Katie Price fans in tears as she admits she was suicidal at the time of her arrest for drink-driving

Katie Price fans were left in tears as she admitted she was suicidal at the time of her arrest for drink driving.

The former glamour model, 44, detailed her traumatic ordeal in a hard-hitting Channel 4 documentary Katie Price: Trauma and Me which aired on World Mental Health day.

The star revealed she will now attend therapy once a week ‘for the rest of her life’ as she struggles with PTSD, anxiety and trauma.

Katie admitted she ‘let herself down’ when was arrested for drink-driving after reaching a dark place in her mental health. 

In September 2021, Katie was arrested for drink-driving after flipping her uninsured BMW X5 on its side on a country lane near her home in West Sussex. 

The star admitted drink-driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance at court, and immediately checked into The Priory following the arrest.

She was handed a 16-week suspended sentence and two-year ban at Crawley Magistrates’ Court.

After attending her court hearing, Katie told the camera: ‘I’ve decided to see a therapist every week for the rest of my life. Mental health is cruel, people don’t understand it, you can’t see it. I need help.’

Katie’s mother added: ‘Katie asked why she was still alive, so I’m not sure if she was attempting suicide. It was a cry for help. As a mum it’s devastating, you never want to see your child go through this.’

Lee, the man who found Katie in her flipped car, said: ‘Katie was hysterical, she told me she didn’t want to be here, I’ve had enough. I gave her a cuddle and reassured her.’

Katie then said: ‘The way I was, I didn’t care if I died. A police officer took a photo of my car and put it on Twitter.’

Fans took to Twitter on Monday to express concern for the OnlyFans star and told others to ‘stop trolling’ as they don’t know what she’s going through.

One wrote: ‘Seeing all the hate towards Katie Price after she came out about her trauma from being raped makes me sick. people will never ever believe woman no matter how hard we try. For some reason they still want the ‘perfect’ victim. And they wonder why woman won’t come forward.’

Another penned: ‘Absolutely loved watching Katie Price trauma and me on Channel 4. it’s something I could relate to , I feel for Katie people need to start being kinder to her she’s only human and a vulnerable human at that.’

‘To all those trolling honestly give your heads a wobble and think about the consequences of your words on the subject. You don’t need to write anything,’ a third said. 

Katie revealed she stayed at The Priory rehab clinic to treat her post traumatic stress disorder and added that through therapy she has learned to deal with her past and recognise what triggers her. 

‘I’ve been thinking a lot about my mental health, I thought I had to manage it on my own and after years of neglect I had a mental breakdown in 2018 and was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. 

‘I hit severe depression a couple of years ago, depression on top of PTSD, I was suicidal, didn’t want to be here. I tried to kill myself. I knocked myself out and had black eyes. I had bruises around my neck. I woke up. I didn’t want to be here.’

‘It goes far back as well, I got raped in a park when I was seven.’

Katie’s mum told the camera: ‘She’s not a bad girl, she’s just been hurt too much and taken on too much and been controlled too much.’

Katie took control of her life again when she started her OnlyFans account. During her press day she said: ‘It’s about being comfortable in my skin, no one can judge me, I can share what I want to share.

‘I get so much s**t for so many things, so I think f**k you lot I’m going to do what I want to do.’

The mother-of-five then went downhill again when she was arrested on January 21 on suspicion of breaking her restraining order against Michelle Penticost – her ex Kieran Hayler’s fiancee.

‘I know I shouldn’t have sent that message, I lashed out, I’m dealing with trauma, there’s no one in my life I want to destroy. The past is the past. It’s caused the breakdown of the relationship I have with their father’

‘They should be having their mum in their life, it’s been seven months, it’s heartbreaking, I just wish it wasn’t like this. 

‘When my head’s like this and they are all playing happy families, it hurts me. I’ve taken the first step to change by not reacting to it.’

Katie’s step-father teared up as he said: ‘I’m proud of her, I think she’s done amazing. It all went downhill after the divorce with Pete, all she got was backlash, I find it hurtful, I’m not saying she’s an angel.’

Her mother, who was also crying, told the camera: ‘When she’s doing these things you can see her face light up, I love spending quality time with her, we’ll all continue to support her.’ 

Katie has revealed that she attempted suicide after suffering from ‘anxiety, depression and major trauma’ following her horrific 2018 carjacking.

She admitted she hit rock bottom after she was raped at gunpoint during the ordeal and tried to hang herself, but after passing out she ‘saw her kids faces’ and realised she ‘never wanted it to happen again.’

Speaking during the documentary, which airs on Thursday, Katie revealed she came close to taking her own life after reaching rock bottom.

She said: ‘I’ve got anxiety, depression and major trauma and I tried to kill mself. I tried to hang myself. I knocked myself out. I had black eyes, bruises around my neck, I didn’t want to be here.

‘But all I saw was the kids faces and I don’t ever want that to happen again.

‘It was a nightmare. I didn’t give a s**t if I lived or died. I’ve been struggling with my mental health for some time.’

Katie is mother to sons Harvey, 20, Junior, 17, and Jett, nine, and daughters Princess, 15, and Bunny, eight. 

In the documentary, which was filmed in the aftermath of her car crash in September 2021, Katie also admitted the accident finally helped her realise she needed help, and she checked into rehab.

She said: ‘Getting in the car was a terrible mistake I’m so sorry for. That was a prime example of me having been triggered and not knowing how to handle it, an example of my spiralling out of control because I needed help.’