JANUARY: Botched surgery and a painful allergic reaction
Shock: At the start of the year, Katie emerged with an alarmingly swollen face which she later revealed was the result of botched surgery to achieve a more youthful complexion
At the start of the year, Katie emerged with an alarmingly swollen face which she later revealed was the result of botched surgery to achieve a more youthful complexion.
At the time, she explained: ‘People have surgery to look like me even though my surgery went wrong and I’m getting it sorted on Wednesday’.
She later revealed an allergic reaction to penicillin left her ‘really ill’
FEBRUARY: Speeding fine and trouble with the law
Shocking: Katie lived it up at Cheltenham Races in February, amid her ongoing woes
Her woes only continued the following month when the model was slapped with a six-month driving back after she was caught speeding at 60mph in a 50mph zone. She already had points on her license.
Following the incident, Katie failed to tell police when the speeding ticket arrived and was charged with failing to provide details about the person driving.
She failed to show up at magistrates’ court and was given a six-month ban and a £750 fine.
MARCH: A car jacking and a flop live show
Shocking: The following month, Katie was left ‘traumatised’ after she and two of her children were the victims of a brutal carjacking at the hands of drug-crazed attackers in South Africa
The following month, Katie was left ‘traumatised’ after she and two of her children were the victims of a brutal carjacking at the hands of drug-crazed attackers in South Africa.
She told friends that she feared for the life of her two children, Princess and Junior. All three were thrown out the vehicle by the attackers during their journey from Johannesburg to Swaziland in two people carriers as their mobile phones, laptops, passports and money were all stolen.
On top of her terrifying ordeal, Katie was forced to pull out of a date on her An Audience with Katie Price tour after selling just 23% of tickets. She reportedly pulled out just two days prior to the performance, leaving Brighton’s Theatre Royal to contact ticket holders to claim a refund
APRIL: Her mother’s terminal illness and London Marathon fail
Devastating: Later in the month, Katie intended to raise money for the British Lung Foundation on behalf of her mother Amy. But in unseasonably hot April weather, Katie, who was dressed in a giant lung costume, pulled out with a knee injury some three hours into the 26.2 mile run
Katie revealed her terminally ill mother, Amy, ‘hasn’t got long’ left to live. She admitted her beloved mother ‘could die within a month’ because contracting an innocuous cold could have a fatal outcome for the lung condition she is battling, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Amy was diagnosed with IPF, a rare condition that causes progressive and irreversible scarring of the lungs, in 2017. Speaking in an emotional interview, Katie shared: ‘My mum is dying, it’s that simple. They normally diagnose is three to five years but Mum has already had to change her life.’
Later in the month, Katie intended to raise money for the British Lung Foundation on behalf of her mother Amy.
But in unseasonably hot April weather, Katie, who was dressed in a lung costume, pulled out with an injury some three hours into the 26.2 mile run.
MAY: ANOTHER split from husband Kieran Hayler and the first in a string on toyboy links
Linked: She was later said to have moved on with footballer Shane Duffy (pictured)
Katie split from her philandering husband again which caused her to revert to her wild, party-girl ways after dumping the former stripper for good, following his affair with their nanny last year.
Claiming the on and off pair have finally parted ways for good, a source said: ‘There have been loads of trials and tribulations but it’s finally over.’ She was later said to have moved on with footballer Shane Duffy
JUNE: Toyboy lover, Kieran’s Co-Op lover and Peter Andre’s ‘BAN’ on seeing the kids
Toyboy: Katie’s romance with Kris Boyson, 11 years her junior, first came to light when they enjoyed a holiday together to celebrate her 40th birthday
Katie’s romance with Kris Boyson, 11 years her junior, first came to light when they enjoyed a holiday together to celebrate her 40th birthday. As her romance with the personal trainer heated up it was claimed Kieran had cheated on her with a 19-year-old shop assistant from their local Co-op star.
She was slammed later in the month after riding in a car with their children Jett, four, and Bunny, three, with her youngest son seemingly not wearing a seat belt.
In an Instagram post, the model filmed her two cherubic children in the ‘back of a friend’s car’, but the apparently innocent clip angered many loyal follows, who branded her ‘irresponsible’.
Unsubstantiated claims arose later in the month claiming she had been banned from seeing her children Junior and Princess by their father Peter Andre
JULY: Cocaine admission, TV career in tatters and THOSE saucy photoshoots
Happier times: After she admitted that she took cocaine during the dissolution of her marriage to Kieran, it was claimed that Katie was on the brink of losing her TV career (the couple pictured together in 2015)
After she admitted that she took cocaine during the dissolution of her marriage to Kieran, it was claimed that Katie was on the brink of losing her TV career over the scandal despite sources claiming soon after that she is ‘sorting herself out for the sake of her children’.
A source told the Mirror: ‘Since Katie’s life started to spiral out of control at the beginning of this year, she hasn’t been on mainstream British TV.
Her last appearance on Loose Women was in January and she hasn’t been asked back. Her cocaine admission hasn’t gone down well either. It’s not a good look, especially for someone who was a regular feature on ITV’.
Katie was later hitting headlines when she posed for an array of X-rated shoots during a holiday with Kris
AUGUST: Bankruptcy claims and ANOTHER driving probe
Diminshing: After months of bankruptcy whispers, money worries reports reached fever pitch as it was claimed her personal finances are in tatters, as her once gargantuan earnings are said to have shrunk significantly
After months of bankruptcy whispers, money worry reports reached fever pitch as it was claimed her personal finances are in tatters, as her once gargantuan earnings are said to have shrunk significantly.
Katie was questioned by police after photographs emerged of the business woman behind the steering wheel during her six-month driving ban.
Pictures revealed the mother driving her grey Ford Fiesta home from Gatwick with her youngest kids Jett, aged four, and Bunny, aged three, on Wednesday.
Sussex police confirmed the reality star will be quizzed over the 24-mile journey she made during her six-month driving ban last week in a formal interview.
SEPTEMBER: A split from Kris, a new toyboy beau, her crumbling home and rehab stint for PTSD
New love: After it was revealed she had split from Kris, it was revealed Katie was dating her now-boyfriend, 25-year-old toyboy, businessman Alex Adderson (pictured together last week), after images emerged of the duo in a steamy clinch
After it was revealed she had split from Kris, it was revealed Katie was dating her now-boyfriend, 25-year-old toyboy, businessman Alex Adderson, after images emerged of the duo in a steamy clinch
Elsewhere, images of Katie’s already-decrepit West Sussex mansion in various states of disrepair emerged amid the TV personality’s ongoing financial woes.
Her £2million Horsham home — which she purchased in 2014, shortly after tying the knot with her now estranged husband Kieran Hayler, 31 — was a shadow of its once grand appearance, with an abandoned swimming pool and tired, overgrown facilities proving to be quite the eyesore.
While her abode appears to be crumbling under much neglect, the mother-of-five was reportedly living it up, with The Sun reporting at the time that she’s guzzling £350 bottles of champagne for breakfast with Alex.
It was claimed that the star, whose personal debts stand at over £120,000, with company debts exceptionally exceeding that, is seeing Alex as her financial ‘knight in shining armour’.
Katie was admitted to The Priory rehab facility for treatment for PTSD
OCTOBER: Bizarre breaks from rehab and shock arrest
That was then: Katie was pictured on a number of occasions having taken a break from rehab, including a trip to London’s Annabel’s members club last week (pictured)
Katie was pictured on a number of occasions having taken a break from rehab, firstly when she attended her beautician pal’s wedding.
A representative for Katie told MailOnline: ‘The priory were aware Kate had a wedding to attend for her very close friend before she took the treatment…
‘She went to the church and left the wedding for 4pm. Katie was driving. Her treatment resumes as usual on Monday’
The star’s arrest was the latest shock in a string of scandals.