Katie Price's mother admires Dwight Yorke despite him 'disowning' their son Harvey

Katie Price's mother Amy has made a big confession regarding Dwight Yorke who was her daughter's former partner.

She made the surprising admission in her upcoming autobiography, The Last Word, while recounting Katie's ill-fated relationship with the footballer.

The glamour model, 45, and the former premier league footballer, 51, briefly had a romance in 2001, and broke up soon after Katie fell pregnant with her eldest child Harvey, now 21.

When Katie first fell pregnant with Harvey, Dwight denied he was the father, until a DNA test proved his paternity.

Yet Amy revealed that despite this, he still holds a special place in her heart.

An extract from her book, published in The Sun, read: 'When Kate told me she was dating Manchester United footballer Dwight Yorke, my heart sank. He had a reputation as a womaniser.

'But of all the men Kate has dated in her life, Dwight will – perhaps surprisingly – always be my favourite because he gifted us this incredible child.'

Amy recounted how Dwight failed to show up at any scans or baby classes with her and 'told her his mates thought she was keeping the baby just to get his money.'

While the athlete showed up for the birth, Amy revealed that his agent told him not to register the birth with Katie before getting a DNA test, noting: 'what should have been a lovely memory was spoiled by this cynicism.'

In Katie's 2021 memoir, Katie Price: Harvey and Me, the model detailed how Dwight apparently refused to see Harvey after the child had asked to see his father over a meal in Cheshire village Alderley Edge.

Katie penned: 'I walked over to him and he didn’t really say much – it was so awkward. He hadn’t even bought me a drink! But that was typical Dwight.'

Dwight previously slammed Katie in his own book Born To Score in 2009 after he claimed that she did not let him see Harvey.