Carl Woods has revealed his close bond with fiancée Katie Price's eldest child Harvey, 19, revealing he sees the teenager 'as my own son'.
Speaking to MailOnline at the VIP Celeb MMA Party on Thursday night in London, Carl explained how he and Harvey, who lives in a residential college, FaceTime constantly.
Carl's comments come 12 years after Katie's ex husband Peter Andre, who shares two children with the star and helped bring Harvey up from the age of two, famously broke down on live TV when asked if he would ever let another man adopt him.
Close: Carl Woods has revealed his close bond with fiancée Katie Price's eldest child Harvey, 19, revealing he sees the teenager 'as my own son'
Carl, who has been in an on/off relationship with Katie since June 2020, gushed about his and Harvey's bond, calling the teenager 'an absolute wonderful, wonderful kid', adding that 'he’s a real credit to Katie.'
'I love Harvey to bits and he’s just a fantastic person. With all his complex needs, he’s really wonderful I cannot stress to you what a credit he is,' Carl continued of Harvey - who has Prader-Willi Syndrome, autism and blindness.
'He’s a polite young man, very sharp and I absolutely love being involved with him. Absolutely I see him as my own son.'
Emotional subject: Carl's comments come 12 years after Katie's ex husband Peter Andre, who helped bring Harvey up from the age of two, famously broke down on live TV when asked if he would ever let another man adopt him
'Harvey will FaceTime me when he’s upset, when he’s happy, we always tell each other that we love each other. He’s just a fantastic kid and he deserves the world.'
Carl's comments come after Katie former husband Peter broke down over his own close relationship with Harvey when asked about him during a live TV interview.
Back in 2010, the star was overcome with emotion when probed by Sky News' Kay Burley about the role Alex Reid, who had married Katie just hours before the interview, would play in the lives of their children.
Peter and Katie share two children, Junior, 16, and Princess 14, while Peter was step-father to Harvey during their five-year relationship, which ended in divorce in 2009. He previously said that Harvey 'taught me how to be a dad'.
Harvey's biological father is former footballer Dwight Yorke, but he has never been involved in his care.
Father figure: Carl, who has been in an on/off relationship with Katie since June 2020, gushed about his and Harvey's bond, telling MailOnline: 'I absolutely love being involved with him' (pictured at Thursday's Celeb MMA press conference and cocktail party)
Close: Peter was step-father to Harvey during their five-year relationship, which ended in divorce in 2009. He previously said that Harvey 'taught me how to be a dad' (pictured in 2004)
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