Katie Price Hits Out At 'Publicity Stunt' Critics In First Magazine Column Following Kieran Hayler Divorce Tweets | HuffPost

'To Those Who Think This Is A Publicity Stunt, You Couldn't Be More Wrong'

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Katie Price has hit out at critics in her first Now magazine column since announcing that her marriage to third husband Kieran Hayler was over.

Just days after confirming she was six months pregnant with the couple’s second baby, Katie took to social media earlier this month to reveal, in a string of angry tweets, that she was divorcing Kieran as he’d been unfaithful with her close friend of almost 20 years.

Katie Price

The way Katie broke the news on Twitter has been met with a lot of criticism, but the former glamour model has stuck up for herself in her latest column for Now magazine.

She writes: “If a husband cheats on a wife, it’s the husband’s fault. If that wife happens to be six months pregnant and the husband happens to have an affair with the wife’s best friend, why on earth would you think it’s appropriate to criticise the wife?”

Katie also hit out at critics who’ve claimed that she’s using her current break-up for publicity, saying: “To those who think my current situation is a publicity stunt, you couldn’t be more wrong. This situation is awful enough without such snide comments.”

Katie and Kieran

This is the first full-length column Katie has written since breaking the news about her split, having issued a short statement last week claiming everything was still “too raw” for her to talk about.

Other celebrities have rushed to Katie’s defense since she posted her tweets about Kieran, with ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ winner Chantelle Houghton claiming she’d have done the same thing in Katie’s position.

Meanwhile, Luisa Zissman defended Katie in her own newspaper column last week, writing: “If she wants the world to know that Kieran is a cheating a-hole… then why the hell not?”

Read Katie's full column in the latest issue of Now magazine, on sale now

Katie Price's Most Memorable Moments

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Katie secured her place as a permanent tabloid staple on the third series of 'I'm A Celebrity', where she met her future husband Peter Andre. (credit:Rex/ITV)

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However, her first big celebrity relationship was with footballer Dwight Yorke, who fathered her first child, Harvey, when she was still best known as glamour model (credit:Getty Images)

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She also dated Another Level star Dane Bowers, who she starred in a toe-curlingly embarrassing sex tape with. (credit:Getty Images)

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She also shocked us all when she revealed she'd had a brief fling with squeaky-clean 'Pop Idol' runner-up Gareth Gates, which he later blamed for "ruining" his career.Oh dear. (credit:Getty Images)

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Her most famous relationship to date is still undeniably her time with Peter Andre, though, who she was married to for just under four years. (credit:Getty Images)

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This is the pair's tasteful outfit choices for the 'Dukes of Hazzard' UK premiere. We can't work out what is the most visually offensive part, Pete's facial expression, or his snakeskin shoes. (credit:Getty Images)

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This was also among the couple's biggest fashion fails, of which there were plenty. (credit:Getty Images)

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Still... they made some pretty famous friends during their time together. (credit:Getty Images)

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Let's face it, she should probably have kept Jerry Springer's number... (credit:Getty Images)

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Having grown tired of boring everyone in the United Kingdom with their constant media presence, the couple then revealed they were trying their luck Stateside which... didn't go terrifically, let's just say. (credit:Getty Images)

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The pair even ran the London Marathon together in April 2009, but just weeks after this totally sincere and not-at-all-staged photo was taken, the couple announced they were splitting up. (credit:Getty Images)

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The split led Katie to go through a bit of a brief "off the rails" period, which led her to head to Ibiza and hit the streets in this notorious gold outfit. (credit:Alex Broadway/WENN.com)

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The look was later parodied by this man... husband no. 2, Alex Reid. (credit:Getty Images)

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She also decided that the best way to get over her split from Pete, and get some closure, was to head back to Australia and take part in 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here'.Again.Ultimately, Katie quit after a week after getting fed up of being chosen for every single bush tucker trial. (credit:Rex/Cameron Laird)

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Within months of divorcing Pete, Katie was linked to wild-child cage fighter Alex Reid, who she revealed to the world liked to dress up in women's clothing and go by the name of Roxanne.Weeks after he won 'Celebrity Big Brother', Katie revealed to the world that she was his wife. (credit:Getty Images)

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Here he is again, in a lineup of other men dressed up in some of Katie's some recognisable looks.She's in the middle, in case you can't tell. (credit:Getty Images)

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That was just one of Katie's memorable photo calls.Here she is promoting her own line of iPods, where she's seen rocking them a head-band made of the music devices.Crafty. (credit:Getty Images)

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Here she is taking the title of her 'Kissable' perfume a bit too literally (credit:Getty Images)

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And as if that wasn't tasteful enough, here's Katie wearing a bejeweled swimsuit to promote her novel 'Paradise'.That's one way to get people interested in literature, we suppose... (credit:Lia Toby/WENN.com)

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Katie was photographed with a cross through her "Pete" tattoo following their split, to really show the world quite how over it and not-even-a-little-bit-bothered she was. (credit:Getty Images)

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Ultimately it didn't end well for Katie and Alex, leading her onto pastures new with Argentinian model Leandro Penna, whose English was reportedly so poor the pair needed Google Translate to communicate with each other. (credit:Getty Images)

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Still, when you look like that conversation is probably over-rated anyway... (credit:Getty Images)

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Katie tried out a totally different look when it came to promoting her hundredth (or at least it felt like it) installment in her autobiography series, 'You Only Live Once' (credit:Getty Images)

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And speaking of totally different looks, we... well... we're still not actually certain what it is that's going on here. But let's just enjoy it. (credit:Getty Images)

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Clearly sensing that one Katie Price wasn't enough, she launched 'Signed', a reality series to launch a new protege, which introduced the world to Amy Willerton. (credit:Getty Images)

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Obviously fed up of being a prominent feature in every magazine going, Katie decided to launch her own one-off magazine, 'Katie', which obviously flew off the shelves... (credit:Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, in came husband no. 3 in the form of builder and - of course- part-time stripper, Kieran Hayler, who ultimately fathered her fifth child, Jett. (credit:Getty Images)

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Unfortunately their happiness was perturbed briefly when, in May 2014, Katie revealed - while six months pregnant - that she was calling time on their marriage due to Kieran's alleged extramarital activity. Oh dear.Thankfully, romance fans, we know the story had a happy ending, and she took Kieran back after he sought help for his "compulsive addiction". (credit:Twitter/Katie Price)

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Shortly after her first tirade against Kieran and Jane - the first of many, no less - she was pictured arriving at her old pal's house wearing this tasteful ensemble. (credit:David Sims/WENN.com)

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What even is this?! It's been over six months now, and we're still wondering exactly why a heavily-pregnant Katie thought that throwing on this rainbow-inspired garb would be a good idea. (credit:John Phillips via Getty Images)

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Yes, she took Kieran back, and they made their first public appearance together on the red carpet at the 'Mockingjay' premiere. Unfortunately for Kieran, he's clearly become so stressed out by all of the press attention that he's completely forgotten how to button up his shirt. (credit:Eamonn McCormack via Getty Images)

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The indisputable queen of the photocall, Katie promoted her latest book (or, at least, the latest book with her name on the cover) by posing for this winter-inspired photo-shoot.Incidentally, this was one of her final public appearances before undergoing a breast reduction. (credit:Eamonn McCormack via Getty Images)

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In fact, the next time we saw Katie's breast implants they'd been removed, and were sitting casually on her bedside table. She later revealed plans to sign them and auction them off for a breast cancer charity. (credit:Instagram/Katie Price)

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