“Author” and professional celebrity Katie Price has five children ranging in ages from two to fourteen. That’s a lot to keep up with. You need to know their schedules, food preferences, which book series they’re reading, what tv shows each favors, when they were born – it’s tough! During her Liverpool stop on her An Evening with Katie Price Tour, Katie said that sometimes she has trouble keeping track. So, to aid her in keeping it all straight, she relies on Google to tell her when she gave birth to each child.
Speaking at the Hilton Hotel in Liverpool as part of her ‘Evening With Katie Price’ tour on Wednesday, she said: “Sometimes I have to Google their dates of birth but I probably shouldn’t admit that.”
The blonde beauty has never been one to hold back on her words and even admitted that she thinks her eldest son Harvey – who suffers from multiple disabilities including blindness, autism, and ADHD – is “lucky” because he gets everything done for him.
She said: “He gets in the shower, he just stands there and someone washes him. I know he can do it, I’ve seen him, but we do it for him. In a lot of ways he is lucky. Everything will always be done for him, he won’t have to worry about the stress of life. I know he’s got his disabilities but you have to look at it in a positive way.”
Despite the disabilities, Katie insists that Harvey – who she mothered from a relationship with former footballer Dwight Yorke – “isn’t a chore” because she gets a lot of help from her own mother, Amy.
She said: “He’s not a chore, he’s not a pressure. He’s mine and no one will ever take him from me. I am so protective over him. My mum has been a big help but she does my head in. No matter how old you are your mum will come to your house and tell you what to do.”
Question: would this comment cause a stir if it were a father saying this? My husband has no idea when anyone’s birthday is. The only two dates he ever knew were his own birthday and our wedding day. But even those were too much and he combined them. Now he thinks his birthday is in our anniversary’s month. His lack of memory has never bothered me; I jokingly call it job security. But what if the roles were reversed? If I couldn’t fill out a form for my kids without calling my husband, would I be vilified or quirky? That said – Google just celebrated their eighteenth birthday on Tuesday. Honestly, how did we function as a society before it?
Katie’s son Harvey is blind from septo-optic dysplasia and has Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), which is a complex genetic disorder. People with PWS have trouble regulating themselves and therefore must be monitored closely. That is what Katie means when she speaks of everyone doing everything for him. She is currently receiving backlash from her comments on Loose Women about probably not keeping the baby if she had known of his disabilities during her pregnancy. It was part of a discussion about her love for Harvey and how wrong she would have been. But her larger point that you just don’t know how rewarding a situation can be until you are in it is being ignored. There are many reasons to drag Katie but I don’t think her approach to Harvey is one of them.
However, I do understand why it’s hard to take Katie seriously on anything:
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My bio dad has five daughters and he keeps our birthdays and other important family members birthdays written on a piece of paper that he holds in his wallet and then I think he checks it every month! He can’t remember anything!!
I remember watching the show that Katie had with one of her husbands I think when she had Harvey and maybe a little girl? Her hubby was a singer? She seemed cute and funny and then she blew up in so many directions and almost became a caricature of herself. Wish I could remember the show, I think it was on E?
It was about Jordan and Peter Andre, but I don’t remember the name.
That’s sweet though. At least he KNOWS he won’t remember and he doesn’t want to miss any!
The only reason I can stand her is her unconditional love of Harvey. She has always been very protective of him and included him in everything.
My mother totally would have googled our birthdays (and our names during an argument) if she had the technology back then.)
She actually speaks really well about Harvey IMO. I have a kid with special needs and I feel as though she manages to get across how challenging it is as well as showing a lot of love for him.
I always understood her comment about not proceeding with the pregnancy had she known; I think it’s something people sometimes feel, but are glad they didn’t have a choice because special needs kids are rewarding in ways you can’t imagine until you experience it.
Whatever else she does in her life, I think Harvey has had a happy and loving life so far and that’s a great thing.
I agree! I have a special needs child as well. I have let my mind go to the what if scenario before as well. We didn’t know about my son’s disabilities until after birth, if I had known during the pregnancy and had the option to terminate, would I have done it, considered it or continued with the pregnancy? I like to think I would have chosen to continue the pregnancy anyhow. I am so glad that I didn’t know and didn’t have the option because he is an absolute joy and I wish I could have 10 more just like him!
ITA–it’s easy to judge her but she seems to truly love Harvey unconditionally & appreciate his uniqueness. She makes a valid point that when you have a child with special needs it can be a paradox–very challenging yet so rewarding. My youngest son has ASD and it is equal parts difficult and amazing. My heart breaks when he struggles at school or he tells me someone doesn’t want to be his friend. Yet…he has taught me that there is not a “correct” way to experience life and through him I learned to accept & love others just as they are.
I remember birthdays pretty well, especially family ones ( I can go to second cousins, but not further than that) so I find it weird when someone can’t remeber their kids’ birthday. Like, if anything, you should know that.
I like Katie. She’s a hot mess, but she knows it, she embraces it, she doesn’t pretend to be anything else AND she profits from it.
Yeah, lots of people have terrible memories for things like that.
I am so not buying that.
First picture – what are those white things taped to her stomach?
I’m actually impressed Mr. Hecate remembers his wedding anniversary. The best Mr. Fanty does is “definitely June. And it rained the day before.”
I blanked on his birthday during my green card interview. It sucked. Forgetting five children’s birthday seems a little careless, however.
I have one of those brains that once I know someone’s bday I don’t forget, even people I went to school with and haven’t spoken to since. However my sister is the complete opposite even with her own two kids , so at the start of the month I Text with any big ones she has to remember, then give her a weeks reminder to if she hasn’t mentioned what she has brought… it’s a family joke!
As for Katie, you can say a lot about her esp her younger years , but when it comes to being a mother esp to Harvey I can’t fault her one bit, esp when his bio dad did a runner and hasn’t looked back since !
This woman is vile. Biggest famew****. She’s currently with her husband who cheated on her for months with two of her best friends. She only attacked the friends in the media. Her young kids have Instagram accounts, her daughter is often in full makeup. Mess!
She was in the daily fail yesterday talking about how she knocked out a tooth of one of those women, she attacked her when her children were there to see it. I agree she is vile and is selling out her children’s privacy, but her ex is no better on that score.
I am useless with dates. I do remember birthdays, but I forget anniversaries and Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and all the rest of the greetings card opportunities without fail. Also, Easter should not be a moveable feast. It always catches me by surprise.
Katie Price is a most peculiar person – what’s that word Kaiser says nobody likes? Problematic. There are many problematic things about Katie. But you have to give her props for being prepared to stick her neck out with a bit of actual honesty about taboo topics. Such as her honesty about Harvey.
She’s definitely problematic but I think she’s more good than bad overall. I heard a while back she helped with the financing of a special needs facility when Harvey needed help. It wasn’t online gossip, it was local gossip; I used to live in the same area she does.
Her recent interviews are disturbing. Either she has mental health problems or she’s slowing turning into Katie “I’ll say literally anything for attention” Hopkins.
She is completely brain dead and the only reason I have some respect for her is because of her son Harvey.
She would sell her soul for attention and I really fear for her daughter Princess.
My mother cannot remember our names. We all have “alternative” names that tend to come into her head before our real names do. One of my sisters thought her name became with the first syllable of our brother’s name until she got to school and people started calling her by her real name. Mine is the names of two of my aunts combined. When corrected, her response is that we knew who she was talking to. She is completely useless when it comes to naming our cousins and her grandchildren. “That one.” “Aunt Barbara’s daughter, no the other one.”
She writes all birthdays in a date book and checks it constantly.. Otherwise, she would never remember. Of course, we do have to explain who “Justin” actually is when she’s writing out the birthday card.
Katie Price is completely ridiculous but she seems to be wonderful with Harvey. I feel like her daughter is getting pushed into the spotlight though- she’s 9!- which is pretty concerning.
I have five kids between the ages of 10 – 6 and no, I don’t always remember their birthdays. It took me ten years to remember my anniversary. I just blank on dates. That’s why I have google reminders set up.
I have a special place in my heart for Katie. I used to watch her Katie and Peter show and loved it until the very end, where they just got nasty towards one another. Peter is worse than Katie IMO on the fame whoring. He also has married someone considerably younger than him, I believe to make him feel young. it is gross. She looks like his daughter.
As for Katie, I think she has had deep pain within her life which makes her gets loads of plastic surgery and get with men for validation. It is quite sad when you think about it. I hope she leaves her present husband because obviously he isn’t good for her either.
As for her forgetting her children’s birthdays—she is a very busy woman always on the go–I wouldn’t slag her for that one.
My father has no idea how old his children are, let alone when they were born!
My mum mixes up our names all the time. My brother, as the only son, gets called by our dogs’ names LOL
My dad never remembers either. One of the siblings will call to remind him it’s the other’s birthday usually. Although one day he called me on my birthday by accident, another rang 3 days early….. It’s just a running joke now.
I am terrible at remembering birthdays so I have them on my phone calendar.
Missed my Mom’s b day one year WHOA – what a nightmare I felt awful… never again.
Harvey is her joy. She has the funds to make sure he and his siblings are cared for, and shes busy making sure of this. Plus, with her moms help, its a lot that most moms in that situation do not have. She has a “product”, her, and shes going to exploit that for her families well being.
So Im not beefing on her about birthday dates.
What I like about her, is that shes honest and speaks off the cuff.
Im just sad as she ties her star to unworthy men.