Clifford declines client?

So, it emerges that PR supremo Max Clifford won’t be representing Katie Price after the apparent split between her and Peter Andre. But will he be representing Jordan?

Celebrities have feelings, too: Spirit of apology breaks out in Britain

It was a time of sadness, a time of joy – but in the celebrity world recently, it has been a time for apology. After Heat magazine was sued for its sticker depicting the disabled son of Katie Price in less than politically correct fashion, prompting an apology and a donation to charity, Price appears to have been put into a contemplative mood.

Soon, an apology of her own emerged, to Kerry Katona – recanting her previous position that the Iceland advert star was ‘a druggy’ and that her husband was ‘a bully’. Katona was gracious in her acceptance:

“Well I’ve been waiting for an apology for ages. What upset me most was her calling us both druggies on TV. It’d be nice for us all to go on a night out so she realises we’re not.”

And it also can’t do any harm in boosting her reputation to keep the Iceland ads, you might speculate. One wonders whether Katona will issue an apology of her own for describing Victoria Beckham as ‘sad and desperate’. Perhaps the spirit of Christmas forgiveness only goes so far.

Katie Price’s equine handbook: a closer look

Curious to learn more about Katie Price’s venture into equine fiction, News Hour secured a copy (already running at a considerable discount) of the pony care handbook that accompanies her growing line of horsey novels.

Mrs Andre is depicted in a selection of poses astride a horse, beaming broadly and decked out in full riding gear – although some of the animals she is tending to elsewhere give the appearance of being stuffed, their eyes glassy, the expressions fixed on some distant point. Perhaps it is the equine afterlife.

Criticism of this book could easily be perceived as a cheap shot, so won’t be pursued – in any case, the issue is not the book itself. There is something distinctly disturbing about the flavour of the overall enterprise, and it says something about the power of modern marketing that it even works.