Peter Andre has seemingly made a dig at his ex-wife Katie Price as he opened up on parenting and the importance of talking to your children in his latest column
Peter Andre has said parents “need to teach children how to swim” when it comes to raising them well. It comes after he became wrapped in a very public feud with ex-wife Katie Price, revealing the court arrangement they had in place over their kids.
The ex-couple, who are parents to Princess and Junior, have been embroiled in bitter conflict over recent months following Katie’s allegations that Peter and his management team were preventing her from being involved in their daughter Princess’s professional opportunities, whilst also claiming the children resided at her property. Peter, 52, hit back with his own statement aimed at “setting the record straight”, in which he maintained that their children have been under his care since 2018.
Writing in his regular New! Magazine column, Peter reflected on Stacey Dooley’s latest documentary featuring Lily Phillips – in which the adult performer’s parents were visibly distressed about her career path. Sharing his perspective on parenting and child-rearing methods, Peter wrote: “There’s been a lot of talk about Stacey Dooley’s documentary, Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, with the adult content creator Lily Phillips, which included an emotional interview with Lily’s parents.”
He continued (as per the Mirror): “It’s easy to express an opinion about someone else’s behaviour, but if you don’t actually know that person or have any knowledge of their experiences or motivations, I think it’s difficult to judge. Being a parent isn’t easy. You can offer advice, but once your kids are adults, they make their own decisions.”
Peter went on to say: “But it’s so important to talk to your kids, especially with the world as it is today. It’s no good building a pool and telling them not to jump in – you need to teach them to swim.”
In addition to Princess and Junior, Peter is also a proud dad to three children with his wife Emily MacDonagh; Theo, Amelia and Arabella. Peter was hitched to telly icon Katie from 2005 until 2009, who recently made several allegations about him on her podcast, The Katie Price Show.
However, in a surprising Instagram post that followed shortly after, Peter fired back: “For 16 years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today.”
He continued: “The latest comments about my children’s welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight. For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood. In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement. I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children.”
He added: “In 2011 and 2015, publicly documented court cases, found my ex-wife had made false claims. She was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise, to me and my management. The same falsehoods are being repeated today.
“Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations I have yet to address. Those will now be dealt with in the coming months.”
In response, a representative for Katie told the Mirror: “Kate is in a much better and clear headspace and is at peace with the situation, this was in the past and she doesn’t feel the need to bring up tit for tat comments, but more importantly she’s dealing with this the right way and it’s now in her lawyers hands. Kate will no longer be gaslight [sic] and bullied as she once was.”
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