‘Losing my virginity to Katie Price made me quit fame’: Gareth Gates reveals the fall-out from losing his virginity to pregnant glamour girl
The singer was just 17 at the time while Katie was pregnant with Harvey
GARETH Gates has revealed that the fall-out from having sex with Katie Price led him to take a break from fame.
The Pop Idol star was just 17 when he lost his virginity to Katie, or Jordan as she was then known, while she was pregnant with her son Harvey – her son with Dwight Yorke.
Speaking about the impact of that moment Gareth told Magazine: “It wasn’t too long after that I decided to take a break from industry.
“It wasn’t the reason I wanted to be a pop star. There are stars out there for the wrong reason. I was to be recognised for my talent.”
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At the time Gareth, now 32, denied the whole fling when it was made public.
Discussing his decision to do that when he took part on The Big Reunion, he said: “I denied the whole Jordan thing because I was 17, I didn't want my family to find out about my sex life. If I hadn't of lied it wouldn't have been a big deal, my family, friends and fans wouldn't have felt as let down I guess.”
He added: “For me I was very young, I had to say I don't want to have a long term relationship at this age, so she sold the story, and I said it was all lies.
“The only thing I thought in my head to do was say it had never happened, I felt I had to because I didn't want my family to know about my sex life, I didn't tell anyone my family or friends, so they all backed me.”
Katie, who is now a mum of five and married to Kieran Hayler, later said she regretted the fling but she was pleased she had shamed Gareth into admitting it was true.
“It’s terrible – I was still young, I was pregnant, I didn’t have the dad about and I still wanted to be loved,” she said.
“It was wrong when I look back. It was over in seconds!”
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