Katie Price has claimed that her husband Lee Andews is now a ‘missing person’ after allegedly being ‘kidnapped,’ claiming he had ‘ties around his hand’ when she spoke to himDaniel Bird Assistant Celebrity and Entertainment Editor
18:50, 16 May 2026Updated 21:31, 16 May 2026
Katie Price fears Lee Andrews has been kidnapped(Image: Instagram/wesleeeandrews)
Katie Price fears her husband Lee Andrews has been kidnapped. The former model claims that Lee is now a missing person. She later added that when she spoke to Lee, he was allegedly in a van with “ties around his hand”.
Lee was due to fly to the United Kingdom at the start of the week to appear on Good Morning Britain with Katie. However, despite sending a video to Katie and the ITV team saying he was at the airport, Lee never made his flight. During a grilling by Ed Balls and Susanna Reid, Kate claimed that business matters arose, leading to Lee dealing with his work in Dubai, where he lives.
But on Saturday, Katie took to her YouTube channel and said her husband is missing, saying it was a “serious” matter. She said: “I have been forced, I have to say this now, as my sister has been getting emails from the media.
Katie claims she last spoke to Lee on Wednesday night(Image: @wesleeeandrews/Instagram)
During their final call, Lee allegedly told Katie that his hands had been tied and people were ‘coming’ for him(Image: Instagram/wesleeeandrews)
“It was put up on my Instagram that Lee is taking time out from socials because of all the trolling, the media frenzy, the speculation, I put that up.” Kate added: “Because the truth is, Lee has been missing for three days. The last time I heard from Lee was Wednesday night at 10 O’Clock, he was trying to go through the border in Dubai to get on a flight to me.
“Lee was trying to get through the border near Hatta and, oh God, this is so discombobulating. His location went off at 10:03, Wednesday night, that’s the last contact anyone’s had, his family and me. This is the third day now, obviously, he phoned me before the location went off. He’s in the middle of nowhere, obviously, I’m worried.”
Hatta is an enclave in Dubai, located high in the Hajar Mountains, around an hour from central Dubai. Katie went on to say that by Thursday, Lee was radio silent, and her messages were not being delivered. His family also reportedly raised concerns, prompting Katie and Lee’s family to contact the police in Dubai.
Lee claimed that he was travelling to the United Kingdom earlier this week(Image: @wesleeeandrews/instagram)
Katie says that there has been no trace of Lee since Wednesday(Image: @wesleeeandrews/instagram)
“Me and Lee are in constant contact all the time,” she said, adding that it was “worrying” that Lee’s location had been disabled. Katie explained that earlier today, she received a message saying that nobody can trace Lee in Dubai or his last location. “We’re now wondering, as far-fetched as it is, he’s a missing person,” she said, adding: “I don’t know if he’s been kidnapped.” She said that there had been no records of Lee at any prison or police station.
“We’re wondering if he’s been kidnapped; he’s definitely a missing person now,” Katie said, adding that while she wasn’t planning on speaking publicly, she felt compelled to speak out after speculation over whether Lee had been arrested. However, she reiterated that there had been no record of Andrews being detained.
Katie said it was “unsettling” that last she last spoke to Lee, on FaceTime, he had a hood on and informed her that he had been “captured, arrested or whatever,” adding: “He had ties around his hand, not handcuffs, and a hood, and he said ‘Look, they’re coming back for me,’ that is the last FaceTime call I had. Then his phone went dead.”
A heartbroken-looking Katie explained that she was “really worried” as nobody had been able to locate Lee. “The police are helping me in Dubai, so yeah, he’s a missing person as of now,” she said, again stressing that it was “worrying” that she last heard from him saying he had been captured and detained, and his hands were tied together, going on to say that she was “deflated” by the situation.
However, Katie was unsure whether she should fly out to Dubai, as she is being supported by “professionals” to deal with the situation, saying it was “really weird“. In his final call, Katie says Lee “sounded worried” and whispered that people were “coming” for him.
Price stated that there were no records of her husband having been arrested or detained across the entirety of Dubai, adding that it was a “really worrying time” for her. She added that she was confused about why Lee had read some messages she had sent, since his phone was locked.
“I hope we find him soon and have some explanations,” she said, adding: “If he has really been arrested, I just want to know it’s alright and he’s alright and what he’s been arrested for.” Lee had previously been issued a travel ban, preventing him from leaving the United Arab Emirates.
Earlier this week, Katie completely brushed off any concerns about Lee’s travel ban and instead, was hopeful that he will be in the United Kingdom next week. “I just want him here just to visit here and just to shut everyone up that he can get here that’s all,” she said on her podcast.
“So next week when we do the pod we’ll know if he’s come to England or not and see what is said. That’s all we need to say about Lee, there’s nothing really anymore I want to say about Lee. But yes, he’s made me look like a d******* and made himself look like a d*******. I was interrogated, which is fine, anyone can ask me questions, I can only answer the things I know.”
The Mirror has approached the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for comment.
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