Katie Price revealed her true feelings about her ex, Gareth Gates, as she performed in the singer’s hometown of Bradford on Thursday.
The former glamour model, 47, was in town with her best pal Kerry Katona, 45, as the pair continued their nationwide An Evening With tour, and when the topic of Gareth came up, Katie didn’t miss a beat in taking a swipe at the singer.
According to the Telegraph & Argus, Katie said: ‘F*** Gareth Gates,’ when heckled over their romance on stage.
Daily Mail has contacted Katie’s representative for comment.
Gareth, now 41, was just 17 when he had a brief fling with Katie in the early Noughties.
And during their fling, Katie was six months pregnant with her eldest son, Harvey, now 23, while Gareth was a virgin.
Katie Price revealed her true feelings about her ex, Gareth Gates, as she performed in the singer’s hometown of Bradford on Thursday (Katie pictured in May)
The former glamour model, 47, was in town with her best pal Kerry Katona, 45, as the pair continued their nationwide An Evening With tour, and when the topic of Gareth came up, Katie didn’t miss a beat in taking a swipe at the singer (Gareth pictured 2019)
The Pop Idol star initially denied the romance as he feared at the time that it would jeopardise his career.
He then later admitted the truth during a 2014 appearance on The Big Reunion, and shared: ‘I denied the whole Jordan thing because I was 17, I didn’t want my family to find out about my sex life.
‘If I hadn’t of lied it wouldn’t have been a big deal, my family, friends and fans wouldn’t have felt as let down, I guess.’
He added: ‘For me, I was very young. I had to say I don’t want to have a long-term relationship at this age, so she sold the story, and I said it was all lies.
‘The only thing I thought in my head to do was to say it never happened. I didn’t tell anyone, my friends or family, so they all backed me.’
It comes after Katie reflected on their brief fling as she appeared on Piers Morgan’s chat show, Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, in 2009.
She told the broadcaster: ‘When I look at it now, it’s gross, disgusting. It’s terrible – I was still young, I was pregnant, I didn’t have the dad about, and I still wanted to be loved. It was wrong when I look back.’
However, in another dig at Gareth, she also took credit for launching his pop career in her 2021 book Harvey and Me.
According to the Telegraph & Argus, Katie said: ‘F*** Gareth Gates,’ when heckled over their romance on stage (pictured 2024)
Gareth, now 41, was just 17 when he had a brief fling with Katie in the early Noughties (Gareth pictured 2002)
During their fling, Katie was six months pregnant with her eldest son, Harvey, now 23, while Gareth was a virgin (Katie and her son Harvey pictured 2016)
Looking back at some of the photoshoots she took part in during her pregnancy, she wrote: ‘I should have thought, “Katie, put it away. You’re pregnant – no one wants you.”
‘But then again, hello Gareth Gates! He wanted a bit of Pricey – even when I was six months pregnant.
‘He denied losing his virginity to me at first, but once he finally admitted it, wasn’t that when his career started? Anyway, swiftly moving on…’
Meanwhile, in her other book titled Being Jordan, Katie revealed that most of their hookups took place on a sofa at a friend’s house, in a bid to keep their fling out of the spotlight.
She also claimed that they booked a hotel together to attend the Brit Awards in London.
During their fling, Katie and Gareth both denied being romantically involved. However, she was left blindsided when the singer broke up with her via text, leaving her feeling ‘gutted’.
She said: ‘I really didn’t need any more rejections in my life. I was with him at an important time in his life, and then suddenly he dumped me.
‘He always said that once he got his record deal, then we might be able to be open about our relationship… But when the deal came through, our relationship was over.’
