Katie Price appeared to be making a dig at her ex fiancé Carl Woods on Thursday.
The former glamour model, 45, surprised her 2.6million followers by announcing that she was single on New Year’s Eve, after splitting from on-off partner Carl, 34.
And now, Katie has revealed why she’s reluctant to get married again, and claims the men she has dated just ‘want to be famous’.
On The Katie Price Show, Katie’s sister Sophie asked: ‘Would you get married again?’
Katie replied: ‘The trouble is, it costs ME money to get married and it costs ME money to get divorced.
‘So I haven’t really been in a good situation, so for me to get married again, they have to tick the right boxes, or they have to have more to lose than me because I’m just sick of these cling-ons that turn into Mr Price’s and then want to be famous and all of this. I’m just sick of it, I just want to meet someone who wants me for me.
‘But yeah I would get married, shall we organise it, of course I would bloody get married again, I want a fairytale. Yes, I would get married again and I want the full shebang.
‘I just want it to be right, I never wanted to get divorced and marry again and again.
‘To have that one person, no drama, there’s nothing worse than when your family don’t get on with them. I like to be settled, when I’m settled then everything else goes good.’
It’s unclear exactly when Katie broke up with Carl – but the on again off again couple have called off their engagement multiple times over recent months.
She told how she was single on New Year’s Eve as she spent time with pal Kerry Katona and documented the night on Instagram.
Katie declared: ‘We want to wish you a happy new year!’
She later shouted at the camera that she was ‘single’ before she and Kerry directed kisses towards the lens.
Katie was last spotted with Carl on December 21 2023 as they stepped out arm in arm together after her pantomime performance of Sleeping Beauty in Liverpool.
Katie and Carl previously split towards the end of November 2023 and unfollowed each other on Instagram but appeared to confirm they were back on on the Liverpool outing.
At the time of the split in November 2023 she was also said to be avoiding mentioning the businessman, 34, during a chat with fans on TikTok – despite the pair putting on a cosy display on a red carpet the week before.
A source told The Sun: ‘When Katie was asked if she was single on TikTok, she paused for ages then refused to answer the question’.
The couple rekindled their romance last July and were said to be planning a secret wedding with Katie s napped trying on a gorgeous white gown.
MailOnline contacted Katie’s representatives for comment at the time.
The pair have been in a turbulent relationship since July 2020, getting engaged the following April.
But things were previously said to be going full steam ahead with wedding plans, with Katie said to be keen to run off and ‘elope’ with Carl as a source remarked she ‘loves the thrill of getting married’.
However, the TV personality’s wedding plans didn’t include her mother Amy, with it said that she wouldn’t tell her when she got married due to her disapproval of Carl.
A source told OK! magazine last July: ‘Katie is planning on having a secret wedding with Carl, then a big party afterwards. It will be soon. She loves the thrill of getting married and wants to do it again.’
Sharing further details on their plans, they went on: ‘Katie’s keen to run off and wed Carl at a registry office. The kids will be there, but she won’t tell her mum until it’s done.
‘Katie knows Amy would be fuming and tell her not to do it. She keeps suggesting to Carl they elope to Gretna Green.’
Katie has been married three times. She was married to Peter Andre for four years, and then tied the knot with Alex Reid in 2010.
They split after 11 months of marriage and Katie went on to marry Kieran Hayler in 2013, but they broke up in 2018.
Katie and Carl called off their engagement in March last year, before sparking rumours of a reunion following being spotted together on a string of occasions
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