Katie Price’s new IVF documentary, Making Babies, has been branded ‘attention seeking dribble’ by her ex-husband Alex Reid’s partner Nikki Manashe.
The Channel 4 show, which was filmed in 2023 before she split with former fiancé Carl Woods, documents her and Carl’s fertility treatment journey as they planned to have another baby.
The former glamour model’s onscreen attempts to have her sixth child was widely criticised by viewers as being ‘inappropriate’, with many noting that it’s offensive to couples facing fertility issues or are struggling with their own IVF journey.
Among those lashing out at the 46-year-old was Alex’s partner Nikki, who reportedly revealed she was ‘sickened’ by the show in a now deleted post, following her own struggles with IVF.
In June 2023, Nikki and Alex welcomed their ‘miracle’ twin boys by caesarean section after a traumatic pregnancy and a gruelling seven-year IVF battle.
Taking aim at the programme, in a post seen by The Sun, Nikki penned: ‘I feel as a IVF blogger I need to express this.
Katie Price ‘s new IVF documentary, Making Babies, has been branded ‘attention seeking dribble’ by her ex-husband Alex Reid ‘s partner Nikki Manashe
Alex’s partner Nikki revealed she was ‘sickened’ by the show in a now deleted post, following her own struggles with IVF
The Channel 4 show, which was filmed in 2023 before she split with former fiancé Carl Woods, documents her and Carl’s fertility treatment journey as they planned to have another baby
‘As a IVF survivor, who’s struggled through many years of grief, mourning the loss of pregnancies, nearly dying from an ectopic pregnancy resulting in my fallopian tubes being removed and the mental struggles like so many others.
‘I am sickened to the core to see such attention seeking dribble on the TV for financial gain and cheap headlines.’
The mum added: ‘I can’t understand how any IVF clinic would ever go ahead with treatment on a person like this.’
Nikki is also reported to have hit out at Channel 4 for airing the show, as she allegedly said ‘shame on you’ to the broadcaster.
Nikki later took to her Instagram with another post addressing the show and told that although she was ‘shocked’, she took down her original post as she let her ’emotions rule my narrative’ amid the anniversary of her mother’s death.
Alongside a snap of Channel 4’s logo, Nikki penned: ‘So today marks 15 years since my mum passed. Emotions have been high. I heard about a tv programme that aired last night and was shocked about the content and context of the programme.
‘My post has now been taken down as it’s not my personality to be drawn into drama. I let my emotions rule my narrative.’
She went on: ‘After struggling for so many years and now reliving it seeing my close friends struggling to conceive and who simply can’t afford IVF after having IUI treatments. All they want is one baby to call their own and to see someone abuse this path for media publicity is so wrong.
The former glamour model’s onscreen attempts to have her sixth child was widely criticised by viewers as being ‘inappropriate’ , with many noting that it’s offensive to couples facing fertility issues or are struggling with their own IVF journey
In June 2023, Nikki and Alex w elcomed their ‘miracle’ twin boys by caesarean section after a traumatic pregnancy and a gruelling seven-year IVF battle
Nikki said: ‘I am sickened to the core to see such attention seeking dribble on the TV for financial gain and cheap headlines’
Nikki later took to her Instagram with another post addressing the show and told that although she was ‘shocked’, she took down her original post as she let her ’emotions rule my narrative’ amid the anniversary of her mother’s death
Nikki’s post garnered plenty of sympathetic messages from her followers, most of whom agreed with her original message and shared their own thoughts about the programme
‘I continue to have my own thoughts on this matter and invite you to all make up your own opinions and draw your own conclusions.’
Nikki’s post garnered plenty of sympathetic messages from her followers, most of whom agreed with her original message and shared their own thoughts about the programme.
It comes after viewers took umbrage at mother-of-five Katie’s plans to expand her brood in her documentary, which aired in two parts this week.
Katie is mum to son Harvey, 22, with former footballer Dwight York, son Junior, 19, daughter Princess, 17, with her first husband Peter Andre, and son Jett, 10, and daughter Bunny, nine, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler.
Meanwhile, some have questioned why the two-part documentary is airing at all considering Katie split from the care salesman in 2023.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, viewers didn’t hold back on their opinions.
They penned: ‘Crikey caught a bit of the Katie Price documentary. I’m angry on behalf of people who want and deserve IVF treatment’
‘Plus Katie Price isn’t even with Carl Woods anymore. Bizarre to show this. Thank goodness the IVF didn’t work because potential names were “Frog” or “Monster”‘
‘@Channel4 You’re disgusting giving rancid Katie Price IVF treatment for viewing figures. Give it to couples who may never get the chance to become parents!’
It comes after viewers took umbrage at mother-of-five Katie’s plans to expand her brood in her documentary, which aired in two parts this week
Katie is mum to son Harvey, 22, with former footballer Dwight York, son Junior, 19, daughter Princess, 17, with her first husband Peter Andre, and son Jett, 10, and daughter Bunny, nine, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler
‘Katie Price desperately wanting to get pregnant to hang on to a younger bloke who doesn’t have children is actually quite sad. He should want to be with her for her. She should be enough’
‘The “Making Babies” docu on @channel4 is an affront to anyone who has undergone fertility issues. C4 willing enablers in the continuing freefall that is Katie Price’s life. IVF clinics willing to take anyone’s money. Thoroughly shameful all-round.’
During the show, Katie was left gutted after being informed that she was heading towards the menopause as she tried for IVF with ex Carl.
The former couple had been trying to fall pregnant for three years, however, they were dealt a crushing blow when a fertility expert told a then 45-year-old Katie that she only had ‘a couple of awake eggs’ and that her body was showing signs of menopause.
Breaking the news to the pair during the first episode on Monday, gynecologist Carole Gilling-Smith informed them that they had ‘less than one percent’ of falling pregnant using Katie’s own eggs, adding that it she was ‘unlikely’ to produce a ‘healthy egg’.
And while the situation was a crushing blow to the then couple, Katie was then seen panicking that Carl would dump her amid the fact that she was facing the menopause ‘within a year or two’ and might not be able to give him a child naturally.
The mother-of-five exclaimed: ‘He probably won’t want to be with me now anyway.’
Speaking to the camera, she added: ‘But I now am paranoid that he won’t want to be with me because he’ll want a kid, and he’d think I’m so much grief that he’d go and get someone younger and set up a family. That’s what I think.’
As Carl slammed her negativity as ‘insanity’, Katie went on to say how ‘paranoid’ she was, remarking: ‘The door is closed on me!’
Meanwhile, Katie was left gutted after being informed that she was heading towards the menopause as she tried for IVF with former fiancé Carl Woods on her documentary, Making Babies
They were dealt a crushing blow when a fertility expert told a then 45-year-old Katie that she only had ‘a couple of awake eggs’ and that her body was showing signs of menopause
Fertility expert Carole then later admitted that the news was a ‘big blow’ for Katie (now 46) as she told how ‘the first sign of ageing is coming from her ovaries’.
She also shared that when women get news such as Katie’s, they often get the feeling that they are no longer attractive.
Despite being given such a low chance of producing a healthy egg, a determined Katie later informed Carole that she wanted to go ahead with the egg retrieval.
The documentary then sees Katie undergo a procedure to retrieve her egg, with the star later delighted when two are collected.
And while at the time the couple were excited at the prospect of having a baby, they went on to split mid-filming, while the IVF was ultimately unsuccessful.