Junior and Princess Andre, the children of Katie Price and Peter Andre, have broken down in tears in a joint interview for Katie's new Sky documentary series, recalling how her drug use impacted their childhood. The pair, aged 21 and 19, described feeling lonely, unloved, and forced to fend for themselves during the worst period of their mother's life.
Junior Recalls a Frightening Night
In the documentary, titled Katie Price: Nothing to Hide, Junior recounts a specific incident when he was around 14 or 15. He says: "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 I was.. it scared me, because I've never seen my mum look like that. She's there, but she's not there, you know."
He adds: "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 us, and that is the reality of it. She couldn't. And then I got fed up. I clocked on that this was a very unhealthy environment, and I needed to get out."
Junior eventually left to live with his father, Peter Andre, around age 14 or 15. He explains: "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's Loneliness and Coping Mechanism
Princess, who stayed with Katie during that time, shares her own painful memories. According to the Mirror, she says: "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 adds: "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." The siblings say they learned to fend for themselves, making microwave meals and looking after each other.
Katie Opens Up About Her Struggles
In the documentary, Katie reflects on her drug use, saying: "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." Reacting to her children's accounts, she says: "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. But that's not good enough. Kids need their mum, kids need their mum's love, their mum's hugs, and I thought I was giving that, but obviously I wasn't. It must have been horrible for them, horrible for them, and I'm just sorry to them that I put them through that and thought I was doing the best I could with them, but what could I have done? I was unwell. I couldn't even look after myself. I was more than rock bottom. I didn't want to be. I wanted to die. I felt worthless, suicidal thoughts all the time."
Katie recalls a car crash in September 2021 after a night of drugs and drinking, when she felt suicidal. She told her mother she "wanted to be out of it." She says: "I remember when they put me in a cell it was like peace. Peace and quiet. I found that quite comforting. It is quite sad to think that." She credits six weeks in The Priory with saving her life and improving her relationships with Junior and Princess.
Documentary Covers 30-Year Career and Recent Marriage
The four-part Sky Original series covers Katie's entire 30-year career, from her start as a glamour model commanding six-figure fees to her time on I'm A Celebrity, where she met Peter Andre in 2004. It also touches on her current marriage to Dubai businessman Lee Andrews, whom she wed in January after knowing him for just weeks. Junior comments: "This is the most silliest stupidest thing, marrying a guy she doesn't even know. This is my mum, this is what she does."
Katie Price: Nothing to Hide will be available on Sky and streaming service NOW from Wednesday, July 8.
