In the latest updates since the mysterious disappearance of Katie Price’s new husband Lee Andrews, the reality star has revealed the final messages she says she received from him before he disappeared in Dubai.
Price broke her silence for the second time in a May 18 statement, where she said Andrews, 43, was due to fly back to the UK with her for their planned appearance on Good Morning Britain, but never boarded his flight.
Price said she then received a series of WhatsApp messages from him early last Wednesday morning. In the messages, Andrews allegedly wrote, “Been arrested. I’ll be in touch. I’m ok xx.”
When Price asked where he was and why he had been arrested, Andrews reportedly replied that he had been forced into a van and taken to an unknown location.
“It’s a black site,” one message allegedly said, while he also urged her to contact the British embassy and continue tracking his location.
In a YouTube video, Price said she later spoke to Andrews briefly on FaceTime and claimed he appeared with cable ties around his hands and a hood over his head before the call suddenly ended. She said that was the last time she heard from him.
She confirmed that he has been reported missing to both Dubai authorities and the British embassy. “We have reported him to the British embassy as a missing person, he’s been reported in Dubai as a missing person, I just don’t know what to say,” she continued.
Price has since denied online claims that the situation is a publicity stunt.
“I know there’s going to be stories coming out now because it’s a hot topic. But, at the end of the day, guys, I have feelings – and people disrespect that. It’s really not nice for me to be going through all of this, at all,” she said in the video.
She continued, “What everyone has to remember, as much as everyone’s trying to take the piss out of everything and speculate this and speculate that, this isn’t a game. This is real life. This is a serious situation for me.”
“This isn’t a scandal, this is something that’s really happening, and there are real feelings involved here. I want to make it clear, again, everyone. This is not a publicity stunt. This is real. And anyone who thinks that I’m part of this is disgusting,” Price concluded in a video message.
Andrews’ mother, Trisha Andrews, also spoke publicly about the case, saying the family still has no answers.
“I don’t know, he could have been. I’ve not seen the video,” Trisha said. “I don’t know the laws out there but I wouldn’t have thought they’d use cables. Wouldn’t they put handcuffs on?”
She added that while she believes Price is genuinely worried, she also thinks the reality star shares too much of her personal life online.
“I think she’s exploiting in general, that’s what I meant,” Trisha clarified. “She’s always putting things on [social media] isn’t she?”
