{"id":445083,"date":"2026-05-12T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/445083\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:37:18","slug":"katie-price-denies-husband-is-detained-at-airport-as-gmb-call-foreign-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/445083\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Price denies husband is &#8216;detained&#8217; at airport as GMB call Foreign Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Price appeared on Good Morning Britain today solo as her husband Lee Andrews &#8216;missed his flight&#8217; and was unable to attend<\/p>\n<p>09:28, 12 May 2026Updated 12:02, 12 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>GMB: Katie Prices explains why husband missed interview <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie Price denied claims her husband Lee Andrews was detained at the airport in Dubai during a chaotic interview on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Good Morning Britain<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The reality star and former glamour model and Lee were both expected to attend the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">ITV<\/a> breakfast show, hosted by <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/susanna-reid\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Susanna Reid<\/a> and Ed Balls, but when Katie arrive solo she told them Lee had<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/katie-price-husband-lee-andrews-37142559\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> &#8216;missed his flight&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The businessman currently resides in Dubai and has yet to be seen in the UK since his romance with Katie, fuelling speculation of a travel ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An exasperated Susanna Reid told viewers: &#8220;Katie and her husband Lee were booked to appear and up until yesterday that was still the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katie and Susanna speaking on Good Morning Britain\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2_Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-091611.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Katie and Susanna speaking on Good Morning Britain\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Katie and Susanna speaking on Good Morning Britain<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Susanna said the GMB team contacted the Foreign Office yesterday to see if Lee had any travel ban when they were told he&#8217;d be a surprise &#8216;no-show.&#8217; The Foreign Office responded: &#8220;We supported a British man who was detained in the UAE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ed then asked Katie directly if Lee had been arrested. She hit back: &#8220;No, I feel like they just said it to me in there [backstage] so I just said to Lee apparently a British man has been detained, can you confirm its not you?&#8221; and he&#8217;s done a voice note back and said it&#8217;s not him and sent laughing emojis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie claimed Lee was at the airport and had been sending pictures and was on his way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He said &#8216;No, it&#8217;s not me,&#8217; in a voice note. He&#8217;s sent me pictures, he&#8217;s at the airport and on his way,&#8221; insisted Katie. &#8220;He&#8217;s coming over to spend quite a few months now, he&#8217;s sorting out my visa and my international driving license. He had things to do, didn&#8217;t make the flight, because of all his business stuff he has to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katie Price and Lee Andrews\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778596637_810_2_INSTAGRAM.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The pair married earlier this year\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The pair married earlier this year(Image: wesleeeandrew\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Explaining more about their plans to be on the show, Katie said: &#8220;We did the research chat and everything &#8211; but he is at the airport now and he is on his way. He said he&#8217;d even come on a Zoom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When asked if Lee was unreliable, Katie insisted he wasn&#8217;t to her. She told hosts Susanna and Ed to &#8220;interrogate&#8221; her to clear things up. Susanna then said: &#8220;What I love about you Katie is that you&#8217;re very open, but I just wonder if he&#8217;s telling you everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie then added: &#8220;I know no one believes me, your face says it all, [Susanna]. I can&#8217;t keep going to Dubai because I&#8217;ve got work and my kids here. He pays for it anyway but I can&#8217;t keep going to Dubai so he&#8217;s shifting over here. I said &#8216;I keep flying to you, you&#8217;ve got to come to England now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When the Foreign Office was mentioned again, Katie was asked if it &#8220;raised a concern&#8221; for her. She said: &#8220;No you&#8217;ve asked the question to them &#8211; they haven&#8217;t come to you. He wouldn&#8217;t have his phone, he wouldn&#8217;t be at the airport, so it&#8217;s definitely not Lee. I&#8217;ve just had him on FaceTime at the airport; it&#8217;s definitely not Lee. He does a lot of stuff. I know what he does, so I believe it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There is ongoing speculation that Lee is unable to leave the United Arab Emirates city after allegedly forging his ex-girlfriend Dina Taji\u2019s signature to secure a \u00a3200,000 loan \u2013 something he\u2019s strongly denied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking on the ITV breakfast show this morning, she said that Lee is planning to be here for a few months and is now making his way to the UK. He and Katie have denied that he was detained at the airport.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katie appeared on Good Morning Britain today\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-091237.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Katie appeared on Good Morning Britain today\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Katie appeared on Good Morning Britain today<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, Lee did not make it and just seven hours ago was sharing posts about him being there, fully aware he couldn&#8217;t make it. <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">GMB<\/a> were instead forced to share a short clip by Lee as he thanked them for their invite but had to miss out on this occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie had previously <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/katie-price-drops-huge-clue-37029691\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">hinted her partner couldn&#8217;t fly last month<\/a>. Her sister Sophie had asked her sister about the apparent travel ban on their podcast, to which Katie said: &#8220;Do you know what? Everyone has said to me you can get a travel ban over anything in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie and Lee married earlier this year just days after meeting. Despite claims, Katie has insisted she won&#8217;t move to Dubai to live in the \u00a336million home Lee claims he &#8216;bought with cash&#8217;. She said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why people think I&#8217;m moving. My family&#8217;s here. The husband is there, but the husband come here and I can go to Dubai.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie had previously seemed to suggest she was thinking about moving to Dubai on a more permanent basis or at least be travelling there regularly. She explained: &#8220;I\u2019ve got to sort out what I\u2019m going to do with the animals because obviously Lee\u2019s in Dubai and I\u2019m going to keep going to Dubai and back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I\u2019ve got 12 animals in the house. I know I like things excessive like big cars, big boobs, big bum, lots of animals, horses, this, that. I think I need to re-evaluate my life a little bit and just have a little think about everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Like this story? 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