Katie Price Says Education Isn't Everything; Dishes On Harvey's Developments

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Looking to put your life in check? Log on to Facebook, says model Katie ‘Jordan’ Price! Having recently become a member only to find out that the smartest kids from her school days “don’t do nothing,” the 30-year-old mother of three explains that education isn’t everything. That said, Katie and her husband Peter André feel strongly that their 21-month-old daughter Princess Tiáamii still receive an education — among other possible career plans!

“Pete wants her to be a nun. I’m like, ‘She’ll be doing Page 3.’ I’m only winding him up. She wouldn’t be allowed. Pete’s family are Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

When it comes to their family of five, Katie tells Times Online that she approaches parenthood with hopes to raise her children in as normal environment as possible. For Princess, Junior Savva, 3 ½, and Harvey, 6 ½, that often means time-outs on the naughty step, public schools, and having their parents all to themselves at night, as the couple have yet to hire any live-in help.

Determined to be involved parents, Katie gladly steps up to the plate when it comes to facing Harvey’s medical issues. “He’s not a chore; He’s my son,” she says. “I still reckon he has Prader-Willi Syndrome [which makes a sufferer eat compulsively]. If you put a loaf of bread or a chocolate cake in front of him, he’d eat it all.” Unable to judge when he is feeling full, Katie admits that she often receives the wrath for indulging her little boy in sweet treats, but has trouble saying no.

“Pete is always telling me off for buying him chocolate muffins. But I like to do it. Every time he gets a cake he sings Happy Birthday to himself.”

With predictions placing Harvey at 6 ft, 4 in as an adult, the couple continue to work with him, teaching their son to control his fits of anger. Despite setting up a tent where he is able to retreat and re-group, Katie reveals that the road to helping her son has been tough. “If he doesn’t like what’s on, he gets angry and he’ll throw the TV and break it,” she shares. “He’s very strong. He goes, ‘Oh broken.’ He doesn’t understand.”

While Katie has a list of names she is quick to use for Harvey’s biological father Dwight Yorke, she admits that the separation between father and son most likely boils down to embarrassment. “Harvey is such a fun little kid, you just have to know how to deal with him,” she shares. “I mean, there’s a way you talk to Harvey. It’s like Harvey language.”

Source: Times Online

– Anya

Comments

I may not always like her lifestyle but the one thing that always impresses me about her is how dedicated she is to Harvey. She does a lot for him and you can tell he adores her!

- Natasha on April 25th, 2009

Okay, seriously, nobody who actually DOES anything with their life has a Facebook, so that’s not exactly the best place to check. Honestly.

- Ryo on April 25th, 2009

I’ve occasionally watched their TV shows over here (UK) and I think Katie in particular is very much of the “all the money in the world and not an ounce of class” genre. However, the way she is with Harvey always stops me from entirely disliking her. I think they are a loving family and that’s ultimately what matters the most, I just wish Katie would pull in her vulgar comments she makes on the docu-series, some are cringeworthy.

- Alex on April 25th, 2009

Well there is a lesson for us all- in Katie’s words all the ‘smartest’ kids she went to school with do nothing- so is she saying why bother with school at all?
I really cannot bear this woman, she sells every aspect of her life and constantly slags other British celebrities.

- Louise on April 25th, 2009

Ryo, Wow! That is a pretty big statement to make about 200 MILLION people. I didn’t realize that I wasn’t doing anything with my life because I use Facebook to communicate with my friends and family after recently moving to a new city. I am so ashamed.

- Finnaryn on April 25th, 2009

Ryo – what a harsh statement and was off base. I know lots of successful, smart people who have a facebook account, myself included. There is nothing wrong with having a Facebook account. It is a great way to keep in touch with people and find people you haven’t seen in years. Obviously, you don’t know what facebook is and haven’t seen it or you wouldn’t be making that statement and if you don’t know about it, you shouldn’t be making comments like that. Also, I am sure 99% of CBB readers have a facebook account, so you probably just offended almost everyone on this site.

- Becky on April 25th, 2009

Facebook started out just allowing college students to sign up, so in that case, a lot of the people who have/had a facebook did do things with their lives.

- Jaclyn on April 25th, 2009

smart kids “don’t do nothing.” ahem. that speaks volumes.

and ryo really? if you have a facebook account you don’t do anything with your life? so i, and all of my friends who have master’s and law degrees and even phDs aren’t doing anything with our lives b/c we like to catch up with one another on a social networking site? um, ok.

- marla on April 25th, 2009

Actually she has a point. C and B students tend to do the best out of college. I’ll try and find the studies, but its true. When you’re in school they teach you that you must be at the very top or your life won’t go anywhere…which isn’t the case.

- anon on April 25th, 2009

I think the reporter was being extremely kind about this interview. I am really not impressed, and a little taken back at how awful she comes off.

- Mrs. R. on April 25th, 2009

First I’m going to take her comments with a grain of salt. I find that she’s trying to be funny but coming off slightly immature.

In any case I’d have to say even though I’m not a facebook, myspace, twitter user (or undrestand the phenomenon) I know many people who are and they certainly are not unintelligent human beings who don’t do anything with their lives!!!

I think she’s probably a wonderful mother who does her best but she shouldn’t even spend time joking about “education isn’t everything” as it may be true many people can become successful without a degree it doesn’t mean one shouldn’t strive for one either. I know many folks who have done stuff with their lives but unfortunately due to the economy have also fallen on hard times. I think she just needs to be careful how she says things even if she’s trying to make a joke of it.

- JMO on April 25th, 2009

I must admit I really admire her. She seems to be a very strong person. You don’t have to be perfect to be a good person – or a good mum.

- Vivi on April 25th, 2009

Oh please Ryo. Get a life.

- lax on April 25th, 2009

yep. doctor here who not only uses facebook but comments on cbb as well guilty pleasures katie is who she is but that aside – love her attitude towards harvey and she consistently comes off as a very dedicated mother. i admire the way she and pete raise their family with honesty, humor and love. and harvey is just adorable – i love that she always emphasizes the sweetness over the challenges.

- brannon on April 25th, 2009

I have no respect for Katie’s “career” but a hell of a lot of respect for her commitment to Harvey. Dwight sounds like a real hero (gag).

- koala on April 26th, 2009

They have had lots of live-in help! There have been numerous live-in Nannies shown on their TV show, including one who’s sacking they televised and were later sued for. Who else is looking after their kids while they swan off to LA for her cosmetic surgery all the time?

Also, although she might be downplaying it here, she has said lots of times that she will encourage her daughter to be a topless model and that she will take her for her first shoot!

This couple’s parenting makes me despair, and I don’t say that lightly

- Ruthella on April 26th, 2009

First of all, I love Katie’s dedication to her son, Harvey. I am not to happy about her comment about education, though!

To CBB:
‘The following types of comments will not be posted: namecalling and insults to a person’s appearance or character.’

I think you have let some comments on here which are very rude – and not at all appropriate. I do not mind people having a different opinion – and they do certainly not have to like a person, but they think that either way they should be nice!

For example, Alex says:
‘I think Katie in particular is very much of the “all the money in the world and not an ounce of class” genre’
That is an insult to a person’s appearance or character.

Seriously, how would you feel if someone wrote something insulting about you?
And this is to all of you.

- Sandra on April 26th, 2009

Just because I use Facebook does not mean I do not have a life, or am not doing anything with it. I know a lot of highly successful individuals who have Facebook accounts – it is simply a place to catch up with old friends and stay in contact with relatives!

Some do not have the time in their career for visiting family and friends often, and thus use Facebook as a method of communication to inform others of what they’re up to and to just check in every now and again.

Of course there are some issues with Facebook, as with any other social networking site, but take it from a 16-year-old when I say I DO do things with my life, I AM doing further education ready to get a degree. Surely there is something Ryo, that you do but which you shouldn’t – or perhaps should do less of?

As for the interview … Katie seems extremely hands on when it comes to looking after Harvey. Good on her =)! x

- Jess on April 26th, 2009

Some of the more successful people in the world, shunned education. So whilst it’s not possible for everyone, there is definate truth in her statement, education is not for everyone. If it was we’d all be striving after the same jobs, what a boring world it would be. Maybe we should be congratualting her on her parenting rather than slating her comments?

- Fran on April 26th, 2009

Having recently become a member only to find out that the smartest kids from her school days “don’t do nothing,” the 30-year-old mother of three explains that education isn’t everything.

Well of course “school” isnt everything in life but education and learning is, but im sure she ment school .

- Lauren on April 26th, 2009

Yup, I have a PhD and a Facebook account and avidly read CBB too! And I agree with Katie on this one. We need to have happy kids who think they are good enough, not ones who are being pressured with tests under the age of 10 and having to follow a curriculum that neglects other aspects of education such as drawing, music, cooking, gardening, and often forgets to tell kids that not being the best and making mistakes is OK. I don’t for a minute think she means that learning is unimportant – just that being a high achiever in school doesn’t necessarily mean you will be a high achiever out of it. (For what it’s worth, I would have loved a more rounded education, and feel that achieving family happiness is enough to be going on with!)

- DrSticky on April 26th, 2009

I found this comment very strange, “I still reckon he has Prader-Willi Syndrome [which makes a sufferer eat compulsively]. If you put a loaf of bread or a chocolate cake in front of him, he’d eat it all.” Unable to judge when he is feeling full, Katie admits that she often receives the wrath for indulging her little boy in sweet treats, but has trouble saying no.”

That is so irresponsible, imo. Knowing full well that her son has a serious biochemical problem where he doesn’t have that “I’m full” button in his body she goes around putting puts chocolate muffins in front of him? Geez!

- eternalcanadian on April 26th, 2009

i love katie! i think shes an amazing mum and totally dotes on Harvey!

When she says “education isnt everything” i suppose to her it isnt, because she hasnt gone down that road and has been sucessful, so i suppose, although im sure education will be instilled into her children, they have the means not to go to university etc because they will have other options open to them because of their parents status and money.

Well thats how i interpreted it, whether i be right or wrong! lol

- Ana on April 26th, 2009

“That is so irresponsible, imo. Knowing full well that her son has a serious biochemical problem where he doesn’t have that “I’m full” button in his body she goes around putting puts chocolate muffins in front of him? Geez!”

Took the words right out of my mouth.

- Vanessa on April 26th, 2009

eternalcanadian – Even though you have a biochemical disorder, I think you can still have the oaccasional muffin together with your parents and siblings. It doesn’t say she gets him muffins every day. Just because it says she often gets the wrath for it, it doesn’t mean it happens often. It probably means that Peter will nag at her when it happens.

- Hea on April 26th, 2009

Umm… Exactly who is she?

- Cassie on April 26th, 2009

Ha Ryo! http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/ It never fails to amuse me how easily people get their hackles up over stupid crap, if you think it’s an asinine comment then why does it upset you? Is your self-image really that entwined in the anonymous comment of someone on the internet?

- Krissatina on April 26th, 2009

“Umm… Exactly who is she?”

Don’t be bothered worrying about it. She isn’t worth the energy.

- Lauren on April 26th, 2009

I detest “useless” celebrities. I don’t detest them as people, but I loathe their actions.

Katie, however, is a very dedicated mother. Peter has made up for the fact Harvey’s biological “father” is a waste of space. Harvey now has someone he can actually call Daddy.

Katie knows she is outrageous and she is by her own admission doing something very similar to Jade Goody; taking advantage of her celebrity to provide the best for her family. If she didn’t play on it she wouldn’t have the money to send harvey to the best special needs school in the UK.

For those of you who don’t know, Katie was known as “Jordan”, a very successful topless model. “Jordan” is now in effect dead, something which Katie herself orchastrated.

- ellen on April 26th, 2009

lol at everyone running to defend their facebooking habits because of one funny little comment!

- fuzibuni on April 26th, 2009

Ellen, Katie has said many times she will never get rid of her ‘Jordan’ image, as it makes money off her male fans while her female fans ‘prefer Katie’.

The problem I have with her is not just her selling of herself, but also her children. She has said many times that Harvey hated the constant photoshoots when he was little but she still subjected him to it to line her pockets. It was even reported by one photographer that she scattered crisps on the floor for him to ‘graze’ on to keep him happy

And waaaaaay TMI about the sex-life (or lack of it) too! Ugh, keep it private.

- Ruthella on April 27th, 2009

i don’t think she means having a facebook account means you don’t have a life. i think she’s trying to say that she’s looked up all the smartest kids from her school ON facebook much like you would on friends reunited or something and they ‘don’t do nothing’. still no class jordan. i could never even joke about my daughter being a page 3 model, i now she has experience of it and its got her where she is.. still though x

- mazzie on April 27th, 2009

Sandra, before singling me out, I suggest you have a read through the other comments (almost all critical ones were worse than mine) and then take a look at the series they do. When people say the things that Katie does on tv, I would be lying if I said I thought she had any class and since most people have agreed, it’s clear I am not alone in thinking the way I do. I’m not going to repeat what she said, because it’s not something that should be said outside of the bedroom, but it was tasteful and classless. I have a right to say that. I wasn’t “attacking” Katie, I was merely stating a point. I have respect for the way she is with Harvey, but I do not have respect for some of her behaviour. I don’t think it’s appropriate to behave like that on national television and you were wrong to single me out like that. Sometimes I think people just see the first mildly (and yes, my comment was mild compared to some) critical comment and jump on it. I stand by my point.

- Alex on April 27th, 2009

Sorry, I meant tasteLESS, not tasteFUL.

- Alex on April 27th, 2009

I completely agree with Mazzie, i think Katie was looing at old school friends from her school and saying that even the smartest people dont do anything nowadays, facebook is a very revealing ight
i dont understand what people have a problem with on this post, if you actually read it then you will understand

Katie has a very English sense of humour and her grammar is very english, being english myself and living in england i cant fully understand what Katie is saying

- Emma on April 27th, 2009

I think what she means is you don’t have to be clever to get places. That obviously the people she looked up and discovered didn’t have high powered jobs or whatever who were clever at school well it obviously didn’t do them any favours. So if you don’t do well at school it doesn’t mean you wont get anywhere.

- jo on April 28th, 2009