Gareth Gates had a brief fling with Katie Price when she was pregnant back in 2003, and she yelled “f*** Gareth Gates” on stage during her joint show with Kerry Katona
16:53, 30 Sep 2025
Katie Price is Gareth Gates’ “biggest regret”, a source claim(Image: Huddersfield Examiner)
Gareth Gates’ fling with Katie Price was reportedly his “biggest regret”.
Pricey took a savage swipe at the Pop Idol star on stage last week, yelling: “F*** Gareth Gates”. The reality star is touring the UK with her pal Kerry Katona and couldn’t resist having a pop at Gareth at their stage show in Bradford.
And it seems Gareth isn’t happy about it whatsoever. It’s said he was “furious” to see she’d blasted him on stage and that he regrets ever being involved with her romantically.
A source told The Sun: “Gareth was furious when he saw all the stories last week about Katie mentioning him. He knows there is a risk that Katie will bring him up every time she goes on stage and it’s always horrible.
Katie took aim at ex Gareth while on stage with pal Kerry Katona(Image: @kerrykatona7/Instagram)
“It never gets easier. He moved on with his life a long time ago and he really wishes Katie would too – rather than using his name for headlines all the time. It really is his biggest regret.”
Gareth was just 17 when he had a fling with Katie back in 2003. Katie was six months pregnant with son Harvey at the time and it’s believed she took his virginity.
Pricey claimed her fling with Gareth made his career
Gareth, who is now in a relationship with West End star Allana Taylor, initially denied their romance. In 2014, he finally admitted to it during an appearance on The Big Reunion in 2014.
He said: “I denied the whole Jordan thing because I was 17, I didn’t want my family to find out about my sex life. If I hadn’t lied it wouldn’t have been a big deal, my family, friends and fans wouldn’t have felt as let down I guess.”
He added: “For me, I was very young. I had to say I don’t want to have a long-term relationship at this age, so she sold the story and I said it was all lies. The only thing I thought in my head to do was to say it never happened. I didn’t tell anyone, my friends or family, so they all backed me.
Gareth was just 17 when he hooked up with Pricey(Image: Getty Images)
Katie claimed their fling was the making of Gareth’s career. In her 2021 book, Harvey and Me, she wrote: “I should have thought, ‘Katie, put it away. You’re pregnant – no one wants you.’
“But then again, hello Gareth Gates! He wanted a bit of Pricey – even when I was six months pregnant. He denied losing his virginity to me at first, but once he finally admitted it, wasn’t that when his career started? Anyway, swiftly moving on…”
And on a 2009 episode of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, she said of the romance: “When I look at it now, it’s gross, disgusting. It’s terrible – I was still young, I was pregnant, I didn’t have the dad about and I still wanted to be loved. It was wrong when I look back.”
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