Peter Andre has insisted he just wants his daughter Princess to be happy amid his public feud with her mother Katie Price.
The singer and TV personality, 52, shared a statement accusing his ex-wife, 47, of spreading ‘baseless lies’ about him in a bombshell admission last week.
However at the heart of it all, Peter admitted he just wants his kids – namely Princess – who has just released her own BBC docu-series – to be happy.
Peter proudly lauded his daughter’s ‘early success’ but admitted that while it is all well and good, it is his child’s well-being he is most concerned of.
Writing in his column for new! magazine, he said: ‘I’m extremely proud of Princess and her show. I think she’s absolutely smashed it. She’s come across just how she is and how we know her to be – funny, quirky and kind.
‘The response to The Princess Diaries has been phenomenal. But even though her early success is fantastic, all I really want is for her to be happy.
Peter Andre has insisted he just wants his daughter Princess to be happy amid his public feud with her mother Katie Price
The singer and TV personality, 52, shared a statement accusing his ex-wife, 47, (pictured with Princess) of spreading ‘baseless lies’ about him in a bombshell admission last week
‘Hopefully, she can do season two, three, four – whatever she wants to do – and soar like an eagle because she’s a great kid and I’m so proud of her.’
Peter recently spoke about his daughter’s foray into the TV world for the first time, admitting he was ‘very strict’ about what she could feature in her new show.
She was praised by viewers for her four-part show, where she offered insight into her ‘chaotic’ childhood as the daughter of the Mysterious Girl hitmaker and his ex.
Speaking to Daily Mail ahead of his new Channel 5 series The Sunshine Murders, Peter said he was wary of letting Princess appear on TV before she ‘got to an age where she could do it herself’.
The father-of-five added that he’s found it hard to ‘let go’ of his eldest daughter after she turned 18 earlier this year.
He said: ‘I was very strict about what she wasn’t allowed to, you know, I didn’t want didn’t really want her doing a lot of stuff before she got to the age that she can do it herself.
‘I’m really proud of her. I think she’s a really sweet person and I really hope people see that of her and I just want her to shine and, you know, I want her to just go on and just become her own little true gem.
‘She’s a great girl and I’m proud of her and I’m proud of Junior too. He’s such a good, good kid.’
Peter and his ex-wife Katie are currently locked in a bitter feud after he hit out at her ‘baseless lies over the last 16 years’ in a blistering statement on Thursday
Katie later responded to Peter’s bombshell statement with a bizarre Instagram post about ‘fake Sinners who play the victim’ on Friday
Peter went onto share he’s had to ‘let go of the reins’ as Princess reached adulthood, admitting he was a ‘strict’ parent during their upbringing.
Following his statement last week, Peter and his wife Emily are now reportedly furious by Katie’s ‘disgusting’ swipe at their children in a video shared by her ex-husband Alex Reid.
In the video, Katie makes reference to Peter’s youngest children he shares with Dr Emily, in which she brands them ‘irrelevant’ in front if her then 13-year-old daughter Princess.
The video, believed to have been filmed in 2020, sees Katie telling her daughter: ‘Your dad is going to have to pay the school fees because of my bankruptcy. Does he moan about it? What does Emily say?
‘It’s money that could be spent on her and her kids. They’re not going private, are they, they’re irrelevant. No one even knows who they are.’
And now in the wake of the video’s release, Peter is thought to be horrified by Katie’s words about his kids, while Emily was left ‘stunned’, as a source said of the mother-of-five: ‘It’s a new low.’
An insider told The Sun: ‘Of course the focus has been on the fact Katie is counting cash while claiming to be bankrupt, but Pete has been left horrified by what she said about his family in front of Princess.
‘She would only have been about 13 then – and her mum was talking like that about her own brother and sisters. It’s disgusting. Emily is stunned that anyone could speak about children like that. It’s a new low.’
The source went on to say: ‘Emily’s really hurt by the whole thing. She’s always been classy and taken the high road, but her protective, motherly instincts have taken over and she’s adamant she won’t let her kids be dragged down by Pete’s ex.’
The insider noted that the family do not want Princess, 18, to be pulled into anymore drama, adding that Katie, who claimed to have wanted a peaceful life ‘isn’t leading by example.’
Daily Mail have contacted Emily’s representatives who declined to comment.
Katie responded to Peter‘s bombshell statement with a bizarre Instagram post about ‘fake Sinners who play the victim’ on Friday.
Rumours of a ‘rift’ between Katie and their daughter Princess have been growing in recent weeks after Katie didn’t attend Princess’s 18th birthday party, or appear on the nepo baby‘s fly-on-the-wall ITV television series.
Katie later claimed that it was her daughter’s management who had told her not to appear on the show.
In a lengthy Instagram statement, Katie pleaded ‘I’m trying to be the best I can’ while noting she hasn’t ‘always been the best mother’.
She wrote: ‘Saints and sinners. As we know, in this life we are thought of as Saints and Sinners. I know I will always be a Sinner. That’s fair, I allowed myself to fail into 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, an an untrustworthy partner. I’ve self medicated, been unfaithful, damaged myself and those that I love.
‘I’ve had many reasons – I was sexually abused when younger; I’ve had relationships that have been coercive; and my mental health issues – but I don’t want to make excuses.’
Katie continued: ‘I’ve recognised my issues and worked to put them behind me. Sometimes I tried and failed, sometimes I succeeded.
‘I’ve pulled myself out of 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. Then there are the “Saints”. Some are genuine and some have helped me.
Following his statement last week, Peter and his wife Emily are now reportedly furious by Katie’s ‘disgusting’ swipe at their children in a video shared by her ex-husband Alex Reid
‘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 xxx’
Peter shared his side of the story on Thursday, explaining: ‘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. 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.’
