Katie Price has denied having “any venom” against her ex-husband at his rape trial.
Kieran Hayler is on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of three counts of rape and one of sexual assault against a then-13-year-old girl in West Sussex in 2016, all of which he denies.
When challenged by defence lawyer Arlette Piercy on her view of her ex-husband, Price said: “I don’t have any venom against Kieran, it was amicable when we split.”
Reality star Price also denied being “angry and vengeful” towards Hayler.
During her evidence to Lewes Crown Court, Price was asked by Piercy if she “loved revenge or is it just TV?”.
“It’s TV, it’s what I say. It’s what drives me in my work,” Price said.
Piercy told Price: “You are angry and vengeful towards the defendant Kieran Hayler, you have evidenced a vendetta against him over a number of years.”
Price responded: “That is not true.”
Price also said she was using “a figure of speech” when she messaged the teenage girl allegedly raped by her then-husband.
Jurors had previously seen messages sent between Price and the girl, then aged 14, in which the media personality said she had heard Hayler and the girl kissed and he had “tried it on” with her, adding: “I’m only asking as this is a serious allegation.”
The teenager replied that it was “just a flirt thing” and “nothing happened”.