KATIE Price has given an emotional update on eldest son Harvey as she told how he has refused to go back to college.
Harvey, 22, was born with the rare genetic condition Prader-Willi syndrome, and is also autistic and partially blind.
Katie Price has given an emotional update on eldest sob Harvey Price as she told how he refused to go back to college[/caption]
She made her reveal on her podcast, The Katie Price Show[/caption]
Harvey, 22, was born with the rare genetic condition Prader-Willi syndrome, and is also autistic and partially blind[/caption]
Last year, Katie, 46, told how she was “having a nightmare” securing her eldest son another placement at his college.
He was previously accepted into a £350,000-a-year residential college three hours away from Katie’s former Mucky Mansion home in Horsham, West Sussex.
Yet in January, she revealed some happy news about Harvey’s new college place – and told how she would be working as a carer as his new establishment.
Though things don’t appear to be going quite to plan.
She told her sister Sophie on her podcast: “I had Harv all week.
“I was supposed to take him back Monday and he was all ‘urghh no mum I don’t want to’
“So I took him back yesterday, and I said ‘don’t worry I’ll be back next week.’
“Anything to get him in the car to go back so he’s gone back.
“Now I can get some good night’s sleep and it will be tidy in the morning.”
The mum of five then told of the impact of having Harvey at home, especially first thing in the morning.
She told how when he wakes up at around 7am or 8am, “he just comes in sits on the sofa in my bedroom playing nursery rhymes or rollercoasters.”
Just last week, Katie gave a candid take on his educational establishment.
She told how he had returned home from his residential facility – and didn’t want to go back.
Katie Price’s relationship history
We take a look back at the highs and lows of Katie Price’s relationship history.
1996-1998: Katie got engaged to Gladiators star Warren Furman – aka Ace – with a £3,000 ring. But their relationship didn’t make it as far as ‘I do’.
1998-2000: Katie described Dane Bowers as ‘the love of her life’ but she broke up with the singer when he allegedly cheated on her.
2001: Footballer Dwight Yorke is the father of Katie’s eldest child Harvey. He has had very little to do with Harvey throughout his life.
2002: Rebounding from Dwight, Katie famously had one night of passion with Pop Idol star Gareth Gates, allegedly taking his virginity.
2002-2004: Katie was dating Scott Sullivan when she entered the jungle for I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!. He threatened to “punch Peter’s lights out” when chemistry blossomed between her and Peter Andre.
2004-2009: The jungle romance resulted in Katie marrying Aussie pop star Peter. They had two kids, Junior and Princess, before their bitter split in 2009.
2010-2011: Fresh from her break-up with Peter, Katie enjoyed a whirlwind relationship and marriage with cage fighter Alex Reid. They split 20 months after their Las Vegas wedding.
2011: Katie briefly dated model Danny Cipriani… but it ended as quickly as it begun.
2011-2012: They didn’t speak the same language, but Katie got engaged to Argentinian model Leandro Penna in 2011. He later fled home to South America.
2012-2018: Wedding bells rang once more after Katie met Kieran Hayler in 2013. They had two kids together, Jett and Bunny, before their break-up and divorce.
2018-2019: Katie moved on quickly with Kris Boyson. They had an on-off romance for one year and even got engaged. They split for good in 2019.
2019: Katie was linked to Charles Drury during her on-off relationship with Kris. Charles, who also dated Lauren Goodger, has always denied being in “official relationship” with her.
2020-2023: Car salesman Carl Woods took a shining to Katie in 2020. Their relationship was up and down for three years. They broke up for a final time last year.
2024-present: After weeks of rumours, Katie confirmed her relationship with Married At First Sight star JJ Slater in February this year.
In February, Harvey was asked to leave his latest placement, leaving Katie feeling “let down” by the council.
Katie revealed her disappointment when she was told Harvey had been declared “too difficult” to keep his current place.
Katie said: “Harvey is supposed to be moving in four-and-a-half weeks, they’ve changed management and said they won’t be able to cater for Harv, because he’s too difficult.
“So now I’ve got to find another placement for him… so yeah, more drama to deal with.”
Finding the right care for Harvey has been a constant issue for Katie since her eldest reached adulthood.
Last year she had another run-in with a local authority over a place at a specialist college after a report allegedly found Harvey to have “no health issues.”
KATIE’S CARER CAREER
This year, Katie also revealed her dreams of training as paramedic and completing a life coaching course and helping out at Harvey’s care facility.
Back in January, she told sister Sophie she “feels focussed and wants to achieve all my goals this year” as she gushed: “Oh and guess what else I am doing this year?”
Katie told how she would be knuckling down to complete her Life Coaching course and carving out time to start an Access Course to become a Paramedic.
In her candid reveal the star she explained her passions and said: “The life coaching because I love anything about mental health.
“These are things I want to achieve for myself.
“And the Paramedic thing. I will have to do the access course.”
She added: “I’m so good with Harvey and I’ve also applied where Harvey’s going, because he moves back – I’ve found a place for him in March.
“He’s moving 20 minutes from me and they even said there that I’d be an amazing carer.
“So I said I’d be a volunteer once a week to do that.
“I just love helping people and I want to be on the road, or Air Ambulance, it is a long course.”
Katie, 46, told how her eldest stayed at her home longer than planned as he ‘didn’t want’ to go to college[/caption]
In February, Harvey was asked to leave his latest residential placement[/caption]
Katie previously told Sophie on the podcast of her desire to be a paramedic[/caption]
