Katie Price has insisted her husband Lee Andrews was not “detained” at Dubai airport.
The former glamour model, 47, and her controversial partner, 43, were expected to appear on Good Morning Britain together on Tuesday - but Price arrived solo and claimed Andrews had “missed his flight”.
Businessman Andrews - who Price married in January just days after meeting him - lives in Dubai and has yet not been in the UK, fuelling speculation that he has a travel ban.
GMB was forced to turn their joint interview into one with just Price at the last-minute, with host Susanna Reid telling: "Katie and her husband Lee were booked to appear and up until yesterday that was still the case."
Reid said the GMB team contacted the Foreign Office on Monday to see if Andrews had a travel ban after they were told he'd be a “no-show”.
The Foreign Office responded: "We supported a British man who was detained in the UAE."
Co-host Ed Balls asked Price if he had been arrested.
She said: "No, I feel like they just said it to me in there [backstage] so I just said to Lee, ‘Apparently a British man has been detained, can you confirm its not you?’ and he's done a voice note back and said it's not him and sent laughing emojis."
Price claimed Andrews - who has been branded a “liar and a narcissist” by two of his exes - was at the airport and had been sending her photos.
"He said, 'No, it's not me,' in a voice note. He's sent me pictures, he's at the airport and on his way," Price said.
"He's coming over to spend quite a few months now, he's sorting out my visa and my international driving license. He had things to do, didn't make the flight, because of all his business stuff he has to do."
Discussing their plans to appear on GMB, the reality star said: "We did the research chat and everything - but he is at the airport now and he is on his way. He said he'd even come on a Zoom."
When asked if Andrews was unreliable, Price insisted he wasn't to her.
Reid said: "What I love about you Katie is that you're very open, but I just wonder if he's telling you everything."
The former Page 3 model insisted: "I know no one believes me, your face says it all, [Reid]. I can't keep going to Dubai because I've got work and my kids here.
“He pays for it anyway but I can't keep going to Dubai so he's shifting over here. I said: 'I keep flying to you, you've got to come to England now.’”
When asked if the statement from the Foreign Office “raised a concern” for her, Price added: "No you've asked the question to them - they haven't come to you.
“He wouldn't have his phone, he wouldn't be at the airport, so it's definitely not Lee.”
She went on: “I've just had him on FaceTime at the airport; it's definitely not Lee. He does a lot of stuff. I know what he does, so I believe it."
When Andrews failed to arrive in the UK, GMB was forced to share a short clip from him thanking them for their invite but saying he had to miss out on this occasion.
It comes amid claims that Andrews has been banned from leaving the United Arab Emirates after spending three weeks in a Dubai jail, according to the Daily Mail.
He allegedly forged his former personal trainer partner Dina Taji’s signature to apply for a £200,000 mortgage in her name without her knowledge last year - something he strongly denies.
She found out about his alleged actions after the mortgage company rang her. She has reportedly filed a legal case against him.
According to Dubai law, individuals pending criminal investigations, including unpaid debts or civil lawsuits, are not legally allowed to leave the country.
Andrews has denied that he cannot leave the country.
In February, he posted a screenshot from the MOI UAE app which has features like paying traffic fines, renewing driver's licences and criminal status checks.
He showed the “travel bans” option on the screen, which read: “No travel bans.”
Price and Andrews married in Dubai in January just days after meeting each other.
She described her romance with Andrews as a “wedding at first sight”, revealing they married after initially connecting online.
She also said they had matching tattoos and even bought rings for each other before meeting in person.
Andrews has faced questions over the authenticity of his career due to allegedly “fake” images he posted of himself with Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk.
Two of his exes have also urged Price not to give him any money and claimed he is a “liar” and “narcissist”.
