Katie Price addresses the Oxford Union

Katie Price addresses the Oxford Union
Katie Price addresses the Oxford Union (Image credit: PA)

Katie Price has told Oxford University students no one has an excuse not to try to earn a living. During a question and answer session at the institution's union, the glamour model-turned-businesswoman said: "There's no excuse for people to just get pregnant and stay at home. I come from a family that has had to work to earn a living. "It doesn't matter if you're a single mum or you have financial stuff, I believe that if you really want to do something and put your mind to it, it's feasible, but you really have to be realistic. "That's how I've lived my life. The more people say 'you can't do that', the more I say: 'Well, watch me.'" Katie, who shot to fame as Jordan in the late 90s, was invited to the Oxford Union to give a talk on her life and colourful career. She also told the 1,000-strong crowd that she believes there need to be tighter regulations on the media in a speech that lasted eight minutes, shorter than Kermit the Frog's address to the Oxford Union. Having already spoken in detail of being hounded by paparazzi, the reality show star answered a question on the subject, saying: "There are so many things that need to be tweaked and done properly, more regulation. "You've got people coming across (badly) in this industry because they're not saying things right. There's a lot more control that can be done." She added that she felt sorry for the new range of reality stars from shows such as The Only Way Is Essex and Made In Chelsea as they don't know the industry as well as her. She said: "I'm just very lucky that I've got a lot of people around me. I think the media know now that they're not going to destroy me. I'm indestructible."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.