Katie Price shares ‘heartbreaking’ update on Harvey amid ‘life-threatening’ health woes

Katie Price has been updating fans on her son Harvey’s health journey as he attempts to lose weight. She has explained she has taken to using weight loss injections to help him.

Katie Price has shared her heartbreak over the fact her eldest child, Harvey, has seen his weight increase to dangerous levels. The 46-year-old glamour model is a mother of five – with Harvey her eldest child, aged 22.

She conceived him when she was in a relationship with footballer Dwight Yorke, 53 – who brutally rejected Katie and his son following their romance in the early noughties. Katie went on to welcome son Junior, 19, and daughter Princess, 17, with first husband Peter Andre, 52.

She is also mum to son Jett, 11, and daughter Bunny, 10, who she shares with former husband Kieran Hayler, 38 – who was the third Mr Price from 2013 until 2021. Throughout his life, Harvey has battled health issues – including a condition called Prader-Willi syndrome, which provokes a constant feeling of hunger.

Katie has been trying to help Harvey lose weight as she fears he has reached a danger level of overweight – but has been left saddened by the results of a recent weigh-in. Taking to social media over the weekend, Katie shared that Harvey is now almost 30 stone.

Speaking on Snapchat, the OnlyFans content creator said: “I’m so heartbroken and gutted that his weight is just going up. I just googled it in stones, 188kg is just a few kg of being 30 stone.

Harvey weighs almost 30 stone
“It’s so life-threatening now, I’m still waiting for the doctors to get back to me starting on the mounjaro and his journey to a healthy life.”

She continued: “It’s so sad his quality of life at the moment where he’s so big, he just can’t really do much. It’s just another thing I have to deal with because he’s at high risk of having a heart attack, he struggles to put his trainers or struggles to walk anywhere but I love him and I’m going to help him through this.”

And she added: “So sad, obesity and his condition is sad, it’s sad to see someone go through it and he doesn’t understand.”

Earlier this year, Katie revealed that she had turned to weight loss jabs in an effort to help Harvey control his weight. She has reference the drug Mounjaro – which contains an ingredient called tirzepatide which has been known to help suppress appetite.

Katie is extremely close to Harvey(Image: Instagram)
Katie previously told The Sun of Harvey’s weight and health issues: “The good thing about starting him on the drug is, if it has any effect, you can stop it because you do it weekly.

“We’ve tried food, he’s had ­dietitians, it’s just the way he is. And he’s on a lot of medication which the drug won’t affect. They want to try him on it for at least one or two years, which is a long time, but they’ll control what level he needs then up it as they assess it.”

Katie often shares updates about Harvey with her fans – and recently revealed he has been something of a personal cheerleader for her while she has been performing in stage shows. Earlier this month, the proud mum – who is starring in an Easter pantomime production of Pinocchio – shared footage of Harvey supporting her backstage.

She wrote alongside a clip that she shared via Instagram: “My bestie supporting me on the panto tour. My Harvey bear lots of fun backstage with my baby boy.”