Katie Price has been ridiculed by fans after she claimed her husband Lee Andrews has a PHD from Cambridge University.
Since they married last month, the glamour model’s new husband has faced a string of accusations about the true nature of his finances, with a slew of his claims about his wealth, business acumen and celebrity-links revealed as false.
But Katie hit back at claims her husband is a ‘scammer’ in a new interview where she insisted she’s seen evidence of his Cambridge qualifications.
The star’s comments sparked many fans to hit back, claiming there are means for Lee to create replicas of a PHD.
Even comedian Katherine Ryan poked fun at the claims, commenting that Lee only ‘has a PHD in being a scammer’.
During the interview, Katie also revealed that she has so much trust in her new husband that she declined to sign a pre-nup before their whirlwind wedding.
Katie Price has been ridiculed by fans after she claimed her husband Lee Andrews has a PHD from Cambridge University
Insisting that she’s ‘not stupid’, she said Lee – who has claimed to be both a millionaire and billionaire previously – has shown her documents to attest to his wealth and has proof of purchase that he paid for his new £36million home in Dubai in cash.
Detailing what she believes to be Lee’s educational history, Katie told The Sun: ‘I don’t know how he’s been a con artist and a scammer. I don’t get that bit.
‘Loads of people can AI stuff, loads of people airbrush their pictures, he’s not doing anything wrong to other people but how it’s written and how it looks.
‘He’s not a con man and he’s no scammer I don’t know, when they say he’s scammed, what has he scammed?’
Katie then declared that her husband has told her he studied at Cambridge University, but couldn’t specify which college.
She added: ‘There was so much paperwork, his PHD, is like in a binder like that. I proper looked at everything, because the stamps, they’re like wax some of them, and you can’t, do you know what I mean? You can’t fake.
‘You know when you’ve got certificates and it’s like the watermarks in them, it’s all like that. Everything he’s shown me is so legit, I’m not stupid.
‘They’re not copies, they’re originals.’
The publication noted that they had obtained a response from Cambridge University, stating it could not find a record of Lee being registered as a student with a date of birth they had provided.
After a clip from the interview was shared on Instagram, many fans were quick to question Katie’s claims about Lee’s education.
Katherine wrote: ‘He has a PHD in scamming?’
Other fans added: ‘Look I don’t know this guy but she is very wrong, unfortunately you can buy fake embossed and wax sealed fake certificates.
‘These are more intricate than the general fake ones online but I have just researched this and sadly you can. My gut tells me this guy is a professional scam artist.
‘Also if he was genuine and everything was legitimate why feel the need to publicly say he’s not, the best thing would be to say nothing, let the truth speak for itself. I hope I am wrong as no one deserves to be conned and hurt;
Despite evidence that many of Lee’s claims about his finances have proven to be false, the glamour model insisted he’s ‘not a scammer’ and she’s seen proof of his qualifications
The star’s comments sparked many fans to hit back, claiming there are means for Lee to create replicas of a PHD
Even comedian Katherine Ryan poked fun at the claims, commenting that Lee only ‘has a PHD in being a scammer’
It came as Katie’s ex JJ Slater also alluded to the impact of their split, after she moved on and married Lee mere weeks after their two-year relationship ended
The Married At First Sight UK star shared he’s been ‘to hell and back’ while posting shirtless snaps of himself on the beach
‘The university has already told the press that he didn’t go there, there’s no record of him. Wax seals can be bought online in ANY design you want and you can buy certificate paper too;
‘What college did he go to? “I don’t know I didn’t look at it there was so much paperwork.” In the next breath… “I proper looked at everything”‘;
‘OMG Katie please! He does not have a PHD;
‘If he has a PHD, I’m Santa Claus.’
It came as Katie’s ex JJ Slater also alluded to the impact of their split, after she moved on and married Lee mere weeks after their two-year relationship ended.
The Married At First Sight UK star shared he’s been ‘to hell and back’ while posting shirtless snaps of himself on the beach.
He captioned the post: ‘Hell and back ❤️ Life has a crazy way of testing us but these last couple of months have taught me I am so blessed. Roll with the punches and trust gods plan, his timing is always perfect.’
Katie’s loved ones were said to have been blindsided by the whirlwind nuptials, and are reported to have expressed their concerns about the marriage and are ‘anxious this is a potential scam’.
However, Katie dismissed her family’s worries, insisting that she was not a kid and that ‘my life isn’t normal’, so they had to ‘let me be me’.
Katie’s sister Sophie has previously hinted at her disapproval of her new marriage and said their podcast would be ‘paused’ for the foreseeable future.
In January, she shared a video of rolling British fields with the caption: ‘This and never stepping foot in Dubai,’ after telling her followers she’d had ‘one hell of a week’ following news of the wedding.
While last month, she tellingly reposted a clip of physician Dr Gabor Maté discussing the various approaches that families can make in difficult times.
The video ends with the words: ‘I’m not going to try and change you. I just hope you come to your senses at some point. But I’ll be with you and I’ll be supporting you.’
While her five children are still yet to meet the businessman, eldest children Princess, 18, and Junior, 20, said on This Morning last month that the family are ‘happy as long as she’s happy’.
Daughter Princess admitted: ‘I’ve not met him’, as Junior continued: ‘Our mum is her own person, she’s her own woman, she’s going to do what she’s going to do and at the end of the day, we’re supportive of her as long as she’s happy.’
‘As long as she’s happy that’s all I care about,’ he added, as Princess chimed in: ‘If she’s happy, we’re happy.’
Lee and Katie maintain that they are very much in love and that he will be coming to the UK soon to have a bigger wedding with family and friends, despite frequent claims from his ex, Alana Percival that he is legally bound to the UAE.
While he has presented himself as a high-flying business mogul, the Daily Mail shattered the illusion by revealing that he has been banned from leaving Dubai after spending three weeks locked up in a UAE jail for allegedly forging his ex-girlfriend’s signature to secure a £200,000 loan.
He allegedly applied for a mortgage in personal trainer Dina Taji’s name last year without her consent.
Lee told the Daily Mail it was ‘complete b******s’ that he couldn’t leave.
Since they wed, Katie has returned home alone twice – despite Lee insisting he would join her both times.
There were also assertions that they would be going somewhere on honeymoon together, but they remained in Dubai.
This week, Lee revealed on his social media that Katie is coming back to Dubai via flying to Oman where he will pick her up, amid the conflict in the Middle East following US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
He said: ‘The flights have started to open. The flights are a bit backed up, but if not you can always go through Oman, it is next door and one of the neighbouring countries.
‘I’m not going to tell you all my plans but Katie would fly there and I would go to Oman and pick her up and bring her home because that’s what you do when you are married and in love, you try everything right? Or have I got that wrong?’
The UAE’s government travel advice states: ‘Due to the volatile security situation in the region and military strikes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we’ve raised our level of advice for the UAE to do not travel.
‘The UAE airspace may open or close at short notice, impacting flights at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports. Retaliatory strikes are occurring across the Middle East region following military strikes on Iran. Military conflict in the region may result in widespread movement restrictions, and other travel disruptions.’
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