Katie Price Defends Swift Marriage to Lee Andrews

Katie Price, the 47-year-old former glamour model, has defended her recent marriage to Lee Andrews amid public and family concerns over its speed and the couple's future plans. The pair wed in Dubai in January, just days after announcing their engagement, marking Price's fourth marriage. Andrews, a 42-year-old Dubai-based businessman who describes himself as a multimillionaire, met Price on Instagram and proposed after a brief courtship that reportedly lasted only two weeks.

The union has drawn scrutiny from Price's family and fans, particularly her son Junior Andre, 20, whom she shares with ex-husband Peter Andre. On her podcast, The Katie Price Show, Price recounted addressing Junior's questions about the haste of the decision. "I said, Look at it this way Junior, there's a programme called Love is Blind where they get to know each other but don't even know what each other look like and they choose who they want to be with and marry them at the end, no one moans at that concept," she explained. She contrasted this with reality shows like Married at First Sight, noting that while those receive little backlash, her choice to marry Andrews after video calls and in-person...