Double bankrupt Katie Price boasts she’s landed new big-money job with Kerry Katona to claw her way out of £750k bill
KATIE Price has revealed she’s teaming up with Kerry Katona after landing a huge new role.
The 45-year-old was recently threatened with jail after dodging court earlier this month where she was due to give evidence about her finances.
Former glamour model Katie was recently declared bankrupt for a second time over an unpaid tax bill of more than £750,000.
But it’s business as usual for the Pricey as she’s told fans of a new project with long-time pal Kerry, 43.
The two stars will appear in a Cinderella panto as the ugly stepsisters.
Revealing the news on her podcast, Katie said: “I’ve signed up to another Panto! Cinderella!
“I’ve signed up for Cinderella and I’m one of the ugly sisters – and guess who is the ugly sister I’m doing it with – it’s Kerry Katona!”
Katie continued: “So Kerry got me the gig because she has been working with them for six years. And she was like ‘why don’t you come and do this panto’, and she said it was for the ugly sisters and I said ‘oh are we ugly then?’ and she said we can still be really pretty.
“And we can sing and I said ‘well I can sing better than you Kerry’. Because we have known each other 22 years even before she was in Atomic Kitten and the Jungle.
“So we know each other well and we can have innuendos and stuff on stage and little digs so it will be good to do that this year with her.”
Katie also hit back at claims she’d “gone off on a jolly” after she and boyfriend JJ Slater were snapped in Cyprus as she missed court.
She said: “I was supposed to come away [on holiday] no one knew I was coming away other than professionals around me.
“The court knew that I wasn’t going to my bankruptcy because mentally I have been signed off from any kind of activity of the court. To be cross examined in front of the media and the public.
“I am taking my bankruptcy so serious, like I do everything else, it is a very serious situation that I am in.”
Addressing claims she had ignored her financial woes, the star continued: “It does look like ‘she’s just gone on holiday’.
“No. There were just four days in my diary that I was able to go away.”
Her Sophie – who announced yesterday she is pregnant with her second child – interjected, saying: “How it looks… as if you don’t turn up to court hearings, you make excuses but you’ll f**k off on holiday. That’s how it looks.”
Katie replied: “The public are influenced, but you’ve got my words from me here when I say I’m not mentally able and stable to go into court at the moment. I am only doing what my body and brain can do at the moment.”
Katie's court history
Katie has stopped attending court proceedings
2010 Katie is issued with a six month driving ban for speeding and using her phone while driving.
2015 The star receives a £1220 fine for jumping a red light.
2018 She is slapped with a six month driving ban in February 2018.
2018 Katie is in jail for 13 hours for being found asleep behind the wheel of her car.
2019 A year later the star is issued with her third driving ban, for three months.
2019 She is declared bankrupt for the first time.
2021 Katie crashes her car while under the influence of alcohol and drugs and suffers a breakdown.
2022 Katie is sentenced to an 18-month community order with 150 hours of community service for driving matters.
2022 She pleads guilty to breaching a restraining order and ordered to pay £1500.
2024 She is declared bankrupt a second time.
2024 The star is warned she risks jail after failing to appear in court.