FORMER glamour model Katie Price fielded questions on her looks, love life and living in the spotlight at the Oxford Union yesterday.
The self-styled “rich chav”, otherwise known as Jordan, said she was “petrified” to appear in front of more than 100 students.
She said: “They have asked me to come here before and I have never done anything like this before. But I thought ‘just be yourself’.”
During a question-and-answer session with students, the mum-of-three said that she was nothing like her image.
She said: “I know the media call me a whore, slag, slut, but I can count on one hand the men I have been with.
“I come across as stupid and thick, but I am exactly clear about what I am doing.
“I know how to wheel deal. I come from nothing, my family had no money and so I label myself a rich chav. I am common as muck posh.”
The 33-year-old followed in the footsteps of speakers, including Mother Teresa, Winston Churchill and most recently, Pamela Anderson.
She has to date released 42 books, a baby clothing range, perfumes, make-up, magazines and most recently a horsebox range.
But she also warned: “I would advise anyone to stay away from this industry. Who wants to be famous?
“You have to be a really strong character to put up with what it comes with.”
When asked what her biggest regret was, she answered: “I don’t regret anything in my life. Except Eurovision.”
She also had strong opinions on the media intrusion into her life, saying: “I am in the public eye, but what you people see in the magazines is completely different. I can’t stress how different I am.”
She spoke about paparazzi opening doors in her moving car, rummaging in her bins and surrounding her on the motorway.
But added: “If you lot didn’t buy into what I do, I wouldn’t be standing here now.”
One lucky student asked what her ideal man was, to which Ms Price answered: “It could be you.”
But others afterwards had mixed opinions.
Law student Izi Peplinski, 18, said: “She was better than I was expecting, I thought she was very frank.”
But fellow law student Jack McCann, 18, said: “I wasn’t sure, I think she avoided all the hard questions.”
And 20-year-old David Williams added: “I think she talked about the media too much.”
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