Katie Price responds to Gareth Gates discovering she didn't plant secret hotel room camera that made their fling public
After decades of finger pointing about who may have strategically planted a secret camera, Katie Price has finally cleared her name.
The former glamour model famously kept her romance with Gareth Gates under wraps when they dated briefly in 2002 - until it suddenly became front page news, that is.
Ahead of the release of a new Sky documentary series which delves into the trials and tribulations of her very public life, Price has told LADbible how it felt to finally be vindicated.
The 48-year-old star is no stranger to sharing the juicy details of her life with the public, as she's fronted more than a dozen reality TV shows and is more than comfortable with cameras following her.
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Next week, a four-part series which analyses Price's most infamous scandals, relationships and personal battles will hit screens, and plenty of ghosts from her past make an appearance.
Katie Price: Nothing to Hide promises to provide viewers with 'extraordinary unseen footage' and 'candid testimony from those closest to Katie'.
You can take a look at the trailer here:
Speaking to LADbible ahead of the debut of the documentary series, Price explained she gave the production team free rein and told them to 'interview whoever they like'.
But she admitted she was 'shocked' to find out that her former flame Gates, who rose to fame on Pop Idol, agreed to sit down to discuss their relationship...and the somewhat bitter way it ended.
In Katie Price: Nothing to Hide, the mother-of-five reflects upon how she spotted the 'Spirit In The Sky' singer on TV and 'really fancied' him, despite him being just 17-years-old at the time.
Price was 23, pregnant with her firstborn son Harvey and fresh out of a relationship with Dwight Yorke. A pal subsequently introduced the pair and they began to meet in secret to avoid their fling hitting the headlines.
Gates tells viewers he thought the model was 'amazing' when he met her and described her as being 'completely different' to her party girl persona that the public got to see when she moonlighted as 'Jordan'.
"She was very soft, I sensed vulnerability – like me – kind, very loving and she was anything but Jordan," the 41-year-old musician said. "I got to know Katie."
Gates explained he was advised to keep his love affair with Price quiet so it wouldn't impact his budding career, but admitted that he 'certainly did love her'.
Price also informs viewers of how her toy boy wasn't 'put off' by her pregnancy, noting that he would 'put his hand on her belly' when they spent time together away from prying eyes.
But shortly after Gates was crowned runner-up of Pop Idol, the pair hit something of a rough patch, as footage of Price leaving the young singer's hotel room was leaked to the press.
Gates said he 'felt sick' when he received a call from his team informing him that their romance was now public knowledge, while stating that his camp informed him that the glamour model was likely behind it.
"That’s hard to take because they see Jordan, and I see Katie," he said. "They see this glamour model, Page 3 girl. I’m sort of young and innocent and they see it as a big conflict."
During his appearance in Katie Price: Nothing to Hide, Gates admitted that he continued to harbour the suspicion that Price set him up long after their romance fizzled out.
However, producers of the Sky series then informed him that they had taken the liberty of contacting the individual who flogged the footage to the press - who confirmed that Price didn't have any involvement.
Gates was visibly shocked by this revelation and said he was 'actually very pleased' know his former lover didn't double cross him.
Speaking to LADbible, Price revealed what she thought of his reaction to finally finding out the truth.
"I was shocked," she said of the fact that Gates had even agreed to appear in the series.
"In this documentary I really did say to them, 'You can go and interview whoever you like'.
"When they told me some of the names that they had interviewed, I'm like, 'What? Are you serious? No way! What did they say about me, what were they like?'"
She reckons that even viewers 'will be surprised' by what Gates had to say about their romance, as she went on: "It was such a big story then, people thought I was lying.
"People know I never lie about anything," she continued. "Never. Because you always get caught out. I don't think people realise really what was going on. I think they'll be pretty shocked with that.
"And when he was told that it was nothing to do with me what happened..."
Price also touched on to the chorus of boos she was met by while strutting out on stage at the 2002 Brit Awards to present a gong - as she memorably walked out and told the crowd: "Never trust a pop idol!"
She added: "I got booed by everyone! I always say it how it is. Whether people like me or hate me. I'm not a vicious person, but what you see is what you get.
"I like to have a laugh, I'm down to earth, I'm like a normal girl that's done good. And I'm still here, 30 years on. I'm still here, still relevant, doing something."
Price said people tuning into the docuseries will be able to 'get to see her from a different side and get to know her in a different way'.
Katie Price: Nothing to Hide, a four-part Sky Original series, will be available on Sky and streaming service NOW on 8 July.
Topics: Katie Price, Documentaries, Celebrity, Originals
Olivia Burke