Katie Price has opened up about why she divorced from Peter Andre after years of remaining tight-lipped about their separation.

The glamour model, 46, and singer, 52, were married for four years after falling for each other on national TV during an appearance on I’m A Celebrity in 2004.

The former couple went on to have two children, Junior, 19, and Princess, 17, but announced they were splitting in 2009.

During an appearance on Paul C Brunson’s podcast, We Need To Talk, Katie shared more details about the divorce.

It has long been speculated that Katie and Peter broke up over her close relationship with her dressage rider, Andrew Gould, and she has now addressed the rumours.

She told Paul: We broke up because he thought I was having an affair with my dressage rider, and I’ve never slept with him. I just kept my horse there, and I was happy keeping my horse there, and he was married.

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Katie Price has opened up about the real reason behind her divorce from Peter Andre after years of remaining tight-lipped about their separation

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The glamour model, 46, and singer, 52, were married for four years (pictured 2008)

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It has long been speculated that Katie and Peter broke up over her close relationship with her dressage rider, Andrew Gould, and she has now addressed the rumours

‘But when me and Pete split, because he used to keep saying, “That’s it. I’ve had enough. I’ve had enough”. It got to a point where I went, “Well f***ing divorce me”. And I remember the day, because then I flew to the Maldives with the kids.

‘That day, I’m at the airport, it’s all on Sky News, it wasn’t mutual at all. And then I redone a statement saying I don’t want to split with Pete, it’s Pete that’s splitting with me. Until this day, me and Pete have never sat down and spoken about it.

‘It’s all through lawyers. I’ve never sat down with him, we probably would’ve sorted it out but we were kept apart.’

MailOnline has contacted Peter’s representatives for comment.

After they announced their split, Peter said he was ‘gutted’ that Katie had taken their children to the Maldives villa where they had honeymooned in 2005.

He told the Daily Star: ‘Being apart from my kids is just breaking my heart. It’s destroying me – I’m absolutely gutted.’

Katie added that it is ‘the most difficult thing’ to co-parent, saying: ‘But I realised you get to know what people are really like, and I’ve had it tough. But yeah, it is sad.’

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They fell for each other on national television during an appearance on I’m A Celebrity

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After they announced their split, Peter said he was ‘gutted’ that Katie had taken their children to the Maldives villa where they had honeymooned in 2005

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Katie and Peter are parents to Junior and Princess (pictured last year)

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The TV personality and her ex-husband were honest about their jealous rows and were regularly seen arguing on their reality show, Katie & Peter.

However, it came as a shock to their huge fanbase when they decided to go their separate ways – and seemingly to Katie, too.

Revealing it wasn’t her choice to split at the time, she said: ‘Pete is the love of my life and my life. We have children together, and I am devastated and disappointed by his decision to separate and divorce me as I married him for life.

‘This is not what I want, and the decision has been taken out of my hands. I will not comment further or do any interviews regarding the separation, but I will always love my Pete.’

During her discussion with Paul, he suggested sitting with Peter during an episode of the podcast to talk about their issues. Katie agreed but admitted Peter would never go for the idea.

Katie last year reflected on her turbulent relationship with Andre, admitting it’s ‘sad’ they no longer speak.

Reflecting on their ‘amazing journey’, Katie told The Sun: ‘It was a very crazy place to meet someone and have this love story.

‘No one’s ever been anywhere near as close to me and Pete in there, even when other people have tried [to find love] it just hasn’t happened. There’s only one Pete and Kate.

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During an appearance on Paul C Brunson’s podcast, We Need To Talk , Katie shared more details about their split

‘But I’ll tell you what is sad about all of it – we fell in love in the jungle, got married, had kids, had an amazing life but like 20 years on and we don’t even speak. It’s just crazy what happens with time.

‘It was a love story and we were in love but, towards the end, other people got involved in our relationship. That’s all I can say about it.’

Since their relationship fell apart, Katie has frequently insisted that Peter was a ‘no one’ before their romance.

Speaking on The Louis Theroux podcast in October, the mother-of-five doubled down on her claims as she said it was Peter’s ‘lucky day’ when he met her.

She explained: ‘I was already established. He’d met me and it was his lucky day. So we always had separate contracts. There’s no way I’m splitting half and half, no thanks.’

As Louis quizzed her about what communication the pair have now, Katie admitted: ‘Don’t speak to him. Just don’t. It’s all through legals. He was quite jealous of me working.’

Earlier this year, Katie claimed Peter – who achieved commercial success with hit song Mysterious Girl in 1996 – had struggled to deal with her success outstripping his, and declared that she ‘made him’.

Appearing on Anything Goes with James English in March, she said: ‘When we did jobs together I’d always get more money, make sure we had separate contracts.

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Katie is in a relationship with Married At First Sight star JJ Slater, 31

‘I think he found that a bit hard as well. I was like well hang on you’ve just turned up in the jungle, I’ve already got a career going on.

‘You had a song like, how many years ago? you need to earn it. This is the truth, I don’t care what anyone says. I made Pete again. I made him.

‘He was no one before he went in the jungle and that’s the truth, that’s not me being a b****. He had that one hit, like ten years ago and I think he forgets where he came from.’

During her conversation with Louis, Katie also slammed her other ‘toxic’ exes, accusing them of ‘gaslighting’ and being ‘narcissistic’.

She declared she never felt in control when in relationships and admitted that she felt ‘weak’ around ex-husband Kieran Hayler, 38, who she took back numerous times after his multiple affairs.

She candidly admitted: ‘My downfall is men. I’ve had to learn all this in therapy. I need that neediness and then I end up in a toxic relationship, narcissist or gaslighting […] but now I know my validators it’s completely different.

‘I wish I knew then what I know now to go back there, because there was no therapy, no one would know anything, and I didn’t give myself a break in between relationships, because it was like, oh, I need to get another one. It’s nuts.’

MailOnline contacted Peter and Kieran’s representatives at the time, with the latter saying: ‘In my own personal experience and that of my clients, there is nothing “weak” about Katie Price. On her own admission she has been quoted, “Being strong, knowing exactly what she wants and does it”.’

Katie is currently in a relationship with Married At First Sight star JJ Slater, 31.