Peter Andre has detailed how to deal with 'drama with exes' in his weekly New! Magazine column, just days after his ex Katie Price hit out at his wife Emily MacDonagh.
While reminiscing about their marriage last week, Katie revealed that her and Peter’s kids – particularly daughter Princess – can’t comprehend that they were once a couple because she and Emily are “just so different”.
“I said to her, ‘I was with your dad for six years – trust me, we had a laugh, banter together. We did,” Katie told comedian Katherine Ryan on her podcast, adding, “She can’t believe that whenever he went everywhere or me, we were together with the kids – we’d go as a family. She’s like, ‘Emily doesn’t do all that,’ for Pete.”
While Peter and Emily have remained tight-lipped on the comments made by Katie, he did speak out about Sam Thompson's run-in with his ex Zara McDermott's new boyfriend Louis Tomlinson, giving his advice on exes.
He wrote in his column: "Sam Thompson and Louis Tomlinson were both at Soccer Aid together for an incredible cause. The fact they’ve both been involved with Zara McDermott at some point is secondary for me.
"I think people will always try to make a fuss about dramas with exes, but we don’t know what happened, and having been part of Soccer Aid in the past, I know people just focus on the game and the cause, everything else is left off the pitch. That’s how it should be."
Peter and Katie met in 2004 on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!, marrying the following year before splitting in 2009.
Her remarks about Emily led to a stream of comments on social media, saying that she is envious of Peter’s new life, with one listener noting, “Price is just jealous because Pete and Emily are happy and love their family. She has never let it go and moved on.” Someone else told her to “get a grip and leave them alone”.
Others were more sympathetic, however, with one commenting, “The one who got away. Quite possibly the love of her life.”
Amid the backlash, a source told us that Pete isn’t happy about being dragged into what he considers to be “ancient history” and is desperate for it to stop. “Peter moved on a long time ago and is fed up of her talking about him because it was such a long time ago that they split,” said the source.
“It has a knock-on effect on his family, especially Emily. He knew their marriage was over when they split up 16 years ago and he just wants her to leave it in the past too. He’s very happy with his life.”
