Junior and Princess Andre broke down in tears during Katie Price's new Sky documentary, speaking openly about the emotional impact of their mother's drug use and the 'lonely' childhood they experienced.
Emotional Revelations in New Documentary
The siblings, aged 21 and 19, appeared in the four-part series 'Katie Price: Nothing To Hide', which explores Katie's career and personal life. They shared painful memories of feeling neglected while their mother struggled with addiction.
Junior recalled a specific incident when he was around 14 or 15: 'I remember missing her so much. This one time in particular, I was in her bed waiting for her to come back, and I woke up probably 3.30am to some loud noises, and I see her come in the room, and I'll never forget the look on her face, she was obviously on stuff, right? I could see it in her eyes, and it scared me, because I've never seen my mum look like that. She's there, but she's not there, you know.'
He added: 'She wasn't in the right headspace, she really wasn't. And she wasn't being a mum, she wasn't being the mum that I knew from when I was a little boy. The amount of love she gave me was so immense that that's what I missed so much. Mum was on drugs, and she could not look after us, and that is the reality of it. She couldn't.'
Leaving an Unhealthy Environment
Junior described making the difficult decision to leave home: 'I clocked on that this was a very unhealthy environment, and I needed to get out. I did leave. I think I was about 14 or 15. Thank God that my dad was stable, because that's the house that I went to and gained my sanity back, you know. While I was wishing and hoping that my mum would come back and turn herself around, it made me feel like I wasn't good enough, because she wasn't fixing herself for me.'
Princess shared her own struggles: 'She'd give me a blanket, and she sprayed all her perfume on it, and that was like that was my, my attachment to mum. So I remember after school I used to go home and just feel so like lonely in a way. I used to just cuddle to the blanket and just cry.'
She added: 'I stayed. I always wanted to be there for her, and I always wanted to show her that, like, she has me, she has us, but she didn't understand that at the time, because she was so hooked up in her own problems.'
Learning to Fend for Themselves
The pair, who broke down in tears during the joint interview, also revealed they had to learn how to look after themselves, including making microwave meals and 'looking after each other'.
In the documentary, Katie Price also addresses her drug use, which began around a decade after her split from Peter Andre in 2009. She said: 'It was the only thing that blocked everything out. It will take out that pain, it will take out any worry, it will take out the noise. When I hear what the kids, how they saw it, it breaks my heart. But they were still always looked after, I still had people around me looking after them, like helping me.'
'Katie Price: Nothing To Hide' is available on Sky and streaming service Now.
