Katie Price’s increasingly erratic behaviour has left her friends worried as they fear she’s having a mid-life crisis.
Following a string of surgeries and amid concerns about her recent boozing, 41-year-old Katie reportedly dumped boyfriend Kris Boyson by text earlier this week and flew out to Turkey with rumoured new toyboy Charles Drury.
Those nearest and dearest to her fear she’s ‘hit the self-destruct button’ as her wild behaviour spirals out of control.
“Katie desperately needs help but she’s refusing to listen to those who care about her,” one friend told The Sun.
They continued: “Katie has been behaving more and more erratically over the past few weeks. It's like she's having an early mid-life crisis.
“She’s shutting herself off from those who care about her and it is really worrying to see.”
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Pals of the mum-of-five are thought to be concerned that Kris, who was recently pictured throwing out bin bags full of Katie’s belongings, will no longer be in her life.
“Kris is one of the few people who actually cares for Katie and isn’t afraid to stand up to her. He tells her when she needs to slow down.
“That is probably one of the reasons she has given him the elbow - she didn't want the hassle or the earache,” one friend added.
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It’s thought that Katie met new lover Charles, a 24-year-old builder from Chesterfield, when he worked on her house. The pair then exchanged flirty messages before Katie asked him to join her in Turkey.
However, Katie’s pals are concerned that her new man could be a ‘hanger-on’ and claim to know nothing about him.
While Katie’s split from Kris appears to have come out of the blue, she once admitted she’s “usually got someone on the back burner so I’m not on my own.”
"Katie’s always got a string of men lined up, because she’s so afraid of being alone – she always needs to have the next man ready to go in case of a split,” a source told Closer earlier this month.