Junior Andre and Princess Andre have shared an emotional account of the darkest period of their childhood, revealing how they were forced to grow up long before their time as their mother, Katie Price, struggled with addiction and mental health problems.

The siblings opened up in the new documentary Katie Price: Nothing To Hide, where they reflected on the years following Katie’s split from third husband Kieran Hayler, describing the frightening reality of watching their mother spiral while trying to care for their younger brother and sister.

Katie, now 48, has previously spoken publicly about her struggles after the collapse of her marriage, admitting she fell into depression, developed a cocaine addiction and reached a point where she no longer wanted to live.

But for the first time, her children have revealed how those events unfolded from inside the family home.

Junior, now 21, admitted the period remains the hardest chapter of his life.

‘That was probably the most difficult time of my life, our lives,’ he said.

Princess, who was only 10 at the time, agreed that she often felt abandoned despite desperately wanting her mother’s support.

‘I didn’t know what was going on and I couldn’t talk to mum about it because she wasn’t there,’ she explained.

The pair described how they gradually became responsible for looking after themselves as well as younger siblings Jett and Bunny while Katie battled her personal demons.

Junior recalled how the siblings leaned on each other during those difficult years.

‘And when she was there, she wasn’t there, and we as siblings just kind of looked after each other.’

One memory still stands out vividly in his mind.

‘I remember me trying to figure out if food was microwavable to feed us for dinner.’

Princess revealed her own heartbreaking way of coping with missing her mother.

Before leaving the house, Katie would spray perfume onto a blanket for her daughter to keep nearby.

Recalling those lonely evenings, Princess became emotional.

‘She’d give me a blanket and spray her perfume on it and that was my attachment to her.

‘I used to go home and feel so lonely I would just cuddle the blanket and cry.’

Junior quietly added: ‘I missed her so much.’

Perhaps the documentary’s most difficult moment comes when Junior remembers one terrifying night that changed how he viewed his mother forever.

He had fallen asleep in Katie’s bed while waiting for her to return home.

Instead, he woke in the early hours to disturbing noises.

‘I was in her bed waiting for her to come back and I woke up 3.30am to loud noises,’ he recalled.

‘She came in the room.

‘I’ll never forget the look on her face.’

He immediately realized something was badly wrong.

‘She was obviously on stuff and it scared me.

‘I’d never seen my mum like this.’

Junior said it was then he began recognizing a pattern that would continue for months.

‘That’s when I started seeing the same pattern and her falling down the same hole.

‘When she wasn’t in the right headspace she really wasn’t and she wasn’t being a mum.’

He contrasted those painful memories with the loving mother he remembered from his younger years.

‘The mum that I knew from when I was a little boy, the amount of love she gave me was so immense.

‘That’s what I missed so much.’

Junior did not shy away from describing the reality facing the family.

‘Mum was on drugs and she couldn’t look after us and that was the reality of it.’

Eventually, he realized remaining in the family home was damaging his own wellbeing.

‘Then I got fed up and clocked this was a very unhealthy environment and I needed to get out.’

At just 14 years old, he moved in permanently with his father, Peter Andre.

Princess made the opposite decision, choosing to remain with Katie because she wanted to support her through the crisis.

‘I always wanted to be there for her,’ Princess explained.

‘But she didn’t understand that at the time because she was so hooked up in her own problems.’

Junior credits Peter with giving him the stability he desperately needed during those years.

‘Thank God that my dad was stable because that’s the house that I went to and gained my sanity back while I was wishing and hoping that my mum would come back and turn herself around.’

Despite understanding addiction today, he admitted there were moments when he questioned why his mother could not recover for her children.

‘It made me feel like I wasn’t good enough because she wasn’t fixing herself for me.

‘She wasn’t fixing herself for us.

‘Why?’

The family’s lowest point came in September 2021 when Katie crashed her car while driving under the influence during the early hours of the morning.

The incident ultimately became a turning point.

Looking back now, Katie admitted hearing her children’s memories has been deeply painful.

‘When I hear how the kids saw it, it breaks my heart,’ she said.

She acknowledged that although friends and relatives ensured the children were cared for physically, she had been unable to provide what they truly needed.

‘They were still always looked after by people around me, but that’s not good enough.

‘Kids need their mum.

‘They need their mum’s love and their mum’s hugs.’

Katie confessed she genuinely believed she had been doing everything possible despite her deteriorating mental health.

‘I thought I was giving that but obviously I wasn’t.

‘It must have been horrible for them and I’m just sorry that I put them through that.’

She also revealed how desperately ill she had become during that period.

‘I thought I was doing the best I could with them but what could I have done?

‘I was unwell.

‘I couldn’t even look after myself.

‘I didn’t want to be here.

‘I wanted to die.’

Following the crash, Katie pleaded guilty to drink-driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.

She received a suspended prison sentence, a two-year driving ban and was ordered to attend rehabilitation, where she was also diagnosed with ADHD.

Junior believes that difficult period ultimately saved his mother’s life.

‘I’m just relieved she’s still here,’ he admitted.

‘I think trying to end your life must wake you up.

‘She helped herself and she got off the drugs.’

Now he says he feels protective of Katie and determined to support her as she continues rebuilding her life.

‘I feel a duty of care to her.

‘She’s such a special gem.

‘She’s my mum and I’ve only got one.’

The difference he sees today has restored the relationship they once shared.

‘I feel like I’ve got my mum back.

‘My mum knows she’s crazy but we love her for it and we’ll always be there for her.’

Still, Junior hopes there is one more lesson Katie can learn.

Rather than continuing to search for happiness through relationships, he wants her to become comfortable being alone.

‘I wish she finds more comfort within herself.

‘I want her to start enjoying her own company more.’

His concerns resurfaced after Katie revealed she had married businessman Lee Andrews in Dubai after only a brief romance.

Reacting in the documentary, Junior could barely hide his disbelief.

‘This is the most silliest, stupidest thing,’ he sighed.

‘Marrying a guy you don’t even know.

‘This just sums it up.

‘This is my mum.

‘This is what she does.’

Katie had earlier described her ideal partner as someone older, financially secure, supportive and uninterested in fame.

However, during filming, news emerged that she had secretly married Lee, whose legal problems have since generated widespread headlines.

Lee has denied accusations made by several former partners, including claims that he conned women out of money.

He has also denied allegations linking his detention in Dubai to fraud, insisting he was instead investigated over unrelated matters before becoming involved in what he described as a civil case.

In social media posts, Lee has continued to reject claims made about him, insisting there is ‘not one shred of evidence’ proving fraud allegations while criticizing former associates for spreading misinformation.

Katie’s latest marriage follows previous relationships with Peter Andre, Alex Reid and Kieran Hayler, all of which feature prominently throughout the documentary.

Yet despite the headlines surrounding her romantic life, Katie Price: Nothing To Hide ultimately centers on something far more personal—the emotional toll addiction and mental illness took on her family, and the long road toward healing.

For Junior and Princess, sharing those painful memories was clearly difficult.

But their willingness to revisit the darkest years of their childhood also highlights how far their relationship with their mother has come, with both siblings now hopeful that the stability they longed for as children can finally become a permanent part of their family’s future.