By Kenzi Devine,Leo Roberts
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Crisis-hit Katie Price has sparked fears for her wellbeing – with boyfriend JJ Slater leading calls for her to slow down. Former Married At First Sight star JJ’s concerns come as mum-of-five Katie revealed she “doesn’t know why” she’s been losing so much weight recently. She has also worried fans with her erratic behaviour while on a gruelling UK tour with close friend Kerry Katona. “JJ and Katie’s family think she is putting way too much pressure on herself,” a source told Mirror . “She’s been constantly on the move with tour shows, but isn’t right mentally or physically – something she knows deep down. They add: “JJ is terrified of her losing any more weight. It’s not an easy thing to sit back and watch your partner running themselves into the ground health-wise.” Over the past few weeks Katie, 47, has been entertaining audiences up and down the country alongside long-time pal Kerry with their live show, An Evening with Katie Price & Kerry Katona . But following a series of late arrivals and last-minute cancellations at high-profile events, friends and family fear her busy lifestyle could be causing her to spiral out of control. “Everybody is really concerned about Katie,” says our source. “All of her close friends are nervous and JJ is particularly worried. He just wants her to be OK. “He’s begging her to slow down and take her health seriously. She has been losing weight rapidly and nobody knows why. It’s not easy for her family to see it happening. They all just want her to be well again.” Earlier this month Katie – who has been dating JJ since February 2024 – angered fans after she turned up more than two hours late to a show in Whitley Bay. After making an appearance via video link, she finally arrived at the theatre around 9.35pm, spending just 35 minutes on stage. Just two days earlier, she was slammed for cancelling an appearance at Milton Keynes Pride’s afterparty, where she had been due to perform. Although she cited “filming” and “recording” commitments as the reasons why she was unable to attend, fans saw red when it emerged she’d been partying at Geordie Shore star Chloe Ferry’s 30th birthday bash instead. Katie’s unpredictable behaviour comes at the end of a challenging couple of months for the star. In August, ex-husband Peter Andre blasted her “repeated lies” on social media, while another former flame, Alex Reid, also accused her of “spreading lies” and shared a video of her appearing to count piles of cash while bankrupt. Opening up about her weight loss last week, Katie revealed she’d received medical attention over the issue, telling fans, “The reason I’m going to the doctors is because I keep losing weight and I don’t know why. So that’s that.” But those close to the former glamour girl say their concerns extend to more than just her shrinking frame. “It’s not just the weight loss – Katie isn’t sleeping either and is having more side effects than she might be letting on,” says our insider. “But she is determined to work through it. She feels like she’s flying high right now and doesn’t want to lose that.” Katie’s latest crisis comes just weeks after she celebrated the shock success of her single, I Got U, which became a surprise hit some eight years after it was first released. The delighted star was left “speechless” after the 2017 dance track became a viral hit and ended up hitting the number one spot on the iTunes chart. But despite her recent career high, her worrying weight loss and the pressure of her hectic tour schedule are causing JJ and her loved ones grave concern. “She would hate to let Kerry down with the shows and needs to keep working,” says ours source. “Fame does mean a lot to Katie and she doesn’t like to lose momentum. She’s had backlash for cancelling gigs before and doesn’t want it to look like she’s letting more people down, so thinks if she keeps working it will be fine. But her health is more important and JJ wants her to realise that.” With many Evening With… shows still to go, we hope Katie is able to give her health and happiness top priority over the coming weeks. Katie’s pal Kerry Katona has also had her health woes of late, and thanked her fans for their understanding after she was forced to walk off-stage after suffering a panic attack last week , when she abruptly walked off stage in the middle of a tour show with Katie Price, The moment came while the duo were discussing their childhoods and tough upbringings, with Kerry later admitting that she had suffered an anxiety attack during the segment. “People thought it was because I was really emotional, but it wasn’t that, I just suddenly felt my heart beating really fast and realised I was having an anxiety attack, I had to get off of the stage,” Kerry tells us. “It was really scary and creeped up on me from nowhere,” our columnist continued, putting the moment down to tiredness from the busy tour. “I’ve been driving so much so have back pain at the moment and I am exhausted, so I had some paracetamol and a coffee before the show and I’m not sure if I just reacted badly.” Kerry assures that she is now feeling better, telling us, “My heart was beating out of my chest at the time. I had some anxiety that it would happen again in the next show, but I was absolutely fine. It’s just one of those scary things.” * Follow Mirror Celebs on Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .
