Britain’s leading model, top selling author and professional celebrity par excellence Katie Price, popularly known as Jordan, has confirmed her wedding to cage fighter Alex Reid in a private ceremony in Las Vegas.
The high profile couple tied the knot in a simple ceremony, carried out in a Nevada State wedding chapel, at 1600 local time. In a joint statement the happy couple said: “We are very much in love and look forward to the future together.”
Speculation had been mounting over their plans together but the speed of their announcement has taken fans by surprise. Reid has recently taken his first steps into television, and was crowned last week as the winner of the last ever series of Celebrity Big Brother. He was a surprisingly engaging presence in the Big Brother houseHouse
2009 had proved to be something of an annus horribilis for Price. Public opinion turned sharply against her following her high profile split with singer Peter Andre. Many people were impressed by the quiet dignity of Andre and contrasted this with the increasingly brash, out of control appearances of Price as she seemingly staggered from one celebrity bash to another. Price then returned to the jungle in television’s ‘I’m A Celebrity get Me Out Of Here!’ but rather than rehabilitating her with the public, as she had hoped, it only served to confirm how far her popularity had fallen. After being nominated to do every trial she quit the show in tears. Her solace throughout the year was the blossoming of her relationship with Alex Reid. Many people have speculated that the wedding has hurriedly taken place to secure a large deal with OK magazine, or as a further attempt to increase her popularity to its pre-Andre level. Their publicist however insisted that there was no pre-conceived commercial plan or agreement in place, and that the marriage was purely down to their love for each other. It remains to be seen whether Katie Price will regain the affection of her public on the back of this good news story but I am sure that you will join me in wishing the couple well at the start of their married life together.