Peter Andre 'broken over Katie Price lies' but fightback is just 'tip of iceberg'

Daily Mirror

2 days ago

Peter Andre issued a strongly worded statement last week after years of staying silent on his co-parenting with ex-wife Katie Price - and a source has warned it's just the start of things to come
Peter Andre broke his silence on co-parenting his kids with Katie Price last week in a strongly worded statement – which, a source warns, is just 'the tip of the iceberg'.
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The Mysterious Girl singer, 52, came out fighting amid a stream of recent accusations from Katie about their children, Princess, 18, and Junior, 20, after staying virtually silent on the topic since their bitter divorce in 2009.
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In a post on social media, Peter wrote, 'For 16 years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today.'
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A source has claimed Peter has been given 'no choice' but to speak out, saying, 'He's broken and been pushed to the brink. He's had enough of Katie's lies, and has kept a dignified silence for 16 years as he didn't want anything to upset Princess and Junior.
'But she has left him no other choice. His mum is very ill and all of this is so stressful,' they added. 'He just wants this to stop for the sake of his family.'
Peter was responding to Katie's attempts on her podcast to 'clear up' confusion about Princess and Junior's living arrangements. On The Katie Price Show she said, 'Princess lives with me and she stays with her dad. She has been staying at her dad's the past two months because she has been filming her show.'
Just hours later, Peter released his statement – which was 'liked' by his wife of 10 years, Emily MacDonagh. In his statement he said the two children were placed in his care 'for their safety' in 2018.
He wrote, 'The latest comments about my children's welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight. For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care
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in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood. In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement.' He added, 'I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children.'
He went on to state that the courts found Katie 'had made false claims' on two separate occasions, in 2011 and 2015, and that 'she was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise to me and my management'.
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In a parting shot, Peter implied this was just the start of his fight-back, writing that her 'baseless accusations' would be 'dealt with in the coming months'.
Shortly afterwards, Katie's camp released a statement saying the mum-of-five was 'at peace with the situation' and didn't feel the need to bring up 'tit for tat comments'.
'More importantly she's dealing with this the right way and it's now in her lawyer's hands. Kate will no longer be gaslighted and bullied as she once was,' her team said.
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Our source added, 'Kate is saying it's 'tit for tat' since Pete has issued his statement, but for the last few weeks all Katie has done is discuss Pete. Peter is totally fed up and felt he had no choice but to correct things in a statement – but that's the tip of the iceberg.'
The latest drama started when Princess, who turned 18 in June, bagged her own reality show on ITV2, The Princess Diaries. Katie accused Pete's management team, who also manage Princess, of excluding her from the show. She has also claimed that they have banned her from attending Princess' public events.
'I'm not allowed and not welcome,' she claimed recently, adding, 'They won't allow Princess to do photoshoots with me, they won't allow me to go to any events with Princess because they think I am trash, basically.'
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Pete's management firm, The CAN Group, said, 'We would never stop any of our clients seeing their family. It's not something we would get involved with.'
Our source added, 'All Pete wanted was for Princess' show to be a success and for it to be about her. He's only in the show because Princess lives with him and Emily and he wanted to support her.'
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Former Celebrity Big Brother star Katie expressed her concern last week that the situation was having a negative impact on their children, particularly Princess.
'I'm proud of her and I just want to be there with her, because now I feel like I've missed out on so much, and it's so not fair to [make] Princess piggy in the middle,' she said on her podcast. 'So I think it's about time all of us adults just sit down and talk about what their beef is with me and just get over it.'
However, our source said, 'Katie's suggested that they sit down and talk, but years ago Peter tried to do that and she wasn't interested. He's tried so hard in the past and it's never happened.'
When we approached Peter's representative for a comment, they said, 'Peter has released a statement and won't be commenting further at this time.'