'It's nice to be with someone who's a real lady': Alex Reid on moving on from Katie with new girlfriend Chantelle Houghton

-Says Katie's claim she never loved him was like 'a knife to the heart'
-Believes his marriage cost him his 'credibility as a serious actor and athlete'

By Daily Mail Reporter


I'm free! Alex Reid says he is enjoying being with 'a real lady' (Chantelle Houghton) following his split from Katie Price


Alex Reid admits that his ex Katie Price's revelation last week that she never really loved him was like 'a knife to the heart.'

But despite being hurt by his estranged wife's churlish words, the cage fighter and reality star insists he has moved on, and is enjoying his new romance with Chantelle Houghton.

And in a thinly-veiled dig at Price, Alex, 35, says his favourite thing about the Celebrity Big Brother winner is that she is 'a real lady.'


In an interview with this week's new! magazine, Alex says: 'The great thing about her is that she’s so feminine, a real lady.

He quips: 'It’s nice to be with someone who’s a real lady - is that a little dig?'

'She really is just so sweet, so girly. I’m cheeky. I’m like a little kid and I play around, [I make] little bum jokes. I tone that down a bit. She’s not a prude, she’ll find it funny, but I want to be a gentleman.'

On the rebound: Alex and Chantelle hit it off in April shortly after her split from Rav Wilding


The new couple hit it off when they sat together on a flight to Northern Ireland for the Fate Awards in April.

Reid admits he got to know Chantelle through her ex Rav Wilding, an acquaintance of his.

But following her split from the Crimewatch presenter, she began flirting with Alex at the Fate Awards ceremony and they shared a kiss.

Reid says they are taking things slow and joke that they are both on the rebound.

He also tells the magazine that he discouraged by the knowledge that their relationship may be viewed as a 'showmance.'

'What put me off was that it was going to be considered that sort of stuff. And I thought, "'Screw that. I'm going to live my life."'

And while he is moving on with Chantelle, 27, Alex says Katie still plays on his mind.

'She’ll always have a special place in my heart. I would have given my life for her. I am a romantic for better or for worse, so yeah, that hurts.

'I wish it had worked out. It’s sad because I was fighting the whole way to save it. It wasn’t my choice [to split].'

Reid says that Katie's revelation in an OK magazine interview last week that she never truly loved her him was 'like a knife to the heart. She says we're still friends, but a friend wouldn't say something like that.'

Moving on: Reid admits ex Katie Price's revelation last week that she never loved him was like 'a knife to the heart'


He adds: 'I got my first big TV show a week before I met Katie. Being with her was brilliant. It opened so many doors. It got me put on the map, even though I’d been working for 20-plus years in showbiz.

'But she also closed many doors. My credibility as an athlete, as a serious actor. I married into that. And that was one thing I was worried about with Chantelle. [But] she’s actually a lovely girl.'


source:dailymail

Hot to trot: Katie Price and Leandro kiss on horseback as her beau impresses with his pukka polo skills

By JODY THOMPSON


Not chukka-d yet: Leandro Penna puckers up to Katie Price as they practice their polo skills in Berkshire yesterday


They still can't actually speak each other's language - but Katie Price and Leandro Penna let their horsemanship do the talking yesterday.

The loved-up pair were showing off their polo skills on the pitch in Berkshire - and the 33-year-old model turned businesswoman seemed impressed by her toyboy's ways with a mallet.

In fact, onlookers said that Leandro, 26, was a natural and looked even better riding than trained horsewoman Katie.


Swinging time: Leandro keeps the ball in his sights as he gallops on his polo pony ready to take a shot with his mallet


Perhaps he'd had some sneaky lessons before in his home country of Argentina, where their horsemen are famed for their polo skills.

Meanwhile, Alex Reid, 35, still has some kind words for his soon-to-be ex wife Katie.

Talking in this week's issue of New! magazine, the cagefighter said: 'She’ll always have a special place in my heart. I would have given my life for her.


Race you: The Argentinian may have had some sneaky lessons in his home country


In the pink: Katie as ever looked natural on horseback too, wearing clothes from her KP Equestrian range


'I am a romantic for better or for worse, so yeah, that hurts. I wish it had worked out. It’s sad because I was fighting the whole way to save it. It wasn’t my choice [to split].'

However, he said of his new girlfriend, Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton, 27, that she's a 'real lady'.


He's broken free: Alex Reid told this week's New! magazine that ex wife Katie would always have a 'special place in his heart'


He said: 'The great thing about her is that she’s so feminine, a real lady. It’s nice to be with someone who’s a real lady. She really is just so sweet, so girly.

'I’m cheeky. I’m like a little kid and I play around, [I make] little bum jokes. I tone that down a bit. She’s not a prude, she’ll find it funny, but I want to be a gentleman.'


Alex Reid on New! magazine


And perhaps unsurprisingly, he confirmed that being with Katie had given him a taste for being in the public eye.

He said: 'I got my first big TV show a week before I met Katie. Being with her was brilliant. It opened so many doors. It got me put on the map, even though I’d been working for 20-plus years in showbiz.'


source: dailymail

Alex Reid 'removes wedding ring'

Alex Reid has reportedly accepted the end of his marriage to Katie Price and taken off his wedding ring.

Reid was given the £2,500 ring by the former glamour model on the eve of their Las Vegas wedding last year.

Price, who announced the end of her 11-month union to Reid last month, flew out to Los Angeles yesterday, apparently warning Reid not to have any parties in her Surrey mansion while she is away.

"Although the divorce is pressing ahead, Alex still wore his ring around the house and she never complained," a source told The Sun. "She has been leading him on for several weeks now - that is why he hasn't left the house. She told him she needs him there as her bodyguard.

"But yet again she has jetted off around the world and discarded him like a used tissue."

They added: "He understands that he needs to take off the ring to move on, which he has now done. He's in pieces about it."

Price has reportedly taken her son Harvey to LA with her, while Peter Andre has taken their children Junior and Princess on holiday.

I am still having sex with Alex

Katie Price has revealed that she is still having sex with her estranged husband Alex Reid.

The model, who announced that she and Reid were separated in January, confessed that they are still sleeping together.

She said in an interview with ES Magazine: "We're separated. He still comes to the house but we're not together. Do I go and f**k Joe Public or do I go and f**k an ex? Can anyone here tell me that they've never f**ked an ex?"

The 32-year-old admitted that her relationship with ex-husband Peter Andre is completely different to that with Reid.

She added: "We are still friends, we are adult and amicable and he doesn't live at my house. It's completely different from Pete."

Price also claimed that Andre was "probably" still in love with her after he contacted lawyers over an accidental burn their 3-year-old daughter Princess Tiaamii got while on holiday.

She said: "I wish you could see the burn. It is tiny and not painful. She was with my mother and sister in Klosters and I asked them to put her pyjamas in the sauna so they would be warm and cosy for her when she went to bed and she must have followed my mum in and caught her arm.

"If you knew what went on over on Pete's side of things, it is pure evil. He's probably still in f**king love with me. That's the problem. There's a thin line between love and hate."

Alex Reid 'calls ambulance after accident'

Alex Reid reportedly called an ambulance to the Surrey home he shares with Katie Price after sustaining an injury while doing martial arts.

The cage-fighter, who has apparently refused to leave the house until he receives his divorce settlement, dialled 999 yesterday when he slipped and dislocated his shoulder, The Sun reports. Two paramedics tended to Reid and decided to bring him to hospital for an X-ray.

The paper claims that the 36-year-old received no reply from his estranged wife when he texted her to inform her about the incident.

"Alex was absolutely gutted by how cruel she was and now realises his wife has no feelings for him whatsoever," a source said. "He thinks she is a heartless bitch."

However, a spokesperson for Price told the Daily Star that they are "aware" of events.

Reid 'demanding £1 million for Price divorce'

Alex Reid has allegedly told Katie Price that he will only agree to a divorce after a £1 million pay-off.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner reportedly rejected a £250,000 confidentiality deal that would ban him from talking about his 11-month marriage to the glamour model, deciding instead to pursue the six-figure sum as compensation for being "used" and "abused" during their relationship.

The Mirror quotes Reid as telling a friend: "I’ve been used, abused and treated like ­Jordan’s puppet - all ­because she can’t get over her last ­husband.

"I'm now doubting she ever loved me - it’s as if the whole ­marriage was a sham and a ­publicity stunt."

Meanwhile, a source insisted that Price would refuse to let Reid take a chunk of her £30 million fortune, as she considers herself to be solely responsible for his rise to fame.

"He’s saying that if she wants him to go then he wants a house and a business, which will cost around £1 million.

"Katie doesn’t want to give him money. She’s saying that without her he is nothing. He has a weekly magazine column and has ­appeared on a TV ­reality show, all on the back of her. She says he’s done well out of marrying her and made his ­money so he needs to sling his hook and think himself lucky. She just wants rid of him - and quick."

However, other insiders have claimed that the Page 3 icon still cares for Reid and has been genuinely damaged by their chaotic separation.

"She might come across as as hard as nails but this is ­hurting her," a source said. "The last thing she wants is a messy divorce like the one she’s only just put to rest with Peter [Andre]."