Okay, so we know we’ve all been a bit harsh on Katie Price recently, but it seems that she’s hoping to gain back some of our sympathy by speaking for the first time about how she was raped.
Katie, who has found it hard to cope with the media backlash surrounding her new relationship with Alex Reid, agreed to discuss the shocking event after she defended her lover’s appearance in a sexually explicit gangster film.
Her new boyfriend was criticised for his role in the forthcoming gangster movie, Killer Bitch, which sees him throttle and rape a girl, and in a bid to defend her man, Katie decided to speak to OK! about her past experiences.
She told the publication: “Rape is a subject very close to my own heart. I was raped when I was younger, more than once. Needless to say, I’d never be associated with anything or anyone so sick.
“I’ve never talked about this, but I feel I have to because I was so hurt by these accusations that I would not take seriously a subject which affects so many women. I urge any woman who has been affected by rape and needs help to talk to somebody they trust about it.
“I was appalled by the headlines claiming he’s taken part in something which glorifies rape. This is completely untrue. He’s acting. He didn’t have sex. He had his pants on. Someone who was close to Alex was also raped and he is as horrified as I am by these claims.”
However, mirroring her recent behaviour towards estranged husband Peter Andre, Katie Price said; “They should get the death penalty. The way I feel about rapists, they should get an eye for an eye. So if someone rapes some girl, he should be bent over and the same thing should be done to him.” Right….
We know this is an awful subject to discuss, and we see Katie’s reasoning for talking about it, as she want’s to defend Alex. But why now? Why does she say something as heart-wrenching as this the week after she was publicly shamed in Manchester as fans scream ‘Team Andre’ at her?
Do you think it could all be another one of her well-crafted publicity stunts vying for a few more people to shift to ‘Team Price’? We hope not, because whilst discussing a topic like this could urge other victims to come forward, it’s also going to drag up some terrible memories for others.
Ruth. x
Ahhh the rape card, so sensitive a subject people are scared to challenge it. Having worked with and looked after people who have been sexually abused/raped for years and having several family members experience the same I can honestly say that people who have been… dont use it for publicity.
People who haven’t but say they have… use it for publicity. I guess its up to the public about whether they beleive she has or hasn’t…. in my humble opinion:
If she has.. then its very obscure timing just to throw it in as a flippant comment and she’s potentially being very inconsiderate and offensive to any person who has suffered also.
If she hasnt… then i hope, like every other who fasly accuses another, she suffers for pretending she has.
As nearly all sexual abuse sufferers who have had the courage to look for help know, the only way to get over it is to forgive the abuser…. Whether jordan has or hasn’t… she’s presenting a very poor image for women, she’s given the worst advice from a mental health point of view and she’s offended almost every part of me.
I can believe she was raped,just look at her attitude to people,her in ur face blatant sexual inuendo when she is talking to men.Whilst I wud never condone rape,truthfully can u honestly say she was not part of the provocation?
I totally agree with Phil above,its all part of her publicity machine trying to gain Brownie points as we approach her divorce from P.A
Rock on Team Andre
TonyCC… her behaviour is sometimes similar to those who have suffered sexual abuse, well observed. However its behaviour that she has made a career out of… i wonder how much of that is acting and playing up for the cameras..?
might be worth steering the comments away from the subject of provocation and rape however, very messy subject that people tend to argue over intensly despite all agreeing on the same main point of no amtter how a person choses to act or dress.. they dont deserve to be assaulted.
i think Ruth wanted to keep it on whether people feel it’s for publicity or genuine…
I have no sympathy for rapists and would not mind
seeing the eye for eye punishment. The only problem
is, what happens when there is a false accusation?
Some punishments cannot be undone nor compensated for.
not just raped (thats pretty awful) but she has to say she was raped “more than once” how low will this girl stoop for publicity?
As to the truth, I as a female would doubt that she would admit to rape if it wasn’t true. I’m inclined to believe her. If a lie, it is outrageous.
This is a message to Phil Consequence:
I was a victim of incest and sex as a teen when it really was not consenual. I was in an unsafe environment and allowed the sex as I was terrified what he would do if I fought him.
For both instances and for anyone a victim of rape or incest or child abuse:
I don’t believe you “forgive” the person.
What they did was wrong — definitely wrong — and cannot be undone with words or made ‘right’ by any words. These are “unforgivable” acts that cannot be condoned. I consider it “acknowledgment of the deed”for what it was.
I do think you have to accept that it happened, it was not your fault but the perpetrator’s and work through it emotionally, mentally and spiritually (for those who believe in spirituality). And protect yourself as well as you can day-to-day from such and be willing to talk and listen about it to help others. And seek counseling if it is affecting your every-day life and relstionships.
Hey Terry, I’m sorry to hear what you’ve been through and not being you I cannot and have no intentions of pretending to ever understand how you feel.
Unfortunately I have spent years working with women who in some cases have accused men of rape when it hasnt been true, and have admitted that fact to myself and the staff team who have devoted many hours to help them recover and learn to cope with their made-up event… so it does happen, and suprisingly often.
Without giving too much away I have also grown up around incest, rape and other forms of sexual abuse and the only people who now live happy lives and maintain happy consenting sexual relationships with their partners are the people who have been through extensive counselling and “forgiven” their abusers… that definition of “forgiven” is varied from person to person. That’s something thats personal to them and I would not want to disrespect them by going into further detail on here.
I am not disagreeing with you, and I think all women and men (also sufferers of sexual abuse)should take steps to protect themselves and the benefits of counselling are amazing
Richard, you spoke my mind. There has to be an eye-for-eye punishment around the world especially in Africa.
I have no idea whether she has been raped or not – however to use that experience as a throwaway comment as part of defending her new boyfriend seems cheap and tacky and sordid. She uses it so lightly and that is an insult to all the men and women who have been raped for whom it is more than a couple of lines in a press release.
I do not know what i should believe about Katie Price anymore; I was shocked that she would announce her miscarriage on television without the consent of the father of the child and use it, im my oppinion, to bismirch P.A’s reputation. I’m not saying that I believe either’s accounts of the breakdown of their marriage, but I also don’t believe that it is my business, which is why i would tend to side with P.A as he has said very little publicly out of respect for what they shared privately.
As for the rape admission, it’s heartbreaking if it is true, but again, why tell the nation? and at such a convenient time? I think there are ways in which she could have handled the situations she has got herself in that would have made her look like an adult rather than a little schoolgirl vying for attention and to be the popular one again. My heart goes out to her and I doubt someone would lie about that, but a little more subtelty and less public game playing would do Miss Price a lot of good right now.
Ruby,you have put in to words far more elequently than what I was was trying to say above.Very well said and rock on Team P.A
Greetings from Ireland-Slainte