Katie Price has revealed how her ADHD impacts her in court after failing to turn up to her bankruptcy hearing last month.
The mum-of-five, 45, was absent at a scheduled £760,000 bankruptcy court hearing, having flown overseas for her latest cosmetic procedure.
A warrant has since been issued, with Katie, admitting she’s ‘doing the best she can’ to rectify her financial issues after receiving ‘very clear warnings’ that she needed to attend court.
And now, Katie has lifted the lid on why her ADHD has been affecting her attending court on Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast.
She said: ‘If you look at my school reports, it so makes sense – like, “she’s capable, but easily distracted”, they all says the same. If I knew about ADHD back then, I wouldn’t have been in situations or reacted to things how I did.
Katie Price has revealed how her ADHD impacts her in court after failing to turn up to her bankruptcy hearing last month
A warrant has since been issued, with Katie, admitting she’s ‘doing the best she can’ to rectify her financial issues after receiving ‘very clear warnings’ that she needed to attend court
‘Now I know that if someone texts me something, I would “breathe, breathe, breathe”, and then probably not reply or respond differently.
‘It’s just, you know, times I’ve been in court, I didn’t know how to react to things or situations, but now I understand it.’
Katie revealed she had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 2023 and is receiving therapy to manage the condition.
The TV personality previously said she is learning to understand how the disorder has affected her past behaviour and said it explains why she has never felt that there will be ‘consequences’ for her actions.
The symptoms of ADHD include restlessness and difficulty concentrating, as well as excessive physical moving, talking and acting without thinking.
In May, Katie claimed on her own podcast that she has been signed off from appearing in court for her mental health, after receiving backlash for missing her last bankruptcy hearing to go on holiday to Cyprus.
She had been due to give evidence about her finances at the High Court in May, but at the start of the hearing, lawyers said that she had told them at the last minute she couldn’t attend due to health issues. A judge described this excuse as ‘scanty’.
Katie then jetted off on holiday to Ayia Napa with her MAFS star boyfriend JJ Slater , facing public backlash after being spotted sunbathing together by the pool.
Katie has lifted the lid on why her ADHD has been affecting her attending court on Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast
She said: ‘It’s just, you know, times I’ve been in court, I didn’t know how to react to things or situations, but now I understand it’
The TV personality previously said she is learning to understand how the disorder has affected her past behaviour and said it explains why she has never felt that there will be ‘consequences’ for her actions
Taking to her podcast, The Katie Price Show , Katie hit back and claimed she had been signed off from court because she was ‘mentally not strong enough’.
She said: ‘Everyone is like “oh she’s missed bankruptcy and she’s gone on holiday!” No, let me address it.
‘The court knew that I wasn’t going to my bankruptcy, because mentally – my consultant at The Priory – I’ve been signed off for any kind of activity for court.
‘I’m mentally not strong enough at the moment to stand in court, be cross examined in front of the media and public.’
She went on: ‘I am taking my bankruptcy so serious, like I do everything else. It’s a very serious situation I’m in and it does look like “oh she’s just gone on holiday”.
‘No, my head at the moment needs a break. I had four days in my diary where I was able to go away.
‘When I say I’m not mentally able and stable to stand in court at the moment because I have a lot of things going on behind the scenes I’m dealing with.
‘Hence, I haven’t been on TikTok for months, since December, I’m only doing what my body and brain will let me do at the moment.’
She continued: ‘I am taking the bankruptcy seriously. It’s not like I’ve jetted off on a bloody five star holiday. I’m not in a £760 a night hotel.
‘It’s not my fault that my friend came to this hotel a week before me and told them that I was coming and to look after me. So when I came here they upgraded me for nothing, this holiday was actually a very cheap holiday.’
She had been due to give evidence about her finances at the High Court in May, but at the start of the hearing, lawyers said that she had told them at the last minute she couldn’t attend due to health issues. A judge described this excuse as ‘scanty’
The former glamour model recently went under the knife in Istanbul for her sixth face lift, which cost £10,000
Katie then added that she wouldn’t be going to her next hearing and that she was getting a signed letter to allow her not to appear.
She said: ‘There is another court hearing and I won’t be going to that either. I want everyone to know I’ve had a letter from my trustees.
‘Before I went away on holiday I had an hours conversation with my trustees who handle both of my bankruptcies and explained fully my situation. Since then I’ve had a letter from them and a letter from court.
‘[My consultant] has now given a list of things I need to do to discharge me and suspend me from this which has to be signed off by a lawyer.
‘I’m back today, I have the appointments with my consultant, my therapist and everyone around me who will be signing me off legally.’
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