Katie Price says she hit ‘rock bottom’ after drink-driving crash
27.01.2022 - 21:32
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Katie Price has admitted she hit “rock bottom” after her drink-driving crash last year, and said she she “regrets” getting in the car that night.
The 43-year-old former glamour model was handed a 16-week suspended sentence in December for the offence, which was committed while she was disqualified and did not have insurance.
Speaking during a Channel 4 documentary about the renovation of her so-called Mucky Mansion, Price spoke about the impact of the crash.
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She said: “I regret getting in the car, I could have killed someone. I could have killed myself. My kids might not have had a mum. It’s awful.
“I was rock bottom at that point. It was a wake-up call. I don’t want to be in that situation again.
“In fact, I don’t want to be in a situation where I feel that sad inside that I need to just go and do something, be destructive and hurt people around me because I don’t know how to cope with it.”
Price said she had committed to seeing a therapist, after receiving treatment for her mental health at the Priory Centre.
She added: “I have now decided to see a therapist every week for the rest of my life and put my hand up and say, ‘Yeah I need help, help me’.
“So although there’s situations going on, I am still alive. Yes, there are consequences for what I have done but I just want to breathe.
“My house is now turning into the family home that I couldn’t focus on before for years.
“And now I am turning it back to my home, my hub, it’s all about the future and getting to the next stage, is what I do. And that way I’m a lot happier.”
It comes after Price announced on Wednesday that she will be launching a channel