Katie Price has hit back at cruel critics who tried to mum-shame her for sharing a bed with her son Harvey Price, 20, last month.
The former glamour model, 44, has also shared how her eldest child has a girlfriend at the residential college where he spends most of his time since reaching adulthood.
Katie's firstborn moved into residential college National Star in Cheltenham last year, in order to learn more independent life skills.
Harvey - whose estranged father is retired footballer Dwight Yorke - has been diagnosed with Septo-optic Dysplasia, as well as autism and Prader-Willi syndrome, which means that he requires constant care.
Katie attracted criticism over the festive period thanks to sharing a video online in which she was seen lying in bed next to her son Harvey, who could be heard snoring in the background.
The mum-of-five shared the footage with her followers on Instagram and posted a similar clip - in which Harvey, 20, appeared to get woken up - on TikTok the same day.
"[He's] home and getting in my bed like a baby wanting cuddles," the two-time I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! star captioned one of the clips.
Many of the star's fans took issue with the sweet moment, but Katie has now hit back at her critics.
"Harvey is a big baby. At college they are not allowed to cuddle and touch him or anything," she explained during an interview with Women's Radio Station on Monday.
"When he’s here, he just wants to hold my hand, stroke my hair, give me kisses. I don’t care what anyone says, they can think what they like."
Elsewhere during the hour-long chat, Katie went on to reveal how Harvey has a girlfriend at the independent college.
She recalled saying a friendly "hello" to her son's new partner during a recent visit, only to receive a blunt "hi" back - explaining how some people with autism face challenges when it comes to social exchanges.
"They’re not sociable. They’re blunt and matter of fact, and it just makes me laugh," Katie recalled on Monday.
In her most recent book, Harvey and Me, Katie opened up about how she feels about her son living away from her household.
"Now he’s there, I can imagine it could be so easy to say, 'I don’t need to see him'. But I don’t want that to ever happen. I’ve been responsible for him all his life, and now it feels weird to have this freedom," she wrote in the candid memoir.
"I’m like, 'It’s 2pm, I need to give him his medication'. And then I think, 'Oh, Harvey isn’t here'. It’s a strange feeling and it’s going to take some getting used to. But if something dramatic happens in my life, and let’s be honest, that’s a common occurrence, at least I don’t have to be thinking, 'Who’s going to look after Harvey?' It’s a massive weight off my shoulders."
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