Katie Price has defiantly stood by her man despite his lies and alleged cons being exposed in recent months – now, she’s revealed what will be her final straw.
The ex-glamour model, 48, married Lee Andrews in Dubai in January, mere days after meeting him and accepting his lavish, rose petal-scattered proposal.
Her family and friends have warned her repeatedly, making it clear that they do not approve of Lee, who has been branded a ‘swindler,’ a ‘liar,’ and a ‘narcissist’ by his ex-girlfriends, who also claim he stole thousands of pounds from them.
So-called multimillionaire Lee has profusely denied any criminal activity, but further suspicions were raised on May 13 when he disappeared, leaving Katie to fear he had been kidnapped.
After weeks of no contact with her fourth hubby (but whose Instagram remained very much active), it emerged that Lee had been arrested and was being held at Dubai’s notorious Al Awir prison.
Earlier this week, Katie flew over from England with hopes of visiting him. While she only got to speak to him on the phone, Katie has now admitted that she’s prepared to walk away from her marriage.
In a new interview with The Sun, the reality TV star explained that she’s had a ‘tough few weeks’, having liaised with authorities in the UAE to try and trace Lee before it came to light that he was behind bars.
‘But I’ve still stayed strong through it all, and I have a smile on my face.
‘So, in this situation, I’m doing what I want to do, and I’m out here in Dubai because I’m here to help Lee.’
She acknowledged that ‘some people might not like [her] choices’, but, in true Pricey style, she’s ‘not living for everyone else’.
‘I know people have been calling me stupid. I see all the trolling; I hear it. I am not stupid.’
Katie went on to say that she has been ‘taking notes’ but she feels ‘protected’ against Lee’s potential scams, due to the ‘nation looking out for [her]’.
Still, she wants answers.
‘I’m not a mug, and when I finally see Lee, I am going to question him. And if the answers I get are not right, that will be it: I’ll be done.
‘That’s it. And I’ll just get on with my life… and not find a man on Instagram and message him.’
Lee must pay a £140,000 fee for his release to be granted, a sum Katie will, thankfully, not cough up herself.
Initially, officials told her that she must pay £6.5k for the authorities to release Lee, heading to the courthouse with two case numbers and with every intention of doing just that. One of his charges is said to relate to a bounced cheque.
However, she was then informed of a third case awaiting a court date, allegedly relating to property. This is the one the self-proclaimed successful CEO must pay six figures for, which is where good Samaritan Katie draws the line.
Also in the interview, Katie reflected on her meeting with Lee’s ex, personal trainer Dina Taji, who had a ‘warning’ for her after he allegedly forged her signature to take out a £200k mortgage in her name.
Upon being reported to the authorities, Lee was arrested and spent time behind bars last autumn. After he was released, he was slapped with the famous travel ban he long denied having… which Katie has now confirmed he does.
Meeting with Dina, Katie said, ‘opened [her] eyes’, having spent six hours examining the evidence she has.
Bewildered and overwhelmed, Katie added that she now ‘needs some time to think’.
‘I still cannot end things with Lee until I’ve spoken to him, but that was a lot.’
The whole saga has been a real whirlwind for Katie’s fans to keep up with, particularly as she has continued professing her love for Lee via social media while inside sources simultaneously claimed she’s looking to move on.
‘Katie is in pieces. To the outside world, she wants to keep up the bravado. But inside, she can’t believe how Lee has made her look,’ one told the Daily Mail recently.
Then, just this weekend, she took to her Insta Story with a snap of her dazzling wedding ring, writing: ‘I love @Leeandrews.’
It seems not even Katie can decide whether she’s staying or going.
But she’s ‘not ignoring’ the obvious, she’s argued, and is open to ‘meeting up’ with Lee’s past partners, such as Alana Percival, who has been very public with her feelings towards Lee and what allegedly went down, should she split from him for good.
Katie added: ‘But right now, I’m sticking up for myself. He’s got a side of the story, so have these women,’ calling it ‘unfair’ to only listen to one version.
‘I cannot just walk away from my marriage without seeing him again. He is, surely, entitled to his say?’
Everything Lee Andrews has been accused of since marrying Katie Price
Misleading claims of being a multi-millionaire business owner
When Katie named Lee as her new partner, he was selling himself as the CEO of Aura Group Future Urban Travel 2027 and an ‘investor in SpaceX Hybrid Fitness’.
His profile, which had 111k followers, was littered with photos of the entrepreneur in the gym and enjoying the high life in Dubai – also appearing to rub shoulders with Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian.
However, it was all later exposed as a farce – with no information about his company on its website, and his snaps with celebrities appearing to also be AI-generated.
Being banned from leaving Dubai
After meeting and marrying her new husband in Dubai, it came time for Katie to fly home to the UK – however her husband was unable to join her.
This was due to the fact that he’d allegedly served time in Dubai’s Al Awir central prison for suspected fraud, for allegedly taking out a £200,000 mortgage in his ex-girlfriend’s name without her knowledge.
The UAW bans people facing criminal investigations from leaving the country, however Lee denied he was unable to return to the UK and said there must be some ‘wrong details’.
However, Katie later confirmed he was subjected to a ban, but didn’t clarify why.
Teasing a fake pregnancy
Just a few weeks into their relationship, both Katie and Lee teased they were expecting a baby. After Katie declared she was ‘having his child’ Lee wrote they were a ‘perfect couple soon to be triple’.
At one point, the mum of five even urged her followers to pay £2.99 to find out the results of a pregnancy test.
Despite the attempts to generate publicity, she then confirmed she was not pregnant.
Scamming a string of women
Days after Katie and Lee tied the knot, two of his exes accused him of being a ‘liar, narcissist and manipulator’.
Two months later, it was then reported he’d been begging women for money weeks before he married Katie.
His ex Alana, then shared a post on Instagram calling him the ‘Tinder Swindler’ and claimed multiple women had contacted her saying he’d tried to scam them out of money too.
‘Ghosting’ his wife
After Lee failed to return to the UK last week, Katie revealed she had concerns he’d been kidnapped and then reported him as a missing person.
However, it was then reported that Lee had actually ‘ghosted’ his wife and was ‘squatting in a slightly run-down villa’ in Dubai and using a burner phone.
The Sun claimed he was ‘frantically planning a route out of this ginormous hole he appears to have buried himself in’.