Katie Price has said the constant media coverage about her “fascinates me” and “takes it as a compliment” that people are so invested in her life.<\/p>\n
The former glamour model often hits the headlines, with recent reports focused on her marriage to businessman Lee Andrews, who went “missing” in Dubai earlier this year.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Press Association, Price reflected on the “relentless” press coverage she receives and discussed how it has negatively impacted her mental health in the past.<\/p>\n
She said: “I\u2019m not saying I\u2019ve done things the best way \u2013 how I react to things and things like that \u2013 but I am real.<\/p>\n
“I only started when I was 17. I had no media training and literally just lived my life how I thought to live it.”<\/p>\n
Price has been in the spotlight for three decades, having first risen to fame under her alter ego, Jordan, as a Page 3 girl in 1996.<\/p>\n
She appeared on I\u2019m A Celebrity \u2026 Get Me Out Of Here in 2004, where she met her now ex-husband Peter Andre and has since featured on Celebrity Big Brother and Loose Women, as well as starring in several of her own reality series.<\/p>\n
Price told PA: “My relationship with the press now is\u2026 because everything is on social media, they now have to find stuff for clickbait.<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t remember the last time I bought a newspaper, it\u2019s all online, everything now.”<\/p>\n
The star also said she has followed the shift towards digital media and online content, adding: “I don\u2019t know how I\u2019ve done it, but I have.”<\/p>\n
Price continued: “I used to have such a good relationship with (the media).<\/p>\n
“Then there was a 15-year period where they were just shocking towards me.”<\/p>\n
The model has previously opened up about suffering from major mental breakdowns which resulted in severe depression and said her struggles were exacerbated by constant media scrutiny.<\/p>\n
Price said: “A lot of journalists don\u2019t care, because that\u2019s their job. They can write what they want, go home and have their life.<\/p>\n
“They forget what they write sticks and affects you, affects the family. They were relentless and that didn\u2019t help with my breakdown.”<\/p>\n
She added that she “still loves to work with the media” but enjoys the freedom of choosing the opportunities she wishes to pursue, which she says is “much better”.<\/p>\n
Price, who has been engaged nine times and married four times, has come under the spotlight since tying the knot with her new husband Andrews.<\/p>\n
The star garnered attention last month when she issued a series of appeals on social media asking where Andrews is, saying he went “missing” and she could not contact him.<\/p>\n
Price called the online speculation about her husband\u2019s whereabouts a “media circus”.<\/p>\n
She added: “It just fascinates me where people are so invested still in me and my life. I take it as a compliment.”<\/p>\n
Her latest project sees her headline a new Sky four-part series \u2013 titled Katie Price: Nothing To Hide \u2013 which is said to provide insight into her “turbulent life lived in the public eye”.<\/p>\n
It will be available on Sky and streaming service Now on 8 July.<\/p>\n
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