Katie Price has said her 'kids saved her' as she attempted to take her own life before seeking help.
The former glamour model has had a turbulent time in the last year and her mum has now revealed that she was told they didn't know how star survived drink-drive crash
Katie, 45, pleaded guilty to drink-driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance after a crash near her home in Sussex.
In December she was handed a 16-week suspended sentence following the accident.
In a new BBC documentary due to air next week, Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next, Katie's mum Amy explained how she received a call around 6.30am and revealed the star felt suicidal after the collision.
"It was unbelievable," 70-year-old Amy tells Katie in the documentary.
"I’m speaking to this guy who actually got you out of the car and he’s saying 'I don’t know how she survived this'.
"When you say to me at the time 'Why am I still here?' — it’s awful for a mother to hear that.
"Imagine if anything had happened in that accident. How do you think Harvey would have coped?"
She has since told the Radio Times in a candid interview how some years ago she tried to take her own life before seeking help at the mental health hospital the Priory.
"I tried to kill myself before I ended up in the Priory," the mum-of-five told the publication. "The only reason I didn’t was because of my children. So, if my kids weren’t here I wouldn’t be here today. Fact. The kids saved me."
She put it down to multiple stresses in her life, including the constant attention that came with her fame as a reality star.
"If I was a normal woman, I’d call the police and say, 'I’m being followed by three men in a car and I’m scared, can you help me?'" Katie explained.
"They’d go and arrest those guys for stalking. But when I say I’m Katie Price they say, 'You’re in the public eye, there’s nothing we can do.'"
Katie recently vowed to have therapy once a week for the rest of her life.
She currently faces the possibility of jail after being arrested on suspicion of breaching a restraining order in January.
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