Sunday People

Now Katie FILMS herself at rehab STUNT ANGERS PRIORY CHIEFS

- By Halina Watts SHOWBIZ EDITOR

TROUBLED Katie Price sparks fears that she is not taking rehab seriously as she invites a crew from her reality TV show to film her outside the clinic.

The star – recently arrested for drink-driving and diagnosed with PTSD – had the team from My Crazy Life, on Quest Red, record her driving into and out of The Priory.

Strict rules normally bar patients being pictured during treatment and bosses at the renowned centre in Roehampton, South West London, are understood to be unhappy about the stunt.

It will also heighten concerns among friends and family who already fear she is not taking her 28-day stint in the clinic seriously.

A source said: “Katie had finished a day at rehab and she was filmed leaving the centre for her new show.

“It has raised a lot of eyebrows and people at The Priory are not impressed with her behaviour. It’s outrageous she is bringing a film crew near the centre when people are battling serious illness.”

Katie, 40, began her treatment in the centre after her drink-drive arrest earlier this month. It is unclear whether she will return to rehab on Monday. She seemed in high spirits during the shoot, smiling as she walked around outside the clinic wearing joggers and a yellow hoodie. Katie went to The Priory after her family urged her to seek help following her recent wild partying in Mallorca. They confronted her after footage emerged of her rapping “I love coke” during a boozy hen do. Katie broke down in the wake of their interventi­on and admitted that she needed help to get over her erratic behaviour – which has been blamed on her PTSD. She has been shaken in recent months by the threat of bankruptcy and the discovery that hubby Kieran Hayler had been unfaithful for a fourth time. And she was devastated to learn that mother Amy, 64, has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a lung condition with no known cure. Talking about Katie’s stint in rehab, Amy said: “I am relieved that Katie has admitted she needs help to cope, to recognise her shortcomin­gs and erratic behaviour, and to learn to love herself – to find the person inside she really is.” Speaking of her mum’s illness on her show, Katie said: “My mum’s always been there for me, for everything. And I’ve always been there for her. “So her being ill is devastatin­g but we just need to learn how to deal with it.”

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