Peter Andre has finally broken his 16-year silence, unleashing a scathing statement against ex-wife Katie Price as their long-running feud spirals further out of control.
The 52-year-old Mysterious Girl singer took to Instagram to accuse Katie and her family of spreading “repeated lies” for over a decade, saying: “For sixteen years, I have stayed silent out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today.”
Peter said recent comments about his children’s welfare and living arrangements had “compelled” him to set the record straight, revealing for the first time that in 2018, Junior and Princess came to live with him full-time, with a legally binding court order issued in 2019 to protect the arrangement.
He also claimed that in 2011 and 2015, courts had found Katie made false allegations against him, ordering her to pay damages, legal costs, and apologise. “The same falsehoods are being repeated today,” he said, warning that more accusations would be addressed in the coming months.
Katie, 47, hit back through her spokesperson, insisting she is “at peace” and will no longer be “gaslit and bullied” as she once was, adding that the matter is now in her lawyers’ hands.
The war of words reignited after Katie criticised the team behind Princess Andre’s new reality TV series for excluding her, claiming she was even banned from her daughter’s 18th birthday party. She branded the decision “very, very upsetting” and accused Peter’s management – who also manage Princess – of treating her as “trash.”
In the series, Princess spoke openly about the toll of her parents’ divorce and her mother’s highly public relationships, admitting she wished she’d had “a happier childhood” and often resorted to writing her feelings in her phone notes instead of talking.
Katie has publicly urged Peter and his team to “sit down” with her to end the hostilities, saying: “It’s not fair to bring Princess in as piggy in the middle… Life would be so much more at peace.”
Despite insisting she doesn’t need the publicity from appearing in her daughter’s show, Katie said she simply wants to be present at Princess’ photoshoots and signings – just as her own family once supported her.
