Katie Price landed a £45,000 payday for her Channel 4 documentary, and avoided paying a penny for renovations to her ‘Mucky Mansion’, it’s been reported.
The 43-year-old reality TV star’s series will air as planned on Wednesday despite her recent arrest on suspicion of breaching her restraining order, after she allegedly branded her ex-husband Kieran Hayler’s fiancée Michelle Penticost a ‘gutter sl*g’ in ‘abusive messages’.
Despite the multiple renovations that were needed to her West Sussex mansion, Katie paid nothing towards the costs, while receiving a hefty fee for starring in the series.
Cashing in! Katie Price landed a £45,000 payday for her Channel 4 documentary, and avoided paying a penny for renovations to her ‘Mucky Mansion’, it’s been reported
A source told The Sun: ‘Katie hit the jackpot with the show – she got a £45k fee and didn’t have to put any of her own money into the project.
‘The costs are being paid by the production company and she’s landed a lot of freebies from companies who want the exposure of being on her show or her social media.’
A spokesperson for Channel 4 told MailOnline: ‘Production did not pay for the costs of any renovations of the house.’
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Katie Price and Channel 4 for further comment.
Drama: The reality TV star’s series will air as planned on Wednesday despite her recent arrest on suspicion of breaching her restraining order
Katie Price’s alleged payday will no doubt be a welcome boost to her financial woes, after her latest bankruptcy hearing was delayed until February 2022.
In November it was reported that her hearing had been rescheduled, giving her more time to pay back her debts to creditors, after failing to take out an individual voluntary arrangement to pay back £12,000 of her debts.
Katie Price’s Mucky Mansion is set to air its first episode on Channel 4 on Wednesday night, just days after the star was arrested on suspicion of breaching her restraining order after she allegedly branded her ex-husband Kieran Hayler’s fiancée Michelle Penticost a ‘gutter sl*g’ in ‘abusive messages’.
On Tuesday the star released a bizarre social video roasting chestnuts in an attempt to brush off the scandal.
Following her release after a 12-hour interrogation, with officers now examining her phone for evidence, her fiancé Carl Woods was said to be ‘furious and embarrassed’ at her behaviour, but an insider claimed that he has ‘zero intention’ of leaving her.
A source told MailOnline: ‘Katie is teetering on the brink of the biggest crisis in her entire life, but Carl has no plans to walk away. All Carl has done in the past few days is rallied round.’
Nut-ting to see here: On Tuesday the shameless star released a bizarre social video roasting chestnuts in an attempt to brush off the scandal
The insider continued: ‘Carl will be standing by Katie and will wait for her as long as it takes, even if she is jailed.
‘Katie is leaning heavily on Carl who has also been there to support the children at what is a really difficult time.’
Woods could be heard in Price’s bizarre Instagram video on Monday, in which she was filmed roasting a bag of chestnuts on the fire at her £1.35 million ‘mucky mansion.
Despite Price’s carefree attitude, relatives and friends of the star have said her future ‘looks bleak’ as cops probe whether she broke a court order with a foul mouthed message.
Price is also facing a probe into her finances, and how the reality star affords a life of luxury despite being in millions of pounds of debt, after allegedly calling her ex’s fiancée a ‘gutter sl*g’ in texts with the police probing her phone for evidence that could send her to jail.
Loyal: Price’s fiancé Carl Woods was said to be ‘furious and embarrassed’ at her behaviour, but an insider claimed that he has ‘zero intention’ of walking away (pictured in August 2021)
A source claimed there are concerns that Price may not been paying creditors fully, despite raking in heaps of cash from TV and brand deals, the Mirror reports.
They said concerned parties are ‘casting the net far and wide to assess how much money is coming into Katie’s coffers’ and are preparing a dossier of deals Price, who is in £3.2 million of debt, has made recently ahead of a court meeting in February.
The star’s ex-husband and his fiancée were seen picking up their children on Monday as Kieran Hayler, 34, wore a white bobble hat and black gilet as he left the car with his daughter Bunny and son Jett, who he shares with Price.
He was spotted opening the door for his partner Michelle Penticost, 39, as she carried their baby son Apollo Phoenix. Her other son Valentino, who is from a previous relationship, also joined them.
The images follow Price being arrested on Friday on suspicion of breaching her restraining order. She was released after a 12-hour interrogation, though not before officers confiscated her phone.
Struggle: Price’s relatives and friends of the star have said her future ‘looks bleak’ as cops probe whether she broke a court order (pictured with sister Sophie and mother Amy)
Price, who was handed a five-year restraining order forbidding her from contacting Ms Penticost directly or indirectly in 2019 after hurling a ‘tirade of abuse’ at her, could now face up to five years in prison if she is charged and found guilty.
She also dodged a potential jail term today after paying £7,350 of fines she owed for driving offences. Price had been listed to appear at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Monday over non-payment of £7,358 in fines dating back to January 2019.
However, on Monday morning court staff confirmed the fines had been paid and Price was no longer expected in court. She had been issued with a court summons after magistrates heard she had failed to pay back a single penny of her fines.
The Loose Women star was even facing a possible jail sentence for non-payment before paying the fines in full. Price has been banned from driving seven times in the last 10 years for speeding, drink driving and driving while disqualified.
Trouble: Price was handed a five-year restraining order forbidding her from contacting Michelle Penticost (pictured with Kieran Hayler in 2020) directly or indirectly in 2019 after hurling a ‘tirade of abuse’ at her
At her last court hearing the mother-of-five was warned she faced an immediate prison sentence if she stepped out of line. District Judge Amanda Kelly said: ‘If you put a foot wrong in the weeks and months ahead then you will certainly go to prison.’
At the hearing her solicitor, Joe Harrington, Price’s finances were so ‘disorganised and chaotic’ that a £7.50 toll for using the Dart Crossing had escalated into a £1,400 debt due to her failure to deal with it.
A source close to her family told The Sun their fears about the reality star’s future and said that they wanted her to go back into rehab: ‘Katie’s been having a tough time recently and her behaviour in the past couple of weeks has become slightly erratic.
‘She has been lashing out on social media and even had a pop at Peter Andre’s wife Emily MacDonagh and claimed she’d stopped her daughter from visiting her in rehab.
‘Her family wanted her to go back into the Priory for a while to get past her demons as she’s done so well previously when she had been there. However this isn’t something Katie wanted to do.
‘They know how lucky she was that she didn’t go to prison. Her family is distraught. They want to do everything they can to help and protect Katie. But this time if the accusations are correct, she really hasn’t helped herself and the situation is looking bleak.’
Family outing: Hayler, 34, pictured on Monday with his daughter Bunny (far left) and son Jett (second from left), who he shares with Price, his partner Penticost (seen carrying their baby son Apollo Phoenix), 39, next to her other son Valentino (far right), who is from a previous relationship
The reality star posted a defiant message on Instagram on Sunday, saying she ‘still has her sparkle and drive’ after she was released on bail from Worthing police station.
In her Instagram post, Price wrote: ‘I still have my sparkle and drive, looking forward to this week big announcement coming so excited.’
Sussex Police said a woman in her 40s was arrested at a property in Partridge Green, West Sussex at around 12.15am on Friday night. She has been released under investigation.
A spokesman added a report had been made at 5.45pm on Friday in relation to an alleged breach of a restraining order.
Later on Saturday, Price was seen being driven out of Worthing Police station by Woods and has been pictured being driven around again today.
She was seen on the back seat of a Mercedes, with her hand on the headrest, as her fiancé drove the vehicle.
Price, who lives in ‘Mucky Mansion’, is banned from contacting Hayler’s girlfriend Penticost either directly or indirectly under the terms of a five-year restraining order imposed in 2019 after she verbally abused her in a primary school playground.
Price admitted in 2019 to verbally abusing Ms Penticost and her friend Andrea Quigley after young children and a teacher witnessed her hurling a ‘tirade of abuse’ including shouting ‘f****** c***’ multiple times at both women.
According to the Sentencing Council the maximum sentence for breaching the protective order is five years in prison.
Penticost is understood to have contacted Sussex Police on Friday to complain that Price had sent Hayler ‘abusive’ messages aimed at her.
Sources claimed the messages branded Penticost a ‘gutter sl*g’ and a ‘c***ing we piece of s***’, according to The Sun.
They added: ‘The words were absolutely vile.’
Hayler and his fiancée were understood to have been interviewed by police in their home before Price was taken into custody. She has been released under investigation.
Penticost was said to have been left ‘devastated and threatened’ following the alleged messages.
A spokeswoman for Hayler told The Sun: ‘We can confirm that an incident took place on Friday after which Michelle was left distressed by a tirade of abusive insults and threats.’
Price has accused her estranged husband of sexually assaulting a person.
Hayler, a former stripper, angrily denied the ‘false’ allegations’ and vowed to co-operate with police.
‘At 5.45pm on Friday (21 January) police responded to a report that a suspect had breached their restraining order,’ a force spokesman said.
‘Officers arrested a woman in her 40s who has been released under investigation while inquiries continue.’
Hayler’s fiancée Penticost shared a cryptic message on Instagram which read: ‘Normal people don’t go around destroying other human beings.’ She also shared the hashtag ‘restrainingorder’.
Price claims that she went to police before the divorce — but suggests that the alleged victim has now come forward herself.
Sussex Police said Hayler has not been arrested and described the alleged victim as a ‘girl’, who was under the age of 16 in 2016.
The force confirmed that they had received allegations of a sexual assault which they are investigating.
‘No arrest has been made at present. The girl is receiving support from specially trained officers’. Hayler’s spokesman previously told the Mirror: ‘Kieran is absolutely devastated by these untrue allegations and has requested to meet the investigating officer as soon as possible to clear his name.
‘He is certain that these allegations are false and have been fabricated by a third party in an act of revenge.
‘He will fight to clear his name and moreover for those responsible to be brought to justice.’
A source close to Hayler added to The Sun: ‘Police have been in touch with Kieran regarding an allegation from 2016, which is believed to have been made by Katie.
‘Kieran is co-operating and insists he has done nothing wrong — but he’s happy to speak to the cops about it.
‘He just wants to move on from his marriage to Katie.’
Earlier this month, Price claimed that ‘traumatic’ events led to her driving while drunk, banned and high on cocaine and she feels ‘ashamed’ of herself after narrowly avoiding jail last month.
The former glamour model was handed a 16-week suspended sentence and two-year driving ban for flipping her uninsured BMW X5 into a hedge while disqualified and under the influence on a country lane near her home in West Sussex on September 28.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain in her first TV appearance since her sentencing, the mother-of-five insisted that 2022 was going to be a ‘year of no dramas’ and revealed she’s currently doing Dry January (staying sober for the month) to kickstart the year, as she’s ‘not a big drinker anyway’.
Appearing via video link alongside son Harvey, 19, she was probed about nearly ending up in jail for her latest arrest, to which she said: ‘The events were really traumatic.
‘It’s been traumatic after, so I’m not ready to talk about it yet. But what I will say is that I went to the Priory and I’ve made the decision finally to see a therapist every week, forever, to deal with the traumatic events that led me to getting into that car.
‘I’m very good at hiding things but when I’m ready to talk about it then I will come on to talk. There’s reasons why I got in that car and my mental state but when I’m ready I will.
‘I feel ashamed about it all. There are reasons that I am still dealing with now. It’s a new year but I’m still dealing with it, people shouldn’t judge people, there’s always reasons for things.’
Price escaped with a suspended prison sentence because she complied with a requirement to attend the £6,800-a-week rehab centre – despite going out shopping while staying at the facility.
The former glamour model was told by a judge that she deserved to spend Christmas behind bars after committing her ninth motoring offence.
Breach: Messages from Price were alleged to have called Penticost vile names, as seen in mocked-up picture above – breaching the restraining order
Following her court appearance, Price released a statement saying she is ‘incredibly sorry’ and ‘sincerely grateful nobody was hurt’.
Drink-driving campaigners said they were ‘gobsmacked’ by the ‘unbelievable’ sentence, but the judge said Price would avoid going to jail because she completed a stint at celebrity rehab clinic The Priory and stayed out of trouble.
Yet Price has vowed to move on with her life, and looking ahead to the rest of the year, she said on GMB: ‘2022 is my year, 22 is my lucky number. My birthday. The main box on Deal or No Deal. This has to be my year of no dramas.’
Price shares Harvey with Dwight Yorke, Junior, 16, and Princess, 14, with Peter Andre and Jett, eight, and Bunny, seven with Kieran Hayler, yet wants to expand her family.
She added: ‘Babies, marriage, this year I want it all. I’ve definitely found the one in Carl and we will get married.
‘It will be in England, because of the family, my mum is terminally ill and can’t travel. So I’d never get married unless my mum was there.’
Price’s mother Amy was diagnosed with Idopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in 2017. The condition scars the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe – there is currently no cure.
The TV personality also took time out to discuss her new book Harvey And Me, about her eldest child, who has been diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia, diabetes insipidus, ADHD and autism.
Speaking about his recent move to a residential college, Katie explained: ‘A massive change is him being separated. A lot of people in my situation understand the anxiety of being parted. And he’s three hours away now. So I can’t just pop in and see him.
‘But how he’s coped without me – I’m still seeing him every weekend – but it’s a new place, new people and how he fits in with that. It’s challenging, but they’re getting to know Harvey very well. He’s not easy with his complex needs and behaviour.
‘It’s still challenging and we’re still getting used to it.
Pictured: Price was pictured leaving Worthing police station after being interrogated for 12 hours by police officers
Asking Harvey his thoughts on college, the teenager responded: ‘It’s really great and fantastic mummy.’
Price concluded: ‘There’s so much we haven’t covered; I’d love to come in and chat more. But just to let everyone know I am in a good headspace.’
Price’s interview was her first since receiving her suspended prison sentence last month.
The crash happened on September 28, with police arresting Katie on the scene before taking her to hospital.
Tests showed the television personality had 66 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – nearly double the legal limit of 35mcg.
She also tested positive for cocaine on a wipe. An image shared by police from the scene showed a car flipped on its side, and after the crash her family expressed concern for her wellbeing.
Happier times: Police are to question Price’s ex-husband Hayler over historic sexual assault allegations (pictured in 2016)
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