Katie Price has declared Junior and Princess Andre ‘aren’t nepo babies’.
Junior, 19, and Princess, 17, have been in the spotlight since they were born, as the nation followed the former glamour model’s love story with Peter Andre after their stint on I’m A Celebrity.
Princess is on track to become a millionaire before she is 20, having already bagged brand ambassador deals, launched her own jewellery line and made her modelling debut in January, after signing a four-figure deal with PrettyLittleThing.
Junior, meanwhile, followed in his father’s footsteps and signed a record deal with Columbia Records back in 2022.
But Katie has insisted her children’s success is down to them in a new interview on the Netmums Podcast.
Katie Price has declared Junior and Princess Andre ‘aren’t nepo babies’
Junior, 19, and Princess, 17, have been in the spotlight since they were born, after the nation watched the former glamour model’s love story with Peter Andre on I’m A Celebrity
She said: ‘I’m not a pushy parent. I’m like, whatever my kids choose to do is what they choose to do. Now, Junior naturally, is a talented dancer, singer.
‘He got his scholarship at school to do drama, acting, like he’s talented. You can’t make someone be a singer or dancer. You are either naturally or not. So we always knew he would do something like that.’
Katie said Junior ‘doesn’t want to be associated’ with her on his social platforms.
She said: ‘I don’t even think there’s a picture of me and him on it, because he doesn’t want to be associated. He wants to do it himself, wants to credit himself, so he does that.
‘And then with Princess, you can’t deny she’s not pretty girl. So she gets offered all these stuff, no different to anyone else.
‘And again, she doesn’t use us on her page or anything. I don’t go to events with her to be pictured to help her. Same with Junior. Like, they do it all themselves. Yeah, people might say in a headline, it’s their daughter or their son, but you’ve got to give them credit.
‘They’re doing it themselves. Don’t interfere. And I certainly don’t make phone calls to get them jobs, they do it purely on their own, and that’s what they want to do. They’re like, “no, we want to do it ourselves, not have any of your input”.’
Katie and singer Peter Andre,famously met and fell in love in the I’m A Celebrity Jungle 20 years ago, before splitting in 2009 (pictured together in 2006)
Princess and Junior pictured with dad Peter and his wife Emily at the Pride Of Britain Awards last month
Princess also recently denied being a nepo baby as she’s set to become a millionaire before she is 20
Junior, meanwhile, followed in his father’s footsteps and signed a record deal with Columbia Records back in 2022
Elsewhere in the podcast, mother-of-five Katie talked about her desire to have more children.
As well as being proud mum to Junior and Princess, the television personality is also mum to Harvey, 22, from her previous relationship with Dwight Yorke and Bunny, nine, and Jett, 10, from her marriage to Kieran Hayler.
She said: ‘Though I might act young and look younger, my body isn’t. My body’s still 46.
‘Sometimes at night I wake up and my bed is soaking wet, then cold sweats, and I’m like, “what the hell is this going on?2 I still have my periods and that, so maybe I’m pre-menopausal? So I’m at that stage and I do want more kids.’
Katie also spoke about doing IVF during her relationship with Carl Woods.
She said: ‘I didn’t realise until I did the IVF that when you’re born, you’re born with a set of eggs, and every period you have, you know, you get rid of eggs and stuff. So mine are quite old now, so it’s whether it produces a good egg or not.
‘So, I’m at that stage and it’s like, I know I’ve got five kids and people will be like, well, you should be grateful you’ve got five. I am grateful, but I know myself, I want more. And I don’t want to be told by a doctor or something that I can’t have more.
‘So I’m looking into other journeys that if I want more, how I can do that, because I know I’m not done.’
Princess also recently denied being a nepo baby.
She has the same management team as her father, 51, and her older brother Junior, 19.
Princess told The Sun: ‘It honestly doesn’t bother me, because I know that’s not the case. Obviously, it has helped, but if you don’t put the work in yourself, you’re not going to get anywhere. Their experience has helped get me to a certain point, but after that, I work for what I achieve.
‘I’m doing that independently and people now know me as me rather than my parents’ daughter. I know if I hadn’t put in the work, then I probably wouldn’t be where I am.’
Revealing what she has taken from her mum and dad, she said they have advised her to ‘be humble’ and to ‘work hard and aim high’, as she explained that eventually she would love to have her own reality show, following her parents’ ITV franchise Katie & Peter.
Princess also explained her thoughts on getting cosmetic surgery, after Katie underwent her sixth facelift and 17th boob job in the summer.
The teen admitted that she gets compared to her mum a lot, and insisted that while her many procedures hadn’t ‘put her off’, she wanted to steer clear of surgery and ’embrace natural beauty’.
