Peter Andre was left horrified when teenage daughter Princess revealed the messages she receives from men on social media.
The 18-year-old, whose parents are Australian pop star Peter, 52, and former glamour model Katie Price, 47, is following in her mum and dad’s footsteps by venturing into showbiz.
Princess has collaborated with fast fashion giants Shein and PrettyLittleThing on Instagram ads and was recently confirmed for her own reality show on ITV.
However, the budding influencer, who boasts 774,000 followers on Insta alone, is quickly learning that there’s a dark side to being a public figure.
In the first episode of her show, The Princess Diaries, doting dad Peter has a candid conversation with her about online trolling, resulting in disgust as Princess digs out some harrowing DMs.
‘What ya doing?’, Peter asks as they sit together on the sofa, to which she replies: ‘Reading comments.’
‘People saying they wanna see my feet,’ Princess laughs, to which Peter’s expression quickly turns to one of concern.
‘What? They wanna see your feet? When did this start happening?’, he quizzes, taken aback.
As Princess says that it’s been happening throughout the last year, the Mysterious Girl singer begs: ‘Please God, that’s the only thing they ask for?’
Unfortunately, that isn’t the case, as Princess reveals that men have also sent her messages celebrating the fact that she’s ‘finally legal’.
‘You find out who that was, flipping heck!’, declares Peter, his head in his hands.
Princess then scrolls through her messages to show her dad the reality of being a young female influencer in 2025, hesitant to even expose him to what she’s on the receiving end of.
‘I don’t actually know if I want to show you,’ she admits, but tells cameras in a cutaway clip that she ‘doesn’t want to hide stuff from him’.
After digging out one example of ‘disgusting’ direct messaging, Princess hands her dad the phone, to which he physically recoils.
‘I didn’t think it was gonna be like that,’ he retorts, deeply disturbed. ‘Oh my God.
‘That really has made me feel sick, like, in the pit of my stomach.’
The reality star adds to his daughter: ‘I hate it because you’re still my baby. How old is this dude? Oh my God, what’s his name? Where does he live?’
When Princess explains that the individual in question has an anonymous profile, Peter asks whether she feels ‘distressed’ reading such comments.
‘That’s life, that’s social media,’ she states, informing her dad that she can’t simply ‘get rid of it’ because it’s now her job.
The Insania singer then expresses regret over letting his daughter use social media at a young age, having always felt fearful of the unknown due to the likes of Instagram and TikTok not existing when he started out.
Peter has long been protective of Princess, as well as his other kids. He also has Junior, 20, with Katie, as well as Theo, Amelia, and Arabella with wife Emily Andre, 35.
However, having a father in the industry has been a huge help to Princess and her brother, who is forging a music career for himself.
Speaking ahead of the launch of The Princess Diaries, Junior told This Morning: ‘Growing up in the public eye comes with its pros and cons. We keep a lot of things private; people think they know a lot more than they do.
‘We’re normal and humble; we don’t feel different to anyone else. We’re all human.’
Princess added that while she expects some ‘negativity’, her parents have taught her ‘how to deal with it’.
‘There are horrible people, but we just have to deal with it.’
Alas, the launch of the teen’s reality show hasn’t been without drama, due to reports of her feuding with mum Katie, who claimed she was ‘banned’ from appearing in the programme.
Speaking on her podcast with sister Sophie, the reality icon said she felt ‘upset’ after allegedly being told she was ‘not welcome’ on the set.
Addressing the speculation, Princess later told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s my show; it’s not based on my parents; it’s focused on me. To be honest, there’s no rift between me and either of my parents.’
Watch The Princess Diaries on ITVX.
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