Why can't we be nice to Katie Price?

It seems to be a new trend in the media. Women tearing other women down, especially when they are at their lowest. When Katie Price, in her devastation, revealed (perhaps too much, too soon) on Twitter that her husband had been having an affair with one of her best friends this week she was met with absolute vitriol from most of the general public, the media and her fellow female celebrities. Everyone jumped in quick to remark that it was probably her fault, that she had married too fast, that she was an idiot, she shouldn't of had a boob job and then, for good measure, a fair few digs about what a terrible mother they all felt she was.

Everyone’s (least) favorite self styled social commentator Katie Hopkins threw herself into the ring, telling Katie to “get rid of her plastic surgeon” amongst a bunch of other comments she probably felt were useful or slightly sympathetic, taking jabs at Katie whilst pretending she was on her side. Daily Mails resident anti-woman woman Jan Moir called Katie “all that’s vile about modern stardom” and recently “famous” Josie Cunningham who has, in the last several weeks put herself in the headlines in all the wrong ways offered Katie cheating husband a threesome after tearing into Katie because Katie had, like most other women countrywide, vilified her for wanting to abort her baby for Big Brother.

And I wonder, whilst all these “feminists”, these “mothers” and “girl, girls” are ripping shreds of Katie Price this week exactly what she is making of it all? Katie’s been very vocal that she’s made mistakes, that she married Alex Reid, her second husband far too quickly and tried to make it work for far too long. She’s admitted she falls in love very easily and gets swept away in the romance of a wedding. She’s admitted she makes mistakes as a parent and that she is anything but perfect. I wonder perhaps if the rest of the female population had the vast wealth that Katie has, perhaps they would be swept away in all of it too?

Her various reality shows have, unfortunately at times, left Price wide open to public criticism, it was difficult to watch the problems in her relationship with first husband Peter Andre, it was at times, heartbreaking watching her struggle to find the best care and give disabled son Harvey the very best life she possibly could. There it was layed out entirely on screen, with moments where Katie really deserved some empathy and yet, all her fellow females can do is pick apart her flaws.

So this week, when I assume, out of anger, rage and hurt that came from discovering her husband, whom she has an eight month old baby with and is pregnant with her second with him, was sleeping with her best friend, her maid of honor no less, her decision to publicly out him as a liar and a cheat probably was coming from a  not so sensible place (take note Jan Moir). In the same way your everyday girl would perhaps let out the pain to her friends, perhaps on her social media and have it not be a big thing, Price did the same, except her fame and 1.9 million followers meant she was doing it a little more publicly.

I wonder why Katie is so hated? With a 45 million pound estimate fortune that she built on two things, her boobs, surely we should celebrate the fact that despite her ex-husbands, Price is the epitome of an independent women, she is absolutely the breadwinner of her household no matter who she’s married to, all on her own merit, she’s been smart enough to market herself to the absolute max, books, perfumes and even equestrian wear. She’s been modelling since she was a child and she’s managed to turn it round into being a glamour queen. We, as women, may not be huge fans of Page 3 or the sexualisation of women for the benefit of a man but Katie has built a fortune on, if anything, exploiting men who desire her instead. She made the industry work for her.

So yes, she makes bad choices when it comes men, or perhaps she gets so swept away in the romance of it all she doesn't realize what bastards they can be until its too late. Can anyone really lay sympathy with the father of her first child Harvey? Dwight Yorke a well known footballer who doesn't contribute and rarely sees his disabled son? Thousands of women unite over absent fathers but I don’t see anyone uniting for Katie? Or Father of children Junior and Princess, her first husband, 90s popstar Peter Andre who has since made a mint on turning himself out the be the victim of his first marriage? Its all a little too contrived and staged for me where Peter is concerned, every tv show where he markets himself as “Peter Andre, amazing father, taking my kids, on various holidays” makes me cringe.

  

Or husband two? Alex Reid? Price got absolutely no sympathy when that one ended, he even managed to win “Celebrity Big Brother” but then, a year or so down the line when his next famous conquest revealed she had fled him, heavily pregnant because he had created a “sex dungeon” in her house and was cheating on her she garned plenty of sympathy. Did anyone remember Katie had suffered first? That she had been open about Reid being exactly the same to her? Nope.

She had a very public spat with Kelly Brook over Brooks then boyfriend Danny Cipraini, Price tried to warn Brook that Cipraini was a cheat but Brook didn't want to listen, they exchanged a few put downs and Brook came out on top, until that is Cipraini turned out to be a complete tosser.

Now husband numbers 3 has turned out to be a complete arsehole and once again Katie has absolutely no sympathy, of course a 6 month pregnant woman deserves cheating on! Of course she does, she deserves all the heartache and pain and upheaval and of course she’s a terrible mother

Well according the women of social media that is.

I feel for Katie, and though she’s the ultimate in coming back stronger than I’m sure inside, she’ll still feel hurt and humiliated. So perhaps, its about time, women could actually pull together and show her a bit of support? Of solidarity? Perhaps we could recognize that for all women appear to hate Katie Price she does deserve a bit of a break? and her husband deserves some of the hate this time?

Personally I quite like Katie, she’s honest, she gives as good as she gets and she’s a shrewd businesswoman.