Lee Andrews was heard offering to send the hosts of Good Morning Britain £10,000 in a voice note sent to the programme as he tried to defend his finances after his wife Katie Price's claims. The former glamour model wed the businessman in January, just days after they met for the first time. She shocked her friends and family when it emerged that she had flown out to Dubai and got engaged to the man she had met on Instagram several days earlier.
Turbulent Six Months of Marriage
Then, in a further surprise, Katie and Lee tied the knot a few days later, before making it legal several days after that. But they have had a turbulent six months of marriage after Lee recently went missing and was discovered to be in prison in Dubai.
At first, Katie claimed that Lee had been kidnapped after she received a string of concerning messages before he was due to board a flight from the United Arab Emirates, where he lives in Dubai. At the time, Lee was heading to the UK as he was due to appear on Good Morning Britain, alongside Katie, for their first joint TV interview in May.
Lee's Voice Note and Claims
Lee was also supposed to be appearing on the show to address claims that he has just £2.22 in his cryptocurrency wallet, despite claiming to be a crypto-multimillionaire. But due to be held in what he called "civil jail", Lee sent the ITV show's team a WhatsApp voice note, in which he claimed his wife "was exposing the wrong amount in the wrong wallet".
"So there's been no wool pulled over anyone's eyes and that should be between husband and wife," he said in the audio message. "I think divorce is probably for the best, she has her points of view and yes we were in love I do believe. I am due out of jail very soon. Unfortunately there's a war going on and things are delayed, you can't get into civil cases you're detained for..."
He went on: "I'll never stop loving Kate, she was a big part of my life. So just to reiterate, I do have the funds in the wallet, she can have my wallet address and I can do any movement in there. I'll even send the hosts £1,000 or £10,000 or whatever they want to show the people that it's mine."
Katie's Response on GMB
Katie joined hosts Ed Balls and Susanna Reid in the studio to respond to Lee's message and give her side, and she said: "I feel like he scammed my heart and stole my trust that I had, and me defending a man constantly because he made me believe that, 'Kate, come on, you know I’m not like this!'"
When asked if she still loved Lee, Katie replied: "I love him, but who is he? I love the man I met, but I just can’t take it. I’m not stupid. I’ve been stupid. Well, obviously, I was stupid to fall for him. Now it’s really sad." She added: "I do believe he did [love me]. I think he's got himself in such a situation… where he copy and pastes what he says to women… I do believe he's fallen for me."
Katie also insisted she had never been interested in Lee for his money. "I've never been with a man with money," she said. "With me, it's never about going with a man with money. I'm self-made, and I have my own money.... He hasn't scammed me for money, but I feel he has scammed me, because he fabricated a person that doesn't exist."
