Katie Price's latest documentary series, Katie Price: Nothing to Hide, aired on Sky Documentaries and is now available on Now. The one-woman phenomenon is typically outspoken, but the show offers little in the way of insight, remaining a carefully manufactured product of the Price brand.
Price's Dominance and the Documentary's Context
Price, also known as Jordan, has been a cultural behemoth for 30 years, dominating headlines and television. This documentary aims to restore the pecking order after documentaries on the Beckhams, Vardys, and Coleen Rooney. Price is shown on a giant sofa, vaping and eating snacks, 10 days after facial surgery, promising honesty. The filmmaker, Paddy Wivell, usually focuses on non-celebrity subjects, but here he interviews Price's family and exes.
Candid Moments and Revelations
Price is as candid as ever. She reveals she didn't become Hugh Hefner's girlfriend after her 2001 Playboy cover because it would be like having sex with her grandad, and she was surprised at how young his willy looked when other girls climbed aboard. She recounts going to the abortion clinic three times when pregnant but leaving each time, reasoning that just because Dwight Yorke didn't want the baby was no reason she shouldn't. She dispassionately acknowledges that breakups or tabloid campaigns hurt, but she has always had the ability to just get on with it.
Interviews with Family and Exes
Wivell interviews Price's mother, Amy, who displays a mix of enduring love, bafflement, and fury at her daughter's life decisions. Exes include first boyfriend Gary Bolingbroke, Dane Bowers, Gareth Gates, and Alex Reid. Gates seems to still be reeling from the relationship, which ended when Price admitted losing his virginity to her cured his stutter. Neither Dwight Yorke nor Peter Andre appear.
Lack of Insight and Reflection
But candour and confession are not insight. The documentary does not contextualise Price's life within misogyny, nor do friends or family provide more than assurances that Katie can be hard as nails but has a softer side. The show is as carefully manufactured and defiantly unreflective as any other Price product. Questions about what she might have done without beauty or plastic surgery, or whether her life is sustainable for another 30 years, go unanswered.
