Katie Price's desperate attempts to get her husband Lee Andrews to their joint Good Morning Britain interview last week have been laid bare in a chaotic behind-the-scenes video. The former glamour model, 47, uploaded a YouTube vlog documenting the day that sparked the bizarre and ongoing 'missing husband' saga, amid Lee's current mysterious disappearance.
Lee, 42, was due to travel to the UK to reunite with his wife last Monday but failed to board a flight, later claiming he had 'things to do' but was still on his way. He has repeatedly denied reports of a travel ban. This week, Katie declared Lee missing, five days after last hearing from him, and claimed he was 'detained in a van with his hands tied'. However, fresh reports suggest Lee has not been kidnapped but is squatting in a run-down Dubai villa and 'ghosting' her.
Behind-the-Scenes Footage
In the vlog, Katie is seen preparing in her Sussex kitchen before taking a cab to London for the show. She tells the camera: 'I'm doing Good Morning Britain. Lee was supposed to fly here yesterday as you know. And he hasn't, so he is supposed to be coming today. So the show must go on. GMB still want me on the show, they don't want him via Zoom, so I'm going on my own.'
Insisting he would still travel later, she added: 'Lee didn't get the flight. But he's coming today. People are saying he is on a flight ban. It is what it is. The show must go on. I am going to get interrogated on TV as everyone thinks he's on a flight ban. But I can handle anything. He is at the airport now. But everyone has it in for Lee.'
After the TV appearance, she chats with her mother Amy, who asks why Lee wasn't with her. Katie responds: 'He's at the airport now. Look, if he doesn't come, he is digging a hole for himself. What else can I say. It is what it is, I have to go now bye.'
Ghosted and Missing
A new report claims Katie has been ghosted by Lee and fears she may never hear from him again. He is said to be communicating only with a few trusted contacts via a burner phone, 'frantically planning a route out of this ginormous hole he appears to have buried himself in'. Katie, who married Lee in January after a whirlwind ten-day romance, described their relationship as a 'soap opera' after he went radio silent and failed to travel for GMB.
The Sun reports that the Dubai-based businessman is wanted by Interpol, after Hertfordshire Police escalated a case from a former girlfriend. A heartbroken Katie has reportedly been consulting lawyers. Assistant Editor of The Sun, Clemmie Moodie, claims she too was conned out of £1,000 by Lee. Katie is said to have been shown cheques he supposedly deposited into her account, but the funds never materialised. She was also given a credit card that did not work, which she believed was due to an incorrect pin. Now, Katie is 'horrified' by the allegations and wants to track him down.
Ex-Partners Speak Out
Two of Lee's ex-girlfriends have come forward, urging Katie to 'run for the hills'. Crystal Janke, 40, claims Lee tricked her into handing over £123,000 to invest in his company, promising a 'return of £1 million'. The Texas nurse practitioner says she was scammed, and fears her money was spent on lavish gifts for Alana Percival, 32, whom Lee was simultaneously dating. Alana, who sold a house to Katie 15 years ago and called off their engagement in November, described Lee as 'a liar, a narcissist and a manipulator'. Lee has denied the claims.
On Sunday, it was reported that Lee's family filed a report at the British Embassy in Dubai. Katie said their last conversation was at 10pm on Wednesday as he travelled through the Hatta border, after which his phone went dead. She contacted the 'head of CID in Dubai', who could not locate him but confirmed he was not detained. A source close to Katie said: 'Lee is officially a missing person now. Katie is in constant contact with his family and is desperately worried. She's mortified — she's seen people calling it a stunt, but she's absolutely not.'
On her YouTube channel, Katie said: 'I don't know where to really begin. The truth is, Lee has been missing for three days. The last time I heard from him was Wednesday night at 10pm, he was trying to go through the border in Dubai to get on a flight to me. His location went off at 10.03pm. I've had the head of CID in Dubai trying to track Lee, but no one can find him anywhere. We are wondering if he's been kidnapped.'
The Daily Mail has contacted Lee, Interpol, and Hertfordshire Police for comment. Katie's representative declined to comment.
