Katie Price breaks silence in cryptic post to ex Peter Andre

Katie Price has issued a lengthy statement following her ex-husband Peter Andre's explosive post. The former glamour model, 47, shares two children with the Mysterious Girl singer: Junior, 20, and Princess, 18. The couple separated in 2009 and all contact between then ended as they navigated co-parenting.

This week, tensions between the celebrity parents turned up following a series of claims after Princess launched her own ITV2 reality show. Peter claimed there have been "repeated lies" from Katie and her family, explaining that he chose to stay silent for 16 years. Now, the mother-of-five has issued her own response on Instagram on Friday night (August 15).

She began: "Saints and Sinners. As we know, in this life we are thought of as Saints and Sinners. I know I will always be seen as a Sinner. That's fair, I allowed myself to fall into a reliance on drugs and alcohol.

"At times I was not the mother I should have been while I struggled with mental illness. I have been at times a poor friend, an awful sibling, and an untrustworthy partner. I've self-medicated, been unfaithful, damaged myself and those that I love.

"I've had my reasons - I was sexually abused when younger; had relationships that have been coercive; and my mental health issues - but I don't want to make excuses. I've recognised my issues and worked to put them behind me. Sometimes | tried and failed, sometimes I succeeded.

"I've pulled myself out of a suicidal spiral because I love my children and want to be there for them. I don't pretend to be perfect by any means - but I'm trying to be the best I can." She went on: Then there are the 'Saints'.

"Some are genuine and some have helped me. But some Saints are not who they would have you believe they are. They have a carefully managed image which must be exhausting to maintain.

"Some Saints are fake. They play the victim and to succeed in life they need a villain...or at least a Sinner. Without the Sinner they don't get to be the Saint...

"As a Sinner - I sometimes get bored of these Saints. But maybe I should feel sorry for them, It must be such hard work having to pretend all the time. Anyway, all you Sinners keep your heads up and keep trying to be better. All you Saints, it's ok not to be perfect."

Her lengthy post comes after Peter issued his own statement on Thursday night (August 14). He fumed: "For sixteen years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today.

"The latest comments about my children's welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight. For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood.

"In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement." He went on: "I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children. In 2011 and 2015, publicly documented court cases found my ex-wife had made false claims.

"She was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise to me and my management. The same falsehoods are being repeated today. Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations I have yet to address. Those will now be dealt with in the coming months."

After Peter's post, a spokesperson for Katie told the Express.co.uk: "Kate is in a much better and clear headspace and is at peace with the situation, this was in the past and she doesn't feel the need to bring up tit for tat comments, but more importantly she's dealing with this the right way and it's now in her lawyers hands. Kate will no longer be gaslight and bullied as she once was..."

Princess also addressed her parent's public comments for the first time as she answered a question about their feud on Snapchat. One fan asked her: "Does it affect you even now when your mum and dad don't get on?"

She replied in a video: "To be honest, it doesn't affect me. At the end of the day, they broke up when I was two years old so I don't even have any memory of them being together." Writing on top of the clip, she added: "I love my mum and dad and that's all that matters" which she signed off with three kisses.

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