Katie Price’s ex JJ Slater has made dramatic claims about her new marriage to Lee Andrews and said her family has reached out to him
20:23, 31 Jan 2026Updated 20:23, 31 Jan 2026
Katie Price and JJ Slater(Image: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
JJ Slater has spoken out on his split from Katie Price and her whirlwind marriage to Lee Andrews. The former Married At First Sight star, 31, was dating the 47-year-old former glamour model for two years before they announced their split weeks ago.
And Katie surprised her followers and family alike by quickly revealing she had tied the knot with another man. JJ claimed his romance with Katie was only over for 10 days before he found out she was engaged to another man.
And he has said that her family were as much in the dark as he was saying they “had no clue” before wishing him love.
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Lee and Katie tied the knot shortly after her split from JJ(Image: Instagram)
JJ is said to have been blindsided by Katie’s engagement(Image: Instagram)
Speaking to the Sun on Sunday, JJ said: “They wanted to let me know that they were in the dark as well.” He also claimed they had apologised to him over Katie’s behaviour.
Opening up further about Katie and Lee’s romance, JJ said he suspects the pair may have been seeing each other while he was still in a relationship with her. This is a claim that goes against what Katie has previously said after she claimed it was “marriage at first sight”.
But JJ told the outlet: “When you break up ten days ago and then they’re engaged, there’s a lot of things that go through your head. I don’t think there’s many people that have been in that situation.”
He added: “Kate was in Dubai last summer and she extended her stay there a couple of times.”
Following their nuptials, Katie and Lee have been very vocal, although the mum-of-five has seemed to step back from sharing about their marriage. Lee, meanwhile, has shared another tattoo tribute to his new wife.
Sharing the new design on his Instagram Stories, Lee lifted his shirt to reveal Katie’s name tattooed on his hip. He wrote matching tattoos” as he also shared Katie’s name in a love heart on the post.
The new work follows his first inking of his new wife. As the pair revealed their engagement, they both showed off their names on each other’s hand. The duo were seemingly set to reunite this week after Katie had jetted back to the UK days after tying the knot.
Lee had initially said he’d be joining her in Blighty. “I’m going be meeting Katie tomorrow in the UK,” he said on social media on Wednesday.
“I just need to wrap up a few things here. She had to get back for her children because she’s a good mother and she’s lovely like that.”
However, he has remained in Dubai. On Friday he then claimed that Katie was set to return to Dubai instead. He shared a post saying: “I’m waiting for Katie to come out here, love you so much Katie,” before blowing a kiss to the camera to Katie.
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