Peter Andre: 'I do not hate Katie'

Peter Andre: 'I do not hate Katie'
Peter Andre: 'I do not hate Katie' (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Peter Andre has explained that despite being shocked by his ex wife’s behaviour since their split, he does not hate Katie. He wrote in his column in New! magazine: "I do not hate Kate and feel very strongly that people should know this - I don't hate anyone in this world and certainly not the mother of my children. "I was shocked by her actions after we split and I realised there was no going back, but that's all in the past now - everyone has choices in life and Kate has certainly made hers." Pete went on to deny rumours that he had a new girlfriend and explained his reasons for not seeing Katie since the split. He wrote: "My feeling is that it's better for us both to get on with our lives separately. “I could say a lot more than I have, but I have to think how all this will affect my kids when they're older.” The singer added: “The only reason I've said this much is because there's only a certain amount of rubbish you can put up with before you have to clear things up." Earlier on Tuesday, Katie and Peter took just over a minute to get a “quickie divorce” in London’s High Court.

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.