Katie Price takes swipe at Gareth Gates during Bradford show on Kerry Katona tour
Price addresses her ex Gareth Gates during a performance in his hometown as her An Evening With tour continues with Kerry Katona
Katie Price fired off a blunt remark about her ex Gareth Gates on Thursday as she performed in Bradford, the singer's hometown, on her An Evening With tour with Kerry Katona. The show, part of a nationwide run, drew attention when a heckler referenced their past romance. The Telegraph & Argus reported that Price answered on stage with a pointed line toward Gates.
Gareth Gates, now 41, was 17 when the two had a brief fling in the early 2000s, a time when Price was six months pregnant with her eldest son Harvey. He has said he was a virgin during that period. Gates initially denied the romance, fearing it would jeopardize his career; he later admitted it in a 2014 appearance on The Big Reunion, explaining he was very young and did not want his family to learn about their sex life.
Price has discussed the fling in other interviews and books. In 2009, on Piers Morgan's Life Stories, she recalled the relationship as gross and disgusting, noting she was young, pregnant, and without a father figure, and that looking back it felt wrong.
In her 2021 memoir Harvey and Me, Price claimed she helped launch Gates's pop career and wrote about pregnancy shoots and a Brit Awards hotel trip. She described some of their encounters as taking place on a sofa at a friend's house to keep the romance out of the spotlight. The two at the time denied a romance, but Gates later confirmed their breakup came via text, leaving Price feeling gutted.
News outlets including Daily Mail covered the Bradford moment, noting the wording of the onstage jab and the ongoing Kerry Katona tour. The public retelling of their early relationship has continued to surface in interviews and in Price's own writing over the years, reflecting a tumultuous chapter in both performers' careers without adding fresh claims about the couple today.