She’s never done things by halves and, last week, a smitten Jordan took her three-month relationship with toyboy boyfriend Carl Woods to the next level – by moving her belongings into his Essex home and launching a YouTube channel.
In the first episode of the series entitled The Adventures Of Katie And Carl, the ex-Love Island star, 31, agreed to try for a baby with the mum of five, who said she’d liked to have proposed to him.
The show comes just months after her ex-husband, Peter Andre, began his own online reality series, Life With The Andres, with his wife Emily MacDonagh, their kids Amelia, six, and Theo, three, as well as Junior, 15, and Princess, 13, whom he shares with Jordan – real name Katie Price.
Now, insiders say Jordan, 42, is going all-out to rival Pete and aims to become a bigger power couple than him and Emily, with a more popular series.
A source says, “Katie believes it’s the real deal with Carl and that they can be a huge power pair, like Emily and Peter. She’s had to watch them become TV’s golden couple, and now she thinks she’s found the right man, she’s not going to waste any time in being as happy and successful as her ex and his wife.
“It’s all or nothing with her. She wants to knock Pete off his reality show perch with a bigger and better series. That’ll only be the start of her war against him and Emily in the ratings. She’s thinking huge deals, endorsements, and maybe even trying to crack America – she has lots of ideas.”
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CLOSER Katie Price husbands and boyfriends - SLIDER
1 of 21Warren Furman 1997 - 1999
One of Katie's lowest-profile relationships, she was engaged to Gladiators star Ace - real name Warren Furman – from 1997. The 47 year old was engaged to Jordan for two years, presenting her with a £3,500 diamond ring before they split in 1999.
2 of 21Warren Furman
Warren appeared on This Morning last year to speak about "crashing back down to the real world" after Gladiators ended in the late 90s. He is also a born again Christian, and exclusively told Closer, "I feel God is saying to me, 'Warren, Katie might listen'. She's caught up in materialistic things."
3 of 21Dane Bowers 1998 - 2000
Katie began dating Another Level (remember them?) singer Dane Bowers during her Jordan days in 1998. Katie has since spoken about how devasated she was after the pair split in 2000. She even revealed in the CBB house that she nearly committed suicide over it and confessed that Dane was the love of her life.
4 of 21Dane Bowers
After his smash hit 'Out of Your Mind' with Victoria Beckham (who Katie reportedly had a feud with) Dane went a bit quiet on the music scene. Fast forward to 2013 and he reformed with Another Level for The Big Reunion. More recently, Dane has been linked to Love Island star Laura Anderson, who he apparently ended up cheating on. He must have been out of his mind #sorrynotsorry
5 of 21Dwight Yorke 2000 - 2001
Katie dated the former Manchester United and Aston Villa footballer, Dwight Yorke. The pair dated for 18 months and had baby Harveytogether, who was born with autism and blindness.
6 of 21Dwight Yorke
Katie has spoken out many times about Dwight's reluctance to be a part of Harvey's life. She recently revealed that he hasn't seen his teenage son in over 10 years. Dwight has since had a second child with another woman, and he continues to work on international football projects.
7 of 21Gareth Gates 2001 - 2001
Baby face Gareth Gates shot to fame during Pop Idol in 2002. He started dating a pregnant Katie Price when he was 17, and was reportedly a virgin before they met.
8 of 21Gareth Gates
Gareth went on to star in The Big Reunion with another one of Katie's exes, Dane Bowers. Awkward. Katie has also said that she would totally go back 'there' with Gareth. Unfortunately for Katie, West End actor Gareth is now happily in a relationship with Corrie star Faye Brooke. In January 2019 it was reported that the pair were engaged.
9 of 21Matt Peacock 2001 - 2001
Former Corrie heartbreaker Matt Peacock stirred the infamous feud between Katie Price and model Jodie Marsh. He dated Jordan for a few months, then later married Jodie as part of Totally TV show Jodie Marsh: Who Will Take Her Up the Aisle?. They divorced three months later.
10 of 21Matt Peacock
Matt married an actress and model called Rachael in 2016. Bizarrely, his photos have also been used in quite a few catfishing incidents. But Katie recently started following Matt on Instagram - what can this mean?
11 of 21Peter Andre 2004 - 2009
The nation watched Peter Andre fall for Katie's charms on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2004. The pair then starred in a string of reality TV shows documenting their life after a fairytale wedding. They even released an album of duets, which we'd all rather just forget about. Katie and Peter had two children together, Junior and Princess, during their five years of marriage.
12 of 21Peter Andre
Things between Pricey and Peter have soured in the years following their split, after he blasted Katie for her 'wild' behaviour. Peter is now married to Emily MacDonagh, who Junior and Princess see as an older sister figure. Pete also landed himself a role in the next Thomas The Tank Engine film.
13 of 21Alex Reid 2009 - 2011
Katie married cage fighter Alex Reid less than seven months after splitting from Peter Andre. Their wedding was filmed for a TV show, but their marriage only lasted for 11 months. Katie has since admitted that it happened too soon after Peter.
14 of 21Alex Reid
Alex went on the star in Celebrity Big Brother and he continues to fight. He's been married to Nikki Manashe since 2013. Most recently, he has been involved in a sex tape allegation - claiming that Katie showed a group of people a video of him performing a sex act. Will the drama ever end? (We hope not.)
15 of 21Leandro Penna- 2011-2012
Katie got engaged to Leandro after a whirlwind romance shortly after splitting from Alex Reid - despite the couple barely being able to communicate thanks to his limited English and Katie's non-existent Spanish (former model Leandro hails from Argentina). Leo said of their split, "Katie's brain is not wired right, or the wires don't connect properly. I don't know what's wrong with her. I was thinking it over recently and one day decided to pack my bags and leave. There was nothing else I could do. She was driving me insane."
16 of 21Leandro Penna
Since splitting with KP, Leandro has quit fame to return to his native South America and now runs a successful avocado farm and business. Launching in October 2021 he said, "I present my new avocado venture @paltasroyal. Thanks to all the businesses that gave us confidence, to all the avocado-loving customers and to those merchants who have not yet bought them, do not hesitate."
17 of 21Kieran Hayler 2012 - 2018
It looked like Katie had a good thing going with Kieran Hayler and their two kids, Jett and Bunny. But Kieran had to go and ruin it by cheating on Katie with her nanny, two best friends (while she was pregnant), then again with a 19-year-old shop assistant. Katie kept taking him backbut she FINALLY called it quits in May 2018.
18 of 21Kieran Hayler
Kieran is now engaged to Michelle Pentecost, who he met at the school gates, and is a great dad to Jett and Bunny and Michelle's son from a previous relationship.
19 of 21Kris Boyson
Katie started dating personal trainer Kris Boyson within weeks of splitting from Kieran. She celebrated her 40th birthday with him and her family are said to have approved of him. Their relationship lasted a year before split rumours started to circulate, and the pair have been on and off-ing since September 2019.
20 of 21Kris Boyson
Kris is still posting insanely buff topless selfies (keep 'em coming, Kris) and his personal training business is thriving. After his split from Katie, he began dating Katie's former pal Bianca Gascoigne, much to Katie's dismay. The couple moved in together within days due to lockdown but split after nearly a year together, citing their hectic work schedules.
21 of 21Carl Woods - 2020
Could it be fourth time lucky? After months of speculation, Katie and Carl confirmed their engagement in April 2021.
In 2013, Jordan hinted that filming of her show with Pete, Katie & Peter – which launched in 2004 and was a runaway success – caused the breakdown of their marriage in 2009. She said, “When I was married to Pete, I don’t know what I was thinking. Everything we did was documented – every party, every trip, on the telly, in magazines. It isn’t healthy.”
And in February, Jordan’s soon-to-be ex-husband, Kieran Hayler – with whom she shares Jett, seven, and Bunny, six – said, “She always said, if it wasn’t for her celeb lifestyle, the reality shows and stuff, she and Peter probably would’ve lasted.”
Although Pete’s popularity soared after their split – he is a regular face on daytime TV, with his doctor wife Emily also appearing on This Morning and Lorraine – Jordan has failed to replicate the reality TV success, despite attempts with Kieran, Alex Reid and Kris Boyson.
She is currently wheelchair- bound after breaking her feet in July and seeking treatment at The Priory, admitting her mental health has been “badly affected” as she faces not being able to properly walk again for two years. Her accident came after a bad chapter – she’s faced bankruptcy, a broken engagement to Kris, a burglary, a kidnap threat, a driving ban and a battle with drug and alcohol abuse. The star was also left fearing the worst in July following her 18-year-old disabled son Harvey’s ten-day stint in intensive care. And last week, Jordan’s Sussex home, aka the “mucky mansion”, suffered a second fire incident. Emergency services were called after a caretaker reportedly lit a bonfire next to the home.
With a long road to recovery ahead and Carl as her main carer, psychotherapist Noel McDermott believes Jordan’s decision to launch a new reality show isn’t necessarily the best one – and warns it could destroy her relationship.
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He tells Closer, “Making her relationship a public spectacle is the opposite of what she should be doing to nurture it. It becomes about serving other people’s needs and keeping up the drama. She did the same in previous relationships, and unless she changes things, she’ll get the same outcome – another car crash.”
Noel thinks there’s an element of “trying to keep up” with Pete but, ultimately, it’s down to her “destructive internal motivation” to cause drama.
He says, “It’s about getting a buzz, getting attention and being seen. With Pete, he has something to sell, he has success. People are interested. But who wants to watch Katie self-destruct? She’s become disconnected from reality, and I feel, for the sake of her future happiness, she’d do well to step back from the limelight.”
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