Katie Price has prepared for this moment. For any parent, sending your grown-up child out into the world is bittersweet – but when yours was born with complex needs and conditions, and has required near-constant care for his whole life, as Price’s son Harvey has, it is a whole new level of worry. Though many might recognise her best as a charismatic glamour model turned reality TV star, Price clearly lives a more complicated life beyond what’s reported in the tabloids. Last year’s film Katie Price: Harvey and Me offered a touching insight into the mother and son’s relationship as Harvey became an adult. Now aged 19, he is about to move away to a full-time specialist college that will give him skills for a more independent future.
This sensitive follow-up documentary, Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next, shows how mother and son adjust to living apart for the first time. Like before, we get an insight into their deep connection; it’s a bond that has them finishing each other’s sentences, sharing regular hugs and kisses and frequently telling the other “I love you”. Price knows exactly how to calm Harvey when he’s feeling overwhelmed – and there’s no sense they’re putting this on for the camera.
