Katie Price and Peter Andre met on the show back in 2004 (Image: Getty Images)
has candidly reflected on her whirlwind romance with ex-husband Peter Andre during their stint on
The 46 year old former glamour model and 51 year old Peter became the talk of the nation when they appeared on the third series of the ITV show. The nation was captivated as they watched the pair’s playful banter, wrestling matches, and blossoming love story unfold.
Following their jungle adventure, the couple quickly got engaged in secret in May of that year.
Their fairy-tale wedding took place in September 2005, leading to the birth of their children Junior and Princess Andre. However, the marriage unravelled, culminating in a divorce in 2009.
Over the years, both Katie and Peter have publicly exchanged barbs, with Katie often targeting her exes on social media, reports .
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Katie and Peter developed a romance whilst in the jungle (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
With returning to television screens, Katie, who is now dating MAFS star JJ Slater, has been reminiscing about her famed relationship with Peter, describing it as ‘quite an amazing journey’ and claiming that ‘no one’s ever been anywhere near close to her and Pete in there’.
In a conversation with The Sun, she expressed her feelings: “But I’ll tell you what is sad about all of it – we fell in love in the jungle, got married, had kids, had an amazing life but like 20 years on and we don’t even speak, it’s just crazy what happens with time.”
She previously mused over her jungle experience on her show My Crazy Life five years ago.
Katie and Peter share two children together (Image: Getty Images)
“The first time I went in the jungle, I never thought I’d bloody fall in love with someone, and obviously I met Pete and had two beautiful kids,” she mused. “It’s weird, it brings back so many memories.”
Following the collapse of their marriage, Peter was “absolutely gutted” when Katie returned to the Maldives villa where they celebrated their 2005 honeymoon with their children.
“Being apart from my kids is just breaking my heart,” he lamented to the Daily Star at the time. “It’s destroying me – I’m absolutely gutted.”
The argument that spelled the end of their union was captured on film, with Peter later admitting on camera his disdain for his wife. “I get it all the time on and off but I love that girl,” he confessed in a pre-recorded episode that aired three months later.
“I love her incredibly but when I hate her, I hate her. Hate’s a strong word when I’m not happy, I’m very not happy,” he continued. “Me and Kate were going through so much s*** last year. People knew we were arguing all the time. All this speculation about us and it made us argue more, it was a really, really bad time.”