As a veteran of headline-grabbing bombshells, Katie Price knows exactly how to set the internet alight.
And she did just that this week, when the 47-year-old former glamour model, businesswoman and mother-of-five stunned fans by flying to Dubai to marry her ninth fiancé — a man she had met online only days earlier.
The whirlwind romance was unveiled through a torrent of highly polished, heavily edited images of her new husband: the chiselled, gym-honed “billionaire” Lee Andrews.
So flawless were the images that even some of Price’s most devoted supporters openly questioned whether they were real — or AI-generated.
And now, Daily Mail can reveal why.
Behind the curated photos, grand claims and glamorous Dubai backdrops lies a far murkier story — one that includes alleged fabricated qualifications, dramatic cosmetic procedures, escort-site imagery, and a growing list of angry women who say they were deceived.
Far from the global tycoon he claims to be, Andrews — 41 — is the son of a Nottinghamshire coal miner, born and raised in Mansfield. His supposed Cambridge PhD, his billionaire status, and his claims of rubbing shoulders with Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and even Donald Trump are, multiple sources insist, pure fantasy.
One acquaintance in Dubai describes him bluntly as a “Walter Mitty character”.
“He’s a wannabe,” the source says. “One minute he’s a billionaire. The next he’s an actor. Then he’s a model. He even claimed he turned down playing James Bond in Amazon’s new films. It’s all smoke and mirrors.”
Andrews, who sometimes calls himself “Weslee” and styles himself as “Doctor” without evidence, is said to be obsessed with fame above all else.
“It’s not about money,” the source adds. “It’s about attention.”
That attention has been carefully engineered.
Friends say Andrews is a regular gym-goer who has undergone a string of cosmetic procedures, including a hair transplant in Turkey, ear-pinning surgery, facial fillers and regular vitamin injections. Filters are used heavily on social media and video calls — so much so that his naturally brown eyes often appear blue or hazel.
Doctored images of Andrews have also appeared on male escort websites in Dubai, including Massage Republic and Hot, where a man using his images advertises himself as “Noah”, a “sexy educated professional” charging up to £915 an hour.
Andrews denies the adverts are his, stating: “I’m not a gigolo.”
While his mother, Trisha — a clairvoyant who gives psychic readings in pubs across Nottinghamshire — has publicly supported the relationship, Price’s family are reportedly alarmed.
Her mother, siblings and five children are said to have been completely unaware of her sudden trip to Dubai to marry a man she had never met in person.
It came just one week after the collapse of her engagement to Married At First Sight UK star JJ Slater.
Her brother Daniel admitted this week the family were “still trying to figure it out”, while her sister Sophie described the period as “one hell of a week”.
Concerns are heightened by Price’s recent dramatic weight loss and gaunt appearance. One associate told the Daily Mail earlier this month: “The truth is, we don’t know how long she will be around for.”
Those fears are echoed by people who know Andrews well.
“He targets successful women with big social media followings,” says a Dubai acquaintance. “He makes them feel like the only person in the world. He tells them he’ll rescue them, take away their pain. It’s his pattern.”
One woman who says she fell victim to that pattern is American nurse practitioner Crystal Janke, who met Andrews online last May.
Crystal, who runs a successful fitness business in Texas, says Andrews showered her with affection — calling her “beautiful one” and “gorgeous” — and claimed he was buying a home in Dubai for them to live in together.
In video messages seen by the Daily Mail, Andrews asked her to transfer thousands of dollars into his account, allegedly to prove financial viability to investors — promising the money would be returned immediately.
Crystal says she ultimately transferred $169,000 (£123,000), believing his assurances that it would grow into hundreds of thousands more.
“I truly believed I was the only woman,” she says. “Then I found out he was living two different lives.”
She was preparing to fly to Dubai last September when a private investigator revealed he was simultaneously involved with another woman — Alana Percival from Hertfordshire.
Photos show Andrews proposing to Alana in September at the same rose-petal-strewn spa in the Burj Al Arab where he later proposed to Price, using what the couple claim is a Cartier ring.
Alana left him after being contacted by Crystal.
“He told me he had a heart condition and was living on borrowed time,” she said. “Katie should run for the hills.”
Another former fiancée, Palestinian-born fitness coach Dina Taji, says Andrews also proposed to her in Dubai, claiming to have embraced Islam and presenting himself on a podcast as “Dr Weslee Andrews”.
Born Lee Peter John Andrews in 1984, he attended the now-closed Rufford School in Nottinghamshire. Family sources say he later worked for his father’s fire insulation company before following him to Dubai.
Despite claiming to be CEO of a billion-dollar sustainability firm, there is no record of his company on major stock exchanges. Claims of association with The King’s Trust have also been denied.
“He’d be flush one minute, selling watches on eBay the next,” says one source.
Price has posted images inside a £180,000 Ferrari she says Andrews bought her — but sources claim he has previously bought cars for women, only for them to mysteriously disappear.
Despite mounting red flags, Price has described Andrews as her “real-life Richard Gere”.
Whether this is a genuine marriage, a tragic misjudgment, or an elaborate publicity stunt remains unclear.
What is clear is that, once again, Katie Price’s search for a fairytale ending has led her into dangerously familiar territory.
