Katie Price has given an update on her teenage son Harvey, after revealing earlier this year she had “no option” but to place him in residential care.
The reality star and former glamour model said back in April that she was reluctant to move Harvey – who has has Prader-Willi syndrome and autism – into residential care, but now says she’s glad she did, as he is “loving it”.
She told Metro: “Being autistic, Harvey has to have a strict routine and I think being in residential throughout the week is helping that and he is much more grounded.
“Then he has his weekends with me and the kids. He loves it now.”
Katie added: “He FaceTimes me five times a day on his iPad. He doesn’t stop!”
In an episode of her reality series My Crazy Life which aired in April, Katie was heard telling her boyfriend Kris Boyson: “I don’t want him to go, but the doctors, my mum, everyone is saying it’s the best thing for him.
“You know, he is 16 and I suppose I’m the selfish one because I just want him with me all the time.
“I have to think about it, I haven’t really got an option really, he has to go, I haven’t got an option.”
She was also heard saying: “What they can offer Harvey what I can’t is daily exercise, keeping him on a healthy food plan, he can’t go into the cupboards and eat, he gets to socialise with his friends, it’s more freedom for him.”
As well as 16-year-old Harvey, Katie has four other children, with former partners Peter Andre and Kieran Hayler.