He’s got to learn to do things without me’: Katie Price reveals more details about her decision to put son Harvey, 18, into full-time residential care… before confirming plans to have ‘two more’ babies with beau Carl Woods
Katie Price has revealed more about her decision to place her son Harvey in full-time residential care during a live interview with Studio 10 in Australia.
Earlier this month, the British reality star made the ‘heartbreaking’ decision to place the 18-year-old in a residential home three hours from where she lives in order to help him become more self-reliant.
On Tuesday morning’s show, Katie, 42, explained: ‘It’s not because I don’t want to see him, but I have to give him a chance to have an independent life and not let him lead me all the time.’
Heartbreaking: Katie Price has spoken out on her decision to place her son Harvey in full-time residential care, during a live interview with Studio 10 in Australia
Harvey – whose father is retired footballer Dwight Yorke, 49 – is on the autistic spectrum and was born with disabilities including partial blindness, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome, which causes an excessive appetite.
He was also born with septo-optic dysplasia – a condition that means the development of his optic nerve was unpredictable.
Katie added that Harvey will live in the facility until he is 25 while studying at college, and believes the transition will help him to make more friends.
Speaking out: Katie added that Harvey will be heading to college until he is 25, and is expected to stay in residential care throughout his studies. She believes the transition will help Harvey to make more friends in future
Getting help: Katie also believes the move is vital for his well-being, because she can no longer restrain the 6ft2in and 29-stone teen if he has a mood swing – and fears he could be sectioned if she doesn’t act now.
‘So say on weekends, if he’s got friends there and they want to go to the cinema, he might want to do that instead of coming to see me – it just gives him that option,’ she said.
‘He wants me to cuddle him all the time. He’s got to learn to do things without me.’
Katie once again reiterated that she believes the move is vital for his well-being, because she can no longer restrain the 6ft2in and 29-stone teen if he has a mood swing – and fears he could be sectioned if she doesn’t act now.
Weight battle: Harvey was born with multiple disabilities including blindness, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome, which causes an excessive appetite
Family: Katie is also mum to Junior, 15, and Princess, 13, with her ex-husband Peter Andre, 47, and son Jett, seven, and daughter Bunny, six, with former spouse Kieran Hayler, 33
Katie is also mother to Junior, 15, and Princess, 13, with her ex-husband Peter Andre, 47.
She also shares son Jett, seven, and daughter Bunny, six, with former spouse Kieran Hayler, 33.
While on the show, the former glamour model confirmed she’s already trying for another child with her latest boyfriend Carl Woods – and hopes to have a seventh shortly afterwards.
‘I am trying for a baby now, with my boyfriend Carl,’ she grinned.
‘So who knows, this year hopefully I will be pregnant… and hopefully another one after that.’
Smitten: While on the show, the former glamour model confirmed she’s already trying for another child with her boyfriend Carl Woods – and then hopes to have ‘another one after that’