has spoken out today for the first time about her parents’ long-running feud, hours after her dad Peter released a scathing statement about ex-wife Katie.
The 18-year-old daughter of the former couple took to Snapchat for a candid Q&A with her followers today.
While acknowledging that her mum and dad don’t get on, she made it clear that her love for both parents remains unchanged.
When one fan asked: “Does it affect you even now when your mum and dad don’t get on?”, Princess responded with a short video message.
“To be honest it doesn’t affect me. At the end of the day, they broke up when I was two years old so I don’t even have any memory of them being together,” she said.
Over the top of the clip, Princess wrote: “I love my mum and dad and that’s all that matters.”
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