Katie Price ‘dumped’ by footballer Shane Duffy after relationship was exposed
KATIE Price's footballer boyfriend Shane Duffy gave her the red card when their relationship was exposed.
The Loose Women star was "dumped" by the Brighton & Hove Albion player because he didn't want the publicity, The Sun Online can reveal.
An insider said: "When their relationship was exposed, Shane immediately seemed to get cold feet and stopped seeing Katie.
"He wasn't keen on the publicity and things went cold after that."
Their tryst was revealed in The Sun when Katie's hard-to-miss pink Range Rover was seen outside Shane's home earlier this month.
But Katie has already bounced back from the split, recently falling into the arms of wannabe reality star Kris Boyson.
The lovebirds were pictured holding hands as they enjoyed a stroll together yesterday - just days after they celebrated her 40th birthday holed up in a five star Bruges hotel suite.
Their trip to Belgium came after she and Kris, 26, enjoyed a night out at Sheesh in Chigwell with her pal Rykard Jenkins earlier this month.
A source told The Sun of the romance: "It’s a familiar pattern. Kate splits from her man and goes out partying again, but people who know her are worried she’s going to damage what’s left of her career.
"One minute she’s off down to Brighton to meet Shane, the next she’s away in Belgium with Kris.
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"Nobody quite knows what she’s trying to achieve. It’s like she’s just desperate to stay youthful but it’s becoming very embarrassing and also causing major rows back home."
While Katie has been enjoying boozy nights out with the younger man, her soon-to-be ex husband Kieran Hayler has been at home looking after the kids.
On Tuesday night the love rat posted a picture of him and Princess, ten - Katie’s daughter with Peter Andre - looking like he was having a decidedly sober evening.
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