Katie Price feels guilty for feeding her son as he battles with his weight.
Katie Price
The 42-year-old star fears for her 18-year-old son Harvey - who suffers with a number of health conditions including blindness, ADHA and Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder which affects his development - and knows he needs to lose some of his 28 stone weight.
She said: "It's a cruel illness. He feels hungry all the time. Every time I feed him, it’s killing him. Even though it makes him happy, it’s cruel of me to do it. He needs to lose weight or he’ll end up dead. He doesn’t deserve that. I don’t want to lose him. He’s only 18, he’s got his whole life ahead of him. I will do anything to help."
And Katie confessed Harvey even "eats in his sleep" and finds food himself, making her task impossible.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, she added: "It’s a cruel and horrible illness where he feels hungry all the time - and if he doesn’t get food he gets angry. It's hard work. He'll smash things up if you say no. I’ve had to re-plaster my walls because he’ll bash holes in them with his head.
"He knows what nice things taste of. I’ll give him sweet potato chips instead of real fries but he knows the difference. It’s not what he eats in the day, it’s what he eats when I don’t see him. I’ve tried hiding food but he’ll find it. You can’t leave food or leftovers on the side or he’ll eat it, and he’s really quick too. He even eats in his sleep. He’ll walk downstairs and eat whatever he can find. We’ve even found him rummaging through friends’ bags for food."
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