Katie Price and her younger boyfriend JJ Slater raised eyebrows when they started dating last year, and they’ve since been plagued by split rumours. Last week, the couple appeared to bury any traces of each other on social media, and many fans were quick to accuse them of “faking” their relationship.
The pair announced their romance in 2024 and from the outside at least, the pair seem to have enjoyed a drama-free courtship. However, the rumour mill went into overdrive last week when they both appeared to reshuffle their Instagram pages and bury the relationship on their respective feeds.
Fans have called their relationship “publicity driven”, with comments like “What a sham” and “I think it’s a fake relationship” written on some of Katie’s most recent Facebook snaps of her and JJ. The rumours and comments are deeply hurtful to the mum of five, our source claims, and have even left her in tears.
“The rumours about Katie’s relationship being a ‘sham’ are really hurtful and she’s shed tears over it,” they said. “She loves JJ and thinks he’s different from her other exes, so she wants a fairytale romance. She’s had a lot of trauma in her life and still carries a lot of it with her.”
The former glamour model, who turns 47 on May 22, also recently shared intimate details about her mental health andpast toxic relationships, and heartbreakingly revealed that while Married At First Sight star JJ has some amazing boyfriend qualities, she still doesn’t feel free or at her “most happiest”.
Speaking about JJ, 31, Katie said: “He’s the most kindest, genuine, easygoing, chilled person. But do I feel my most happiest and do I feel free? No. It’s not a reflection on him, maybe that’s what I need to change for myself.”
Our source claims that Katie’s admission that she still doesn’t feel “happy” speaks volumes, and while her relationship with JJ is genuine, she isn’t able to truly settle into it. “Katie is so used to relationships that are full of drama that she really finds it hard to just be calm and happy with a partner,” they told us.
Katie also admitted on Paul Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast that there were still some incredibly painful things she needed to unpack, including “Being strangled, spat on, my computer being smashed, holes, being punched in the wall, name calling, things like that.”
Another hot topic was her relationship with Peter Andre, 52, which started after their stint on I’m A Celebrity in 2004. Discussing the breakdown of their four-year marriage, which came after the births of their children Junior and Princess Andre, Katie reiterated her claims that she didn’t want the relationship to end, and it was Peter’s suspicions about her cheating that drove them to split.
