An unearthed clip from Sky News shows a young Peter Andre breaking down in tears about his plans to adopt Katie Price’s son Harvey. The singer became emotional when asked about recent developments with the adoption, the clip shows.
The video is from 2010 and Peter is asked about the adoption by Sky presenter Kay Burley reports the Mirror. As part of the interview, Kay shows Peter a video of Harvey’s biological father and ex-partner of Katie Price, who is estranged from the family, speaking about Peter’s role in Harvey’s life.
Dwight states in the video: “I understand that he has to play a role, because that comes as part of the baggage when you get involved with Kate. But for him to say he was going to adopt my kid - and now look what’s happened four years down the road [Pete and Katie split].
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“Is he prepared to adopt Harvey at this stage? I don’t think so. The onus falls back on the father, which is me in the first place, so that’s why it should not have been mentioned.”
Peter said to Kay Burley after watching the clip: “No disrespect, but has he seen Harvey since this interview? The bottom line is this. I love that child alright, and I don’t care what anybody says, I love that child. I see that child.
“To me, a nice little thank you would be nice instead of telling me. I asked to adopt him because I love him. I didn’t ask to adopt him to be disrespectful. It angers me when people turn around and I get a comment like that."
Kay then asked Peter how he would react if one of Katie’s partners tried to adopt his kids Junior, 16, and Princess, 14, from his marriage to Katie. Breaking down in tears, Peter replied: “No one is going to take my kids away from me – nobody. I will fight to the death for that.”
He added through tears: “I didn’t expect that, I’m sorry. I will die for those children.” Kay subsequently apologises to Peter, saying “we didn’t mean to upset you,” and asks him about his tour. A shaken up Peter replied: “I’d rather just stop this if that’s alright.”
The interview segment later attracted 881 complaints to Ofcom from viewers at home who accused Kay of “bullying’ Pete. Sky News were later cleared of any wrongdoing.
At the time Katie had just married second husband Alex Reid in a quickie Las Vegas wedding just nine months after divorcing Pete. She later married stripper Kieran Hayler, with whom she shares children Jett, eight, and Bunny, seven – and is now engaged to ex-Love Island star Carl Woods.
Writing on her blog after the interview, Kay said Pete “sobbed on my shoulder” in the green room. She said: “Peter Andre broke down on my show and when I went to check during an ad break that he was OK he sobbed on my shoulder in the green room. He’d discovered not 12 hours earlier that the mother of two of his children had married without even bothering to tell him and was devastated at the very thought she might want to take the youngsters away from him.”
Pete has been married to doctor Emily MacDonagh since 2015 and they share children Amelia, eight, and five-year-old Theo.
