Katie Price has announced she has split from her husband Alex Reid

Following weeks of reports the couple were to separate, the British TV star has released a no-holds barred statement confirming the end of her relationship with the cage fighter.

Katie blames the break-up on Alex becoming “fascinated by life in the media eye” and insists the pair tied the knot “too quickly” after dating for just seven months.

In the statement, she said: “Alex and I have had a number of difficulties over the past few months. I accept that these were in part caused by my marrying too quickly – we all make mistakes and this was one. However, Alex changed from the man I fell in love with and some of his behaviour became difficult for me to understand and caused issues. I have tried to help him with these issues but they have put a considerable strain on our relationship.

“Our difficulties were also not helped by Alex becoming more fascinated by life in the media eye. Obviously I cannot be critical of someone wanting to do this and originally I tried to help him with his career by getting him contracts with my production company. If Alex wants to honour those contracts the production company is more than happy to do so. However, Alex’s desire to promote himself caused a change in the dynamic of our relationship and contributed to our alienation.”

The 32-year-old beauty also revealed she is furious with Alex, 35, for posing for photographs with her five-year-old son Junior – whose father is her ex-husband Peter Andre – in a martial arts gym and says she feels “let down” by his actions because he knows she wants to keep her kids out of the public eye.

Katie – who also has a three-year-old daughter Princess Tiaamii with Peter and an eight-year-old son Harvey from an earlier relationship – added in the statement: “I had hoped that Alex and I could remain friends but I am not sure if that is possible given events since last Sunday (16.01.11) when we were on the verge of releasing a statement. Alex asked that we did not release any statement because he wanted more time to think. The intervening period has, however, seen a number of false stories appear and photographs of Alex with my son Junior in the gym which it is absolutely clear were posed for. Alex is fully aware that I have sought to remove my children from the public eye now they are of an age to understand and be affected by media coverage of them. I feel incredibly let down that he did this while asking me for more time to discuss our relationship.”

Katie – who wed Alex in a private ceremony in Las Vegas in February 2010 – insists she is now determined to focus on her children but is disappointed the marriage failed.

She said: “I am deeply upset that my relationship with Alex has failed but I know it is the right thing for my children and I that we separate. My children are my absolute priority in this and they are being shielded from what is happening.”

Alex has now moved out of the mansion he shared with Katie in Surrey, Southern England, and is believed to be moving back into his parents Carol and Bob’s house in Aldershot, Hampshire.

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The glamour model made an emotional phone call to her ex-husband and apologised for being a “b***h” to him and pleaded with him to rekindle their romance.

A friend of Peter’s told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “She said she was sorry for being such a b***h to him. She asked him straight out if there was any chance they could get back together and pleaded for a reunion.”

Since the couple – who raise Harvey, seven, Junior, four, and two-year-old Princess Tiaamii together – split, Katie had been dating cross-dressing cage fighter Alex Reid.

But the 31-year-old beauty dumped him on live television on Sunday (22.11.09)

During the heartfelt conversation, Katie – who dumped boyfriend Alex Reid on TV after quitting UK reality show ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’, the programme on which she met Peter in 2004 – told Peter he was always on her mind.

The friend added: “She was telling him she just couldn’t stop thinking of him and their life together.

“Katie told him she even dreamed of him at night but would wake up to realise he wasn’t there, and feel sad. She was being the Katie Pete fell in love with in the first place.”

However, it seems Peter, 36, is not interested in reuniting with Katie, 31.

The pal added: “He just assumed she wanted to speak to the kids, which she eventually did.

“But then she came out with all this stuff about how she missed him and knew she had been an idiot.

“The idea of a reunion is not something Pete would even consider. They are divorced and that’s it.”

Meanwhile, it has been claimed Katie launched into a foul-mouthed tirade against Alex – who had flown to Sydney, Australia, where ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’ is filmed, to surprise the model – after she broke up with him.

According to Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper, she told him: “It’s f***ing over Alex. Once I make up my mind I stick to it. There is no way back. What the f**k are you doing here anyway? You’ve had a wasted trip. Just f***ing leave me alone. You totally ignored my feelings and I cannot forgive you for that.”

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The glamour model – whose divorce from the ‘Behind Closed Doors’ singer was finalised last month – says it’s obvious Peter is not over her and advised he seek professional help after he revealed he suffered a panic attack when he saw she had introduced their children to her new boyfriend.

She said: “Pete’s been blaming me for his panic attacks and nose bleeds, so I hear. What next? I expect it will be my fault next time he stubs his toe or spills soup down his shirt. I’m sick of it. Get a life, Pete. We got divorced, now move on. Pete’s obviously not over me. He keeps starting things and I have to defend myself. Just stop saying stuff about me, and we can both get on with our lives.

“I have panic attacks, they are horrible, but you don’t go on about it. Panic attacks can be caused by the stress of not dealing with your true feelings. I think Pete should maybe get some help from a counsellor and look at getting medication for the problem.”

Katie – who has Junior, four, and two-year-old Princess Tiaamii with Peter, as well as her seven-year-old son Harvey from a previous relationship – also hit out at Pete and his manager Claire for taking legal action about comments she had made about him.

She added to Britain’s OK! magazine: “They have taken me to court after I said in a magazine that Pete only sees Harvey every two weeks for two nights and for my comments on ‘The Graham Norton Show’. I think it’s disgusting that he’s taking the mother of his kids to court. If that song of his ‘You Ain’t Worth S**t’ isn’t defamation of character, I don’t know what it.”

On British TV talk show ‘The Graham Norton’ show, Katie – also known as Jordan – claimed Pete had been sleeping with Claire while they were still married, although her comments weren’t aired.

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