Katie Price sparked concern among fans after she revealed on social media that she spent a night in accident-and-emergency while on tour with fellow reality star Kerry Katona.
Price, 47, posted a photo of an illuminated A&E sign on Snapchat on Saturday and wrote, "Not what I had on my Bingo card for Friday night." In a follow-up snap she appeared to be getting her eyebrows laminated and added, "What a day, I didn't plan on ending up in A&E on a Friday night." Price has not disclosed further details about her condition, and her representatives had not responded to requests for comment.
The A&E revelation came as Price and Katona continue their tell-all tour, An Evening with Katie Price & Kerry Katona. Price previously told followers she had been "booted out" of her hotel hours before a performance, posting on Snapchat that staff had told them to vacate and that they were at the theatre six hours early. "Morning everyone, well believe it or not had a good night sleep," she said in a video update, adding she planned to "find a Subway" and settle her kittens before the show.
Price has been publicly caring for a number of cats and kittens in recent months. She said two kittens were rushed to the vet after her son JJ found them limp. Price said the kittens had been born two weeks premature and were being bottle-fed and that she insisted on treatment after an initial suggestion from a vet that they be put to sleep. She said she paid about £1,400 for treatment and that the kittens were now home and being closely monitored. The mother cat, Doris, gave birth last month, Price said, and she has said she missed a holiday to help care for the animals.
The tour has also been marked by at least one disruptive incident. Price and Katona performed at the Floral Pavilion theatre in New Brighton, Liverpool, where a number of female audience members were reportedly asked to leave for drunken and disruptive behaviour, leading to a delay in the second half of the show. Merseyside Police said they received a report shortly before 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, September 7, that several females had been asked to leave and had refused, continuing to be verbally abusive toward staff, and that enquiries were ongoing.
A spokesperson for the Floral Pavilion said the second part of the show was "briefly delayed due to disruptive behaviour from a small number of audience members," and thanked police for assisting staff to remove them. Price apologised to the audience during the performance for the delay, saying, "Sorry about the drama. It had nothing to do with us." Katona criticised the removed group as having "ruined the show for everybody else."
Price has previously faced criticism from animal welfare groups over her ownership of pets after a series of animal deaths. She has continued to share updates about her animals on social media while promoting the tour. The Daily Mail reported the developments and said it had contacted Price's representatives for comment.