Kay Burley: Peter Andre sobbed on my shoulder

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Peter Andre sobbed on Kay Burley's shoulder moments after breaking down during his live TV interview with her, the news presenter has revealed.

Upset: Peter Andre broke down after his interview

Andre fought back tears during the Sky News segment as he stormed: "No one is going to take my kids away from me".

The singer had to cut the interview short as he became choked up with emotion and Burley apologised for upsetting him.

Meanwhile, broadcasting watchdog Ofcom confirmed it had received complaints about the interview, which Andre gave hours after discovering his ex-wife Katie Price had married Alex Reid in Las Vegas.

An Ofcom spokesman said the regulator would look at the complaints before deciding whether or not to launch an investigation.

Writing on her blog, Burley wrote: "Peter Andre broke down on my show and when I went to check during an ad break that he was OK, he sobbed on my shoulder in the Green Room.

"He'd discovered not 12 hours earlier that the mother of two of his children had married without even bothering to tell him and was devastated at the very thought that she might want take the youngsters away from him.

"I was mortified at having upset such an obviously doting family man and was keen to offer sincere apologies but he was his usual charming self.

"As we stood and chatted about parenthood he said he was relieved he'd finally vented some of the pent up tension he'd been feeling and I sympathised but warned him not to ever cry in front of the children."

Burley said calm was restored and "Peter left the building wiser about news interviews and me very much with 'Team Pete'."

During the interview with Sky News, Andre was shown archive footage of Dwight Yorke, the father of Price's son Harvey, criticising Andre for wanting to adopt the child.

Responding to the clip, which viewers were told Andre had been pre-warned about, the singer said: "I asked to adopt him because I love him. I didn't ask to adopt him to be disrespectful.

"It angers me when people turn around and I get a comment like that."

Andre was asked how he might feel if Reid said he wanted to adopt the children.

Pointing a finger, Andre hit back: "No one is going to take my kids away from me - nobody... I will die for those children."

Andre, who is the father of Price's two other children, said he would go to court if such a situation arose, adding: "I don't really want to talk about this, ok?"

Andre was then asked a question about his tour and appeared to blink back tears as he said, his voice shaking: "I'd rather just stop this if that's all right?"

When Burley apologised to Andre for upsetting him, the singer replied: "No it's ok, thank you."

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