Katie Price has revealed her son Harvey has been ‘kicked out’ of his place at a residential care home for being ‘too difficult’. 

The former glamour model, 46, explained the 22-year-old was set to go to a new care home in a month’s time, after losing his place at a specialist college last year.

Harvey is blind, autistic, has septo-optic dysplasia, a learning disability, and is one of the 2,000 people in the UK with Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder. 

But Katie explained that she now has to find somewhere else for him to live after new management took over the care home and determined that they couldn’t cater for Harvey’s needs.

Speaking on her podcast The Katie Price Show, she said: ‘Harvey is supposed to be moving in four-and-a-half weeks, they’ve changed management and said they won’t be able to cater for Harv, because he’s too difficult.

‘So now I’ve got to find another placement for him… so yeah, more drama to deal with.

 Katie Price has revealed her son Harvey has been ‘kicked out’ of his place at a residential care home for being ‘too difficult’

The former glamour model, 46, explained the 22-year-old was set to go to a new care home in a month’s time, after losing his place at a specialist college last year

But Katie explained that she now has to find somewhere else for him to live after new management took over the care home and determined that they couldn’t cater for Harvey’s needs

Katie later opened up on the stress the sudden decision had caused, with her having only four weeks to find a new home for Harvey and still wanting the ‘best’ for her son.

She explained: ‘We worked months and months for that and he was told four-and-a-half weeks before that he couldn’t go there, and Harvey has been doing the countdown. 

‘Well it’s stressful because you want the right thing for your child and it is a lot of time and effort to go back and do more meetings, more forms, it is very time-consuming because you want the best for your child.’ 

Harvey’s move to a new care home came after Katie was forced to withdraw him from his £350,000-a-year college last summer mid her bankruptcy woes.

The mother-of-five was left devastated after her local authority refused to fund her son’s care because he has ‘no healthcare issues’, with an ᴀssessor concluding that Harvey ‘only needs social care’.

He was being supported at the residential National Star College in Gloucester, but Katie revealed in March that she was being forced to pull him out because ‘West SusSєx Council wouldn’t fund him’ at a college too far from where she lives.

Speaking on her podcast in July, the television personality said: ‘The socials came back yesterday, the people who do the funding, and they believe by seeing Harvey that Harvey has no healthcare issues. 

‘That he only needs social care. They think he has no health problems so they’re not funding, and want him to live in a social care place.’ 

Harvey’s move to a new care home came after Katie was forced to withdraw him from his £350,000-a-year college last summer mid her bankruptcy woes (pictured together in 2021) 

He was being supported at the residential National Star College in Gloucester, but Katie revealed in March that she was being forced to pull him out because ‘West SusSєx Council wouldn’t fund him’ at a college too far from where she lives

Katie explained how Harvey’s doctors and social worker had encouraged her to appeal the decision as she went on to explain his medical difficulties. 

She said: ‘So now obviously the doctors and all that are good with me. He has a pᴀssport for the hospital, he’s on medicine to keep him alive, he’s cortisol deficient so can go into adrenaline crisis at any time. 

‘If he’s ill he ends up in hospital, what are they on about? Anyone out there if you’re in a situation like me, like everyone knows Harvey has healthcare issues, it’s been documented and I’ve done documentaries on it, but they just think it’s behaviour.

‘I’m like “are you kidding me?”, and I’m now having to appeal, even his social worker from West SusSєx is like “you’ve need to appeal it”. They disagree with it. It’s all because of money. 

‘I will not be letting Harvey suffer but it looks like he will be coming home. Not home, I mean a place nearer me, up the road. He won’t be able to stay at college after Christmas.’

Katie was Harvey’s primary caregiver until he turned 19, and in 2021 filmed his moved into National Star College as part of BBC documentary Katie Price: Harvey and Me.

It featured highs and lows for Harvey as he adjusted to living without his mother for the first time in his life, while leading a more independent life and learning new skills.

But in March last year, Katie revealed: ‘I’m having a nightmare at the minute. We were looking for him to stay at his college another year or if not a placement, but [the local authority] haven’t accepted it.

In 2021, she filmed his moved to college in a BBC documentary, showing how he adjusted to living without his mum for the first time in his life (pictured)

Last month, Katie also revealed that Harvey, who weighs 28 stone, was beginning a course of an Ozempic-style jab after consulting with his doctors (pictured in 2022)

‘They’ve given me three months that he has to find somewhere else by July. With someone like Harvey you need the transitional move, you need to do it slow. I’m trying to find somewhere nearer or something for Harvey but three months isn’t a long time.’

Last month, Katie also revealed that Harvey was to start using weight loss jabs in a bid to help improve his life.

The TV star explained that her eldest, who weighs 28 stone, was beginning a course of an Ozempic-style jab after consulting with his doctors.

A recognised symptom of his Prader-Willi syndrome is a constant hunger, leaving Katie fearful for Harvey’s health without further intervention, after already trying a number of different weight loss strategies over the years. 

Speaking to The Sun to raise awareness, she explained that Harvey’s doctors have advised he may be taking the jabs for up to two years.

She said: ‘It’s really, really serious and life-changing for Harvey. He’s at risk of a heart attack, and because of his condition, he’s not getting any smaller. 

‘He’s putting on weight. It doesn’t matter what we do. So the doctors are doing it to give him a better, longer life, and for his health.’

The mum-of-five added: ‘The good thing about starting him on the drug is, if it has any effect, you can stop it because you do it weekly. We’ve tried food, he’s had dieticians, it’s just the way he is.

Harvey’s biological father is former footballer Dwight York, who briefly dated Katie in 2001, breaking up soon after Katie fell pregnant with her eldest child (pictured in 2001)  

‘They want to try him on it for at least one or two years, which is a long time, but they’ll control what level he needs then up it as they ᴀssess it.’

Harvey’s biological father is former footballer Dwight York, who briefly dated Katie in 2001, breaking up soon after Katie fell pregnant with her eldest child. 

The ex premier league star denied he was the father, until a DNA test proved his paternity.

Katie previously claimed that Dwight has barely seen Harvey since he was born, saying: ‘I think he’s seen Harvey about nine times in his life.’

She claimed: ‘I don’t think he liked it that I was with Pete [Andre] before adding: ‘I don’t know whether it’s because he couldn’t have me or Harv, to this day I don’t know.

‘I’ve tried to send him pictures of Harvey on Instagram, Harvey playing the piano, he just ignores everything. He doesn’t want to know. But the door is always open, always.’

WHAT IS PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME?

Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic condition that causes problems including constant urges to eat food, restricted growth and reduced muscle tone.

Other potential issues include learning difficulties, lack of Sєxual development and behavioral problems such as tantrums or stubbornness.

The rare condition, which affects one in every 15,000 children born in England, is caused by a defect on chromosome number 15 – and happens by chance.

Because there is no cure, treatment aims to manage the symptoms – with parents of sufferers urged to get their children to stick to a healthy, balanced diet.

Children with the syndrome can eat up to six times more than children of the same age – and still feel hungry.

It was first described in 1956 by Swiss doctors A Prader, A Labhart and H Willi.