Katie Price has sensationally claimed that Dwight Yorke has only seen his son Harvey nine times in his life. The TV personality, 45, had been dating Dwight, who was at the time a premiere league footballer, briefly in 2001. But their romance soon came to an abrupt end after she fell pregnant with her eldest son. At the time, Dwight had refused to accept he was the father until a DNA test proved otherwise. However, according to the glamour model, who is now a mum of five, the former footballer has only seen his son a handful of times. Speaking openly on James English's podcast she alleged Dwight has only seen his son nine times in his life. She candidly admitted: "I think he's seen Harvey about nine times in his life. I don't think he liked it that I was with Pete [Andre]. I don't know whether it's because he couldn't have me or Harv, to this day I don't know." Despite the lack of contact Katie said that she still kept him updated on their son's progress by sending him pictures of Harvey but this allegedly did little to instigate regular contact. She added: "I've tried to send him pictures of Harvey on
Instagram , Harvey playing the piano, he just ignores everything. He doesn't want to know. But the door is always open, always." Elizabeth Arden skincare deal sees shoppers save £40 on Molly-Mae's Hague's viral Stanley cup Katie Price and Dwight Yorke dated briefly in 2001 and their son Harvey was born in 2002 ( Image:
UK Press via Getty Images) Katie Price has slammed ex Dwight Yorke for only seeing their son Harvey an alleged nine times in his life ( Image: TikTok/ @jamesenglishh0) When asked why she believes Dwight has chosen to turn his back on Harvey and play a role in his life, she explained: "I don't know, because I'm like that. Really I should say f*** off you a******* you don't deserve him you've not been part of it because I don't know I just think if he saw Harvey and how amazing he is, for him to be like "f***** hell I haven't seen my biological son." And things soon took a heartbreaking turn when she shockingly claimed that she was blamed for their son's disability. Harvey was diagnosed with autism, partial blindness and Prader-Willi Syndrome. She continued: "Any man can make a baby, but it takes a real man to be a dad in my eyes, but it's still his biological son and, I suppose, to prove him wrong because when he found out he was blind and all of this he was like 'he'll never play
golf , he'll never play
Football because of you'. And I was like, 'it's not my fault'." Describing the devastating moment she found out Harvey was blind, she recalled: "I remember sitting there with my mum and he [the professor] was getting all his stuff out looking in [Harvey's] eyes and suddenly he just went as blatant as this - "yeah, he's blind." She said: "We just sat there, like right. And that was it. We just left the room. There was no, oh we could give you advice or there's these people you want to talk to.We walked out like is that it, he's blind. Now what? We've been left in limbo... on the way home my mum was really upset and I just couldn't believe he was really blind." The moment Katie gave birth should have been a joyous moment for both parents but unfortunately the writing was already on the wall, as Katie claimed Dwight refused to come into the birthing suite to cut the umbilical cord - instead her father had to, according to the star. Remembering the birth back in 2002, Katie recalled: "'Dwight turned up at the last minute but he didn't want to come in the room or cut the cord so dad did it, he cut the cord. And anyway I remember Dwight saying 'oh there's a bruise' and I thought 'don't insult me'. That was the last time I sort of saw Dwight, I didn't see him many times after that." But fortunately, Katie was surrounded by a host of close
Friends and family who helped support her in raising Harvey. Surprisingly, Katie's mother Amy admitted in her autobiography The Last Word, that Dwight is her favourite out of all of her daughter's exes. An extract from her book, 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." The Mirror has contacted Dwight's representatives for a comment. Shoppers say 'brilliant' skin treatment makes scars appear smaller in just weeks Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram ,
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