Katie Price says she hopes Harvey dies before her because living without her would ‘break his heart’
KATIE Price has made the painful admission she hopes disabled son Harvey dies before she does — because living without her would "break his heart".
The star admitted her eldest child would never "understand" why she couldn't be with him and though his siblings would do their best to take over his care, it wouldn't be the same.
Speaking about their close bond ahead of her BBC One documentary Katie Price: Harvey and Me, the 42-year-old star shared: "The reason I say it is because he won't cope without me.
"He'd be so heartbroken because I know everything about him - how he likes to be tickled, how I finish his sentences, I play the mum and dad role.
"And you can't beat your mum's cuddles, no one can cuddle him at school,
I don't think anyone else could care for him like me and he wouldn't understand why I wasn't there. I don't want him to die, don't get me wrong, but other mums would understand who were in my situation.
"It's because I care about Harvey. Of course, he has siblings who would make sure he was OK. It's just because I have that much of a bond with him, it would just break his heart."
Harvey has siblings Junior, 15, and Princess, 13, whose dad is Katie's first husband Peter Andre, and Bunny, seven, and Jett, six, who Katie shares with ex Kieran Hayler.
But the mum-of-five also wants Harvey to meet his secret half-brother and has told ex Dwight Yorke "the door is always open".
Yorke, who has another son called Orlando, born in 2007, has played almost no part in severely disabled Harvey's life.
Yet Katie hopes the ex-footballer, 49, will have a change of heart about seeing Harvey.
She said: "I've always said the door is open for Dwight when he wants to get in touch.
"Harvey has done nothing wrong. He deserves to know his dad and meet his half-brother. I wonder if he even knows Harvey is his brother?"
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Harvey was born with Septo-Optic Dysplasia, a disorder that affects brain function, hormones and vision, and he will be seen visiting potential residential colleges to move into in Katie Price: Harvey and Me.
Katie hopes Yorke sees the BBC show about Harvey, and her life as his carer, and gets in touch.
Katie Price: Harvey and Me, airs Monday night at 8.30pm on BBC One.