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Katie Price reveals harrowing ordeal with abusive ex who cut up her clothes and left her naked in a phone box
She claimed she's been cheated on in every relationship she's had
KATIE Price has revealed the harrowing abuse she suffered at the hands of a jailbird boyfriend in her teens.
The 46-year-old former glamour model candidly shared difficult moments from her past in a sit down interview with Paul C. Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast.
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In it, she opened up about her first boyfriend, who was 10 years her senior when they began dating shortly after his release from prison.
Katie, who was 15 at the time of the relationship, said her ex was "always p***ed" and recalled losing her her virginity to him on her 16th birthday after they attended an East 17 concert.
Katie's mum Amy did her best to prevent the relationship, but her daughter didn't understand her reasoning at the time.
She explained: "I argued with mum, 'when I'm going out, he's picking me up' and now I look back, thinking my mum was stopping me, she wasn't, she was protecting me.
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“The amount of times my mum had to pick me up, where he'd cut all my clothes off and I was naked in a telephone box, [calling her mum] ‘Mum, he's done it again. Pick me up’."
Despite Amy's best efforts to intervene, it took a long time before Katie could free herself of her abuser.
“Then my mum called Child Protection and the police," said Katie. Then I was training to be a nurse, because that's what I wanted to do, be a registered nurse.
"But before I did the course, I worked in these nursing homes. I was like 16, and they had to call the police on him. These are memories that I've got, a big police van, him kicking off because he thought I fancied a guy that worked there.
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“It took ages to get out of that relationship. It was dreadful. But I was so sucked into like, yeah, he's older with the car. And it was near the end of my school years.”
Katie, who is currently in a relationship with Married At First Sight's JJ Slater, then told how problematic relationships were the norm for her in adulthood.
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She claimed that she'd been cheated on in every relationship she's had and often felt the women her partners had gone with were worse looking than herself which knocked her confidence.
Taking aim at unnamed past partners, she said: "They're always jealous, and then I end up being jealous, and then it's toxic, and then it ends up with gaslighting, narcissist, but that's all I've ever been used to so I've never known what a healthy relationship was, not the one I’m in now but some of my previous former ones there was domestic abuse, gaslighting.”
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Domestic abuse - how to get help
DOMESTIC abuse can affect anyone - including men - and does not always involve physical violence.
Here are some signs that you could be in an abusive relationship:
- Emotional abuse - Including being belittled, blamed for the abuse - gaslighting - being isolated from family and friends, having no control over your finances, what you where and who you speak to
- Threats and intimidation - Some partners might threaten to kill or hurt you, destroy your belongings, stalk or harass you
- Physical abuse - This can range from slapping or hitting to being shoved over, choked or bitten.
- Sexual abuse - Being touched in a way you do not want to be touched, hurt during sex, pressured into sex or forced to have sex when you do not consent.
If any of the above apply to you or a friend, you can call these numbers:
- The Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge on 0808 2000 247 for free at any time, day or night
- Men who are being abused can call Respect Men's Advice Line on 0808 8010 327 or ManKind on 0182 3334 244
- Those who identify as LGBT+ can ring Galop on 0800 999 5428
- If you are in immediate danger or fear for your life, always ring 999
Remember, you are not alone.
1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience domestic abuse over the course of their lifetime.
Every 30 seconds the police receive a call for help relating to domestic abuse.