In a twist worthy of one of her own reality TV plotlines, Katie Price—the original glamour model turned resilient reality star—has finally clawed back the family life she’s craved for years. After a turbulent saga of divorces, court battles, and personal rock bottoms, the 47-year-old mother of five announced that her youngest children, Bunny, 10, and Jett, 11, will move in with her full-time starting November. The news, shared tearfully on her podcast *The Katie Price Show*, has fans flooding social media with heart emojis and #KatieComeback hashtags, amassing over 500,000 posts in 24 hours. But the real fairy-tale kicker? A cryptic midnight phone call from a “mystery man”—revealed to be a high-powered family law mediator—sealed the deal, turning despair into domestic bliss. “I’ve fought so hard for this,” Katie gushed to co-host Sophie Reade. “They’re coming home, under my roof, where they belong.”
The road to this reunion has been anything but a catwalk strut. Katie, once Jordan, the pin-up who redefined tabloid royalty in the noughties, shares Bunny and Jett with ex-husband Kieran Hayler, her third spouse in a marriage that imploded amid infidelity scandals and addiction struggles. Wed in 2013, the union crumbled by 2021, leaving Katie grappling with the fallout. In 2022, a devastating low point: Jett and Bunny relocated to live primarily with Kieran, 37, following Katie’s breach of a restraining order against his then-fiancée Michelle Pentecost and amid concerns over her mental health. The former Page 3 star had been candid about her battles—suicidal ideation, a stint at The Priory, and the raw pain laid bare in her Channel 4 doc *Trauma and Me*. “I felt like I’d lost everything,” she recalled in a 2024 *Mirror* interview, her voice breaking. “Watching them pack up… it shattered me.” Limited access followed: weekends snatched amid Sussex court hearings, birthdays bittersweet, and holidays hollow without her “little shadows.”
Katie’s brood is a blended masterpiece of her chaotic love life. Eldest Harvey, 23, born blind and with partial autism and Prader-Willi syndrome from a fling with Dwight Yorke, thrives in residential care near her new East Sussex pad. Junior, 20, and Princess, 17—from her high-profile union with Peter Andre—navigate adulthood with poise; Junior’s modeling gigs echo his mum’s glory days, while Princess struts fashion weeks. But Bunny and Jett? They were the anchors Katie clung to through two bankruptcies (2024’s double whammy docked 40% of her income), the “Mucky Mansion” eviction, and a revolving door of romances—from JJ Slater to whispers of a comeback with Dane Bowers. “They’re my why,” she’s said, tattooing their names on her wrist. Yet, social media silence spoke volumes: No snaps of Bunny’s pigtails or Jett’s cheeky grins since 2022, a self-imposed blackout to shield them from trolls and protect their “normal” school lives.
Enter the mystery man. Sources close to Katie reveal the pivotal call came at 12:03 a.m. on September 5, shattering her insomnia-fueled scroll session. “I was up, doom-scrolling custody horror stories, when the phone rang,” she dished on her pod. The caller? Not a suitor, but Marcus Hale, a discreet London-based mediator with a Rolodex of celeb clients (think anonymized A-listers from *Made in Chelsea* feuds). Hale, 52, a former barrister turned fixer, had been quietly enlisted by Katie’s solicitor in July after a routine welfare check flagged “changed circumstances.” Kieran, now married to Pentecost with a baby on the way, cited his grueling PT schedule and desire for the kids’ “stability with Mum” as the shift. But it was Hale’s velvet-gloved diplomacy—over three clandestine Zooms—that greased the wheels. “He’s the wizard behind the curtain,” a pal told *Mail Online*. “That midnight chat? He laid out the agreement: Full-time with Katie, shared holidays, no media mandates. Kieran signed off by dawn.” Katie, misty-eyed, dubbed him “my guardian angel in a suit.”
The timing couldn’t be sweeter. Katie’s August relocation to a £1.5 million Sussex farmhouse—dubbed “Price Paradise”—positions her just 20 minutes from the kids’ schools, a far cry from the “Mucky Mansion” isolation. Outfitted with a pony paddock for Bunny’s riding dreams and a home gym for Jett’s footie obsession, it’s a fresh start post-bankruptcy blues. “I’ve got the podcast ticking over, book deals brewing, and now this? It’s like the universe said, ‘Enough, Katie—family first,’” she beamed in an Instagram Live that peaked at 150,000 viewers. Plans buzz: November 1 move-in day with a unicorn-themed bash (Bunny’s fave), family therapy via the NHS to mend scars, and a low-key Christmas sans cameras. Kieran, speaking to *The Sun*, struck a conciliatory tone: “The kids need their mum full-time. We’re co-parenting pros now—no drama.”
X lit up like Brighton Pier. #BunnyAndJettHome trended with 300,000 tweets, fans rallying: “Katie’s a warrior mum—haters, take notes!” gushed one, while another shared, “From rock bottom to roof over their heads? Iconic.” Celeb mates piled on: Kerry Katona, Katie’s *I’m A Celeb* survivor sis, posted a throwback snap: “My girl’s got her babies back—proud AF.” Even Peter Andre, 52, whose 2011 custody win over Katie still simmers, liked the announcement, a subtle olive branch amid their frosty co-parenting of Junior and Princess. Critics, though, linger: Tattle Life threads dissect her past “unfit mum” labels, with one user snarking, “Midnight magic or media spin?” Yet, supporters counter with her advocacy—her 2024 book *This Is Me* a bestseller on trauma recovery, funneling proceeds to child mental health.
For Katie, this isn’t just a win; it’s redemption. “Years of heartbreak—addiction, arrests, the lot—led here,” she reflected. “That call? It was fate knocking.” As November nears, the farmhouse hums with prep: Jett’s superhero duvet, Bunny’s glitter shelf, and Katie’s vow: “No more headlines, just home.” In a life of spotlights and scandals, this quiet chapter shines brightest—a mum’s unyielding love, scripted by a mystery man’s midnight mercy. As one fan poeticized: “Katie Price: From glamour to grit, now back to basics. Family forever.”