Katie Price's mother Amy makes astonishing claim Dwight Yorke is her 'favourite' of the men her daughter has dated - despite him 'disowning' their son Harvey

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Katie Price's mother Amy has revealed 'womaniser' Dwight Yorke is her favourite of her daughter's former partners.

She made the surprising admission in her upcoming autobiography, The Last Word, while recounting Katie's ill-fated relationship with the footballer. 

The glamour model, 45, and the former premier league footballer, 51, briefly had a romance in 2001, and broke up soon after Katie fell pregnant with her eldest child Harvey, now 21. 

When Katie first fell pregnant with Harvey, Dwight denied he was the father, until a DNA test proved his paternity.

It's believed that he has no contact with their son, who has autism, partial blindness and Prader-Willi Syndrome. 

Unexpected: Katie Price's mother Amy has revealed 'womaniser' Dwight Yorke is her favourite of her daughter's former partners (pictured in 2001) 

Yet Amy revealed that despite this, he still holds a special place in her heart. 

An extract from her book, published in The Sun, read: 'When Kate told me she was dating Manchester United footballer Dwight Yorke, my heart sank. He had a reputation as a womaniser.

'But of all the men Kate has dated in her life, Dwight will – perhaps surprisingly – always be my favourite because he gifted us this incredible child.'

Amy recounted how Dwight failed to show up at any scans or baby classes with her and 'told her his mates thought she was keeping the baby just to get his money.'

While the athlete showed up for the birth, Amy revealed that his agent told him not to register the birth with Katie before getting a DNA test, noting: 'what should have been a lovely memory was spoiled by this cynicism.'

In Katie's 2021 memoir, Katie Price: Harvey and Me, the model detailed how Dwight apparently refused to see Harvey after the child had asked to see his father over a meal in Cheshire village Alderley Edge.

Katie penned: 'I walked over to him and he didn’t really say much – it was so awkward. He hadn’t even bought me a drink! But that was typical Dwight.'

She claimed that it was after she arrived that he said he didn't want to see the pair of them anymore.

The book read: 'Even after he said that, I was still trying to be persistent. I wanted Harvey to have his dad in his life, but he just wasn’t interested in any of it. "This isn’t about me. This is your son and your flesh and blood,"

'But he just didn’t give a s**t. There’s only so much you can try before you realise you’re flogging a dead horse. I got up and left and that’s the last time I saw him. I haven’t heard from him since.'

Dwight previously slammed Katie in his own book Born To Score in 2009 after he claimed that she did not let him see Harvey.

He wrote: 'From the moment I set eyes on the little fella, I have loved my son like I could never ever have imagined possible. I am not going to hear any more that I did not care for Harvey, or have any understanding of his needs or that I was not interested in his welfare.'

Speaking out: Amy made the surprising admission in her upcoming autobiography, The Last Word, while recounting Katie's ill-fated relationship with the footballer (pictured with Katie in 2019) 

Single mother: It's believed that Dwight has no contact with their son, who has autism, partial blindness and Prader-Willi Syndrome

Sweet: Katie later struck up a romance with singer Peter Andre 50, after meeting on I'm A Celebrity in 2004 and he helped raise Harvey (pictured in 2004) 

Katie later struck up a romance with singer Peter Andre 50, after meeting on I'm A Celebrity in 2004 and the pair got married in 2006 and he helped raise Harvey. 

They couple also had two children; son Junior, 18, and Princess, 15, before they split in 2009. 

Admitting she was on the 'rebound' Katie started dating cage fighter Alex Reid, 47, a mere eight weeks after her split from Pete.

Following a whirlwind romance the pair wed in Las Vegas in January 2010 but the marriage fell apart less than a year later.

Two years later Katie fell for Argentinian model Leandro, 37, after meeting him at Elton John's Oscars party in LA.

Revealing she bedded him on the first night, the pair went on to get engaged before they split in 2012.

Later that year, Katie met part-time stripper and plasterer Kieran, who is nine years her junior.

The pair exchanged vows a mere five weeks later with Katie already pregnant with the couple's first son Jett.

However, in 2017 the pair announced they were going to divorce, three years after she found out about Kieran's affairs with her friends Jane Poutney and Chrissy Thomas.

In July 2019, Katie announced she was engaged again to personal trainer Kris Boyson, 34, after a year of dating.

The reality star - who was still legally married to third husband Kieran at the time- made the shock announcement during an appearance on Loose Women.

Their engagement was short-lived however as the couple split in November of that year, with Katie admitting to Kris that she cheated on him.

The reality star went on to find love with Carl in July 2020 and they became engaged the following year.

However, the pair have since split several times, with their latest break-up only announced earlier this month.

The Real Husbands of Katie Price

In the decades since she first rose to fame, Katie Price has enjoyed – and quite likely endured – a decidedly busy love life that has seen her walk down the aisle three times before heading to divorce court in equal measure. Here's a look at the trio with whom she exchanged 'I dos'... and 'I don'ts':

 

PETER ANDRE (2005 - 2009)

The nation got to watch love blossom between the pair when they starred alongside one another on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here back in 2004. The flying sparks soon became nuptials, with blushing bride Katie and her erstwhile pop hunk beau tying the knot at Highclere Castle (the grand Berkshire estate of Downton Abbey fame) in September 2005. Katie, who was already mother to son Harvey (born in 2002 following a romance with former footballer Dwight Yorke), soon started a family with her new husband. The couple welcomed son Junior in 2005, while daughter Princess followed in 2007. Creation between the pair also came artistically, with the release of reality programmes, a failed talk show and a foray into the music world. However, after four years of securing their position as the Ken and Barbie of reality TV and glossy magazine deals, the pair announced in 2009 that they were going their separate ways.

 

 

 

ALEX REID (2010 - 2012) 

Katie soon switched her romantic allegiance from a onetime ab-bearing pop heartthrob to musclebound MMA fighter Alex Reid. The two met at Michelle Heaton's 30th birthday party at London's Cafe de Paris. But shortly after they got together, Katie dumped Alex on live TV, only for him to win her back and the pair go from strength to strength. Weeks after proudly cheering her man on to a win on the 2010 edition of Celebrity Big Brother (also featuring none other than her ex-boyfriend Dane Bowers), Katie jetted off to Las Vegas to tie the knot with her new partner in February 2010 after just seven months of dating – and nine months after divorcing Peter. Following their Sin City sojourn, the pair returned to their native UK, where they had a formal ceremony – which was filmed for a TV series. However, after just 11 months of marriage, the pair announced they were splitting and their divorce was finalised in March 2012. While Katie declared at the time that she married Alex 'too soon', she would later go on to reveal that a major factor in their split was his cross-dressing alter-ego Roxanne.

 

 

 

KIERAN HAYLER (2013 - 2021)

Showing herself to be a true woman of the times, Katie embarked on a romance with former stripper Kieran after the two met on the now-defunct Blackberry Messenger service in 2012. And just two months after altering the paths of their lives via those thumb-tapped fateful opening messages, the twosome would go on to exchange nuptials in the Caribbean. Kieran proposed to a thrilled Katie on Christmas Day 2012, and just three weeks later, the pair would be pronounced husband and wife in the idyllic shores of the Bahamas on January 16, 2013. They had their marriage blessed in Weston-super Mare, and in the months that followed, it appeared that Katie had finally found her happily ever after. They welcomed son Jett in August 2013, and daughter Bunny in August 2014. But Katie's world came crashing down in 2014, when she discovered that Kieran had cheated on her with her close friend of 20 years, Jane Pountney, and was enjoying a fling with another of her pals, Chrissy Thomas. After publicly lashing out at all parties involved (and naming her pet pigs after her friends-turned-foes), Katie appeared determined to make things work when she renewed her vows with Kieran in 2015. But alas, it would not turn out to be third time lucky for Katie, as the pair split in 2018 amid even more cheating allegations. Their 'amicable' divorce was finalised in early 2021.