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Carl Woods reveals heartbreaking message from Katie Price’s son Harvey after explosive split
Katie also shared her pain during the programme, explaining how the split blindsided her
CARL Woods has revealed the heartbreaking message he received from Katie Price’s son Harvey after their explosive split.
The couple, who were together for three years before their 2023 separation, had been navigating the challenges of IVF in hopes of having a baby together.
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However, their journey came to an abrupt end, as highlighted in Katie’s new Channel 4 documentary, Katie Price: Making Babies, which aired last night.
Katie shared her pain during the programme, explaining how the split blindsided her.
She told the camera: "We've gone through all this IVF, we've had a failed IVF, and then he can just drop me like that. Just drop me like that.
"Don’t care about my feelings. Don’t care about the fact that in my head I thought we were having a donor egg going in me. For him to now decide, 'Nah, I’m just gonna block her.'"
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Carl admitted the decision to end their relationship was the hardest one he has ever made.
While acknowledging Katie’s feelings, he revealed his own struggles with the instability in their lives, saying: "It’s the hardest decision of my life to make, like to tap out on it. She will just think that I’m out of order: ‘He’s left me when we were having a child.’
"It’s not about that at all. What it is about, it is about having stability in my life. Kids need a stable home, and there’s no sign of it changing. I don’t have the fight left in me. I’ve fought for three years."
Carl became emotional as he described receiving a heartfelt message from Harvey, 22, Katie’s eldest son, who has autism and Prader-Willi syndrome.
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Harvey, whose dad is footballer Dwight Yorke, had drawn Carl a picture, writing: "Best mommy’s boyfriend. Daddy Carl Woods, best daddy in the world."
Reflecting on the moment, Carl said: "That’s hard, mate. That is. It’s been three years with that boy. Heartbreaking, that is."
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Katie also shared her ongoing struggles with the IVF process and her heartbreak over their relationship ending.
She said: "It’s so crap that I still have to take these IVF tablets. They said I couldn’t stop it last week, because if I do, it will mess my periods up, and I might not come on for months. But yeah, I’m not with Carl. I would have loved to have a baby with Carl, would have loved to live with him. I would love to have had a happy ending with him."
Carl acknowledged Katie’s responsibilities as a mother of five and praised her efforts, saying: "She’s a wonderful mum. She’s got five beautiful kids, and she does very well."
Katie, in turn, expressed her frustrations over Carl’s criticism of her circumstances.
She fumed: "All he ever has to worry about in life is him and his dog. What I have to worry about is five kids, running a big house, the dogs, schools, work."
Despite their hopes for a future together, Carl admitted that love wasn’t enough to overcome their difficulties.
He concluded: "It’s just a s**t situation, but sometimes loving somebody is just not enough."
The IVF treatment followed a turbulent period in which Carl discovered Katie had cheated on him with former international polo star Jamie Morrison and traded sexy messages with an England footballer.
Mum-of-five Katie has already said she has no interest in watching the show and revisiting a difficult time in her life.
Neither Katie or Carl have profited from the production - instead the budget was spent funding her treatment.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Carl said of the Channel 4 programme: "My thoughts are that it's old news, everybody's moved on.
"I can't see the point in it airing."
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He continues: "I'm sure she's glad she's got the clean break. You know, we don't have any ties.
"Everything happens for a reason. God was looking down on me and Kate and said, 'no, you're not matched to be parents, let's not make this work. You go that way, I'll go this way. So it worked out well."
Katie Price's love life
We take a look back at the highs and lows of Katie Price's relationship history.
1996-1998: Katie got engaged to Gladiators star Warren Furman - aka Ace - with a £3,000 ring. But their relationship didn't make it as far as 'I do'.
1998-2000: Katie described Dane Bowers as 'the love of her life' but she broke up with the singer when he allegedly cheated on her.
2001: Footballer Dwight Yorke is the father of Katie's eldest child Harvey. He has had very little to do with Harvey throughout his life.
2002: Rebounding from Dwight, Katie famously had one night of passion with Pop Idol star Gareth Gates, allegedly taking his virginity.
2002-2004: Katie was dating Scott Sullivan when she entered the jungle for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!. He threatened to "punch Peter's lights out" when chemistry blossomed between her and Peter Andre.
2004-2009: The jungle romance resulted in Katie marrying Aussie pop star Peter. They had two kids, Junior and Princess, before their bitter split in 2009.
2010-2011: Fresh from her break-up with Peter, Katie enjoyed a whirlwind relationship and marriage with cage fighter Alex Reid. They split 20 months after their Las Vegas wedding.
2011: Katie briefly dated model Danny Cipriani... but it ended as quickly as it begun.
2011-2012: They didn't speak the same language, but Katie got engaged to Argentinian model Leandro Penna in 2011. He later fled home to South America.
2012-2018: Wedding bells rang once more after Katie met Kieran Hayler in 2013. They had two kids together, Jett and Bunny, before their break-up and divorce.
2018-2019: Katie moved on quickly with Kris Boyson. They had an on-off romance for one year and even got engaged. They split for good in 2019.
2019: Katie was linked to Charles Drury during her on-off relationship with Kris. Charles, who also dated Lauren Goodger, has always denied being in "official relationship" with her.
2020-2023: Car salesman Carl Woods took a shining to Katie in 2020. Their relationship was up and down for three years. They broke up for a final time last year.
2024-present: After weeks of rumours, Katie confirmed her relationship with Married At First Sight star JJ Slater in February this year.
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