Junior and Princess Andre have opened up about the emotional distress and neglect they experienced during their mother Katie Price's past cocaine addiction in a new documentary series.
The two eldest children of the former glamour model shared their childhood struggles in the final episode of the four-part Sky documentary "Katie Price: Nothing to Hide," which aired on July 7, 2026.
Junior Andre, now 21, recounted how his mother's substance abuse left her unable to care for them, creating an unstable environment that forced him to move out at age 14 to live with his father, Peter Andre.
"I remember missing her so much.
This one time in particular, I was in her bed waiting for her to come back, and I woke up probably 3:30am to some loud noises, and I see her come in the room, and I'll never forget the look on her face, she was obviously on stuff, right?"
Junior said.
He explained that he noticed recurring patterns of behavior that made him realize the home environment had become unhealthy for his well-being.
"I could see it in her eyes, and I was.. it scared me, because I've never seen my mum look like that.
She's there, but she's not there, you know," he said.
Junior expressed that the sudden lack of maternal care was deeply painful, as he missed the immense love she had provided during his early childhood.
"She wasn't in the right headspace, she really wasn't.
And she wasn't being a mum, she wasn't being the mum that I knew from when I was a little boy," he said.
According to his account, the children often had to fend for themselves by preparing microwave meals while their mother remained absent.
"The amount of love she gave me was so immense that that's what I missed so much.
Mum was on drugs, and she could not look after us, and that is the reality of it.
She couldn't," Junior said.
Junior detailed his relief at having a stable alternative residence with his father, which allowed him to recover his mental clarity during the family crisis.
"And then I got fed up. I clocked on that this was a very unhealthy environment, and I needed to get out.
I did leave.
I think I was about 14 or 15, Thank God that my dad was stable, because that's the house that I went to and gained my sanity back, you know," he said.
He added that the situation severely impacted his self-worth while he waited for his mother to address her substance issues.
"While I was wishing and hoping that my mum would come back and turn herself around.
It made me feel like I wasn't good enough, because she wasn't fixing herself for me," Junior said.
Junior also commented on his mother's recent January marriage to Dubai businessman Lee Andrews after knowing him for only weeks, calling the choice highly irresponsible.
"This is the most silliest stupidest thing, marrying a guy she doesn't even know. This is my mum, this is what she does," he said.
Princess Andre, 19, also broke down during the joint interview, describing the deep isolation she felt at home after school while trying to maintain a connection to her mother.
"She'd give me a blanket, and she sprayed all her perfume on it, and that was like that was my, my attachment to Mum.
So I remember after school I used to go home and just feel so like lonely in a way.
I used to just cuddle to the blanket and just cry," Princess said.
Unlike her brother, Princess decided to remain in the household to offer continuous support, though her mother was too consumed by personal struggles to recognize the gesture.
"I stayed.
I always wanted to be there for her, and I always wanted to show her that, like, she has me, she has us, but she didn't understand that at the time, because she was so hooked up in her own problems," she said.
In the same documentary, Katie Price openly addressed her past cocaine use, which intensified roughly a decade after her 2009 divorce from Peter Andre and amid a turbulent marriage to Kieran Hayler.
"It was the only thing that blocked everything out," Price said.
Price explained that she initially used the illegal substances as a temporary escape from severe personal distress, anxieties, and external pressures.
"It will take out that pain, it will take out any worry, it will take out the noise," she said.
The media personality expressed profound remorse after hearing her children's perspectives, admitting she was entirely incapable of managing her own life or mental health at the time.
"When I hear what the kids, how they saw it, it breaks my heart.
But they were still always looked after, I still had people around me looking after them, like helping me," Price said.
Price acknowledged that relying on third parties for childcare was insufficient to meet the fundamental emotional needs of her children.
"But that's not good enough.
Kids need their mum, kids need their mum's love, their mum's hugs, and I thought I was given that, but obviously I wasn't.
It must have been horrible for them, horrible for them, and I'm just sorry to them that I put them through that and thought I was doing the best I could with them, but what could I have done?"
she said.
The depressive spiral culminated in a September 2021 incident where Price crashed her vehicle while driving under the influence, a crisis she noted followed prolonged suicidal thoughts.
"I was unwell. I couldn't even look after myself.
I was more than rock bottom. I didn't want to be.
I wanted to die. I felt worthless, suicidal thoughts all the time," Price said.
Price recalled welcoming her subsequent detention by authorities at the police station as a brief moment of respite from her chaotic life.
"I remember when they put me in a cell it was like peace. Peace and quiet.
I found that quite comforting. It is quite sad to think that," she said.
Following the 2021 collision, Price completed a six-week rehabilitation program at The Priory, received a 16-week suspended prison sentence, a two-year driving ban, and an ADHD diagnosis, which her children credited with successfully restoring their family relationship.
