Katie's pain at 'sham' rumours

Upset at claims her romance with JJ Slater is fake, Katie Price is finding it hard to be happy in her relationship due to past trauma, a source tells new

- Mitya Underwood and Bex April May

Katie Price and her younger boyfriend JJ Slater raised eyebrows when they started dating last year, and they've since been plagued by split rumours. Last week, the couple appeared to bury any traces of each other on social media, and many fans were quick to accuse them of “faking” their relationship.

The pair announced their romance in 2024 and from the outside at least, they seem to have enjoyed a drama-free courtship. However, the rumour mill went into overdrive last week when they both appeared to reshuffle their Instagram pages and bury the relationship on their respective feeds.

Fans have called their relationship “publicity driven”, with comments like “What a sham” and “I think it's a fake relationship” written on some of Katie's most recent Facebook snaps of her and JJ.

The rumours and comments are deeply hurtful to the mum-of-five, our source told us, and have even made her tearful.

“The rumours about Katie's relationship being a ‘sham’ are really hurtful and she’s shed tears over it,” they said. “She loves JJ and thinks he’s different from her other exes, so she wants a fairy tale romance. She's had a lot of trauma in her life and still carries a lot of it with her.”

The former glamour model, who turns 47 on 22 May, also recently shared intimate details about her mental health and previous toxic relationships, and heartbreakingly revealed that while