Katie Price has confessed that she was the one who initiated contact with her current boyfriend, JJ Slater, after learning about his type 1 diabetes diagnosis. The former Married at First Sight star, whose real name is John Joe, had made his condition public earlier this year, which led Katie to reach out to him on Instagram . This led to a coffee date and eventually a blossoming relationship.
Interestingly, Katie revealed that JJ had tried to message her before, but his attempt went unnoticed. However, once they finally met, they decided to take things "slowly" and have been together since February. In an interview with Woman's Own, Katie shared that she wasn't actively seeking love when she met JJ.
She said: "I'd read in the paper that he'd got diabetes. I thought, 'Wow, that's quite harsh,' as diabetes is a life-changing thing to have. "I messaged and said, 'I hope you're okay with your diabetes'.
And he said, 'Oh, I'm really embarrassed.' I went 'Why? ' Turns out he'd messaged me two years ago but I never saw it. It must have been deleted so it was obviously meant to be," reports Lancs Live .
Katie also disclosed that JJ's initial message to her was a compliment about her looks. At the time of their first interaction, Katie had just ended things with ex-boyfriend Carl Wood and was feeling "mentally exhausted" by relationships. Despite this, they decided to "take it slowly".
This was a mutual decision as JJ, too, was not looking for love following his split from MAFS bride.
