Mum-of-five Katie Price isn’t spending Mother’s Day with her children this year—but there’s a reason.
The reality TV star, 46, is a proud mum to Harvey, 22, whose father is Dwight Yorke, and Junior, 19, and Princess, 17, from her marriage to Peter Andre.
She also shares Jett, 11, and Bunny, 10, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler and has spoken openly about her hopes for having a sixth child via IVF.
However, as she sent a message to her fans, telling them to enjoy the day, Katie revealed that her plans meant she could not be with her kids this Sunday.
‘Happy Mother’s Day, everybody! Enjoy your day. And all you kids, look after your mum today! Spoil her rotten,’ she began.
‘Talking of which, I’m not with my kids today because it’s my first show at panto,’ Katie added.
The former glamour model has been in rehearsals for an Easter pantomime production of Pinocchio. She’ll give a one-night-only performance at the Northwich Memorial Court.
‘But they’ve given me cards and everything they need to do, and I love it. That means a lot,’ she concluded in her video message.
Katie later took to her Insta feed to share sweet snaps of the cards eldest son Harvey had given to her.
Harvey, who is autistic, has vision-impairing septo-optic dysplasia and Prader-Willi syndrome, looked pleased as punch as he held a paper drawing of flowers and flashed a thumbs up for the camera.
He also wrote her a message, describing Katie as the ‘best mummy ever’.
‘Happy Mother’s Day everyone ♥️ love all my babies so much they’re my everything ♥️ [sic]’, Katie’s caption read.
She also took time to wish her own mother, Amy, a happy Mother’s Day. In 2017, the 73-year-old was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Doctors previously told Amy that her life expectancy was up to five years. In November 2022, Amy had a lung transplant.
‘Happy Mother’s Day to my mum who is my absolute world, a true example of a strong women. I love her soooo much. [sic]’, Katie’s post read.
It comes after Katie shared that Amy has sadly lost her independence, as she gave an update on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, which she hosts alongside her sister, Sophie.
Speaking directly to her mum, the I’m A Celeb star began: ‘I do feel for you, mum, because people have to understand what my mum’s gone through.
‘Like, her brain is just so active and still switched on. She can’t do the things that she used to do, which is frustrating for her.’
As Amy prepares to join Katie at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival, she explained: ‘I am a patient person, but when my mother teases me and says, “Let’s go look at the shops in Isle of Wight, shall I take my walker or wheelchair?”, and I’m like, “No, we’re taking your wheelchair because I’m not taking an hour”.’
Amy replied: ‘It’s not doing me any good because I’m meant to walk to help myself.’
In the wake of Amy’s declining health and loss of mobility, Katie recently shared that she felt motivated to give up the ‘horrible’ habit of vaping, having started to fear for her own lung health.
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Meanwhile, the Celebrity Big Brother icon has long been hopeful of expanding her family, having started the IVF process with ex-partner Carl Woods.
However, while documenting the journey for a TV show, Making Babies, she admitted she felt ‘exhausted’ with romance and decided to put the IVF on hold.
Katie is now dating former Married At First Sight star JJ Slater, having got together early last year and sparked both engagement and split rumours on numerous occasions.
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