Michelle Heaton has shown her support for Katie Price’s fiance Carl Woods after he denied being involved in her alleged assault.
Katie, 43, was rushed to hospital after allegedly being punched in the face at a property in Essex on August 23.
A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of assault, theft and coercive and controlling behaviour and later bailed.
The former glamour model has since said that Woods, 32, was not involved in the alleged incident.
After he opened up about the ‘abuse’ he’s received from trolls in recent weeks, Katie’s best friend Michelle commented on his Instagram post: ‘Carl love . I know I’ve said it before but stay strong.
‘Those people out there sometimes they have their own pain and suffering and unfortunately take it out on people they’ve never met or know.
‘Look after yourself and look after my @katieprice x. ❤️ u both x.’
In a video shared on Tuesday, Woods had said: ‘I’ve not been on Instagram for a long long time and let me tell you, this past month has been one of the roughest months of my life. Never, ever, ever have I felt so low.
‘I’ve not been involved in this media world before and I have never seen how corrupt and how it can point fingers at people, and people can just jump on the bandwagon, they start abusing and saying the most vile things with no factual information whatsoever.
‘I had to just go into hiding and shut down. If I wasn’t a stronger person in the head, it would absolutely have defeated me.
‘So, everyone that abused me, everyone that said vile things about me with no information whatsoever, just because of what they read in the paper and how the paper, how they decide how they’re gonna make it look for their own stories, everyone just remember who I am and all the things I done at the start when I first come onto the scene, that’s all I can say.’
He concluded: ‘I have never and never ever would do a thing to hurt Katie. Never.’
Katie also commented on Woods’ post and defended her partner, writing: ‘FACT, I’ve ALWAYS said DON’T believe everything you read in the media and what Carl is saying is true.
‘FACT I’ve NEVER called the police on Carl my police investigation I’m currently going through to a incident a few weeks ago is not to do with Carl.
‘This mans mental health is so low and easy to say suicidal. Someone played what they thought was a clever game and involved the media with inaccurate information [sic].’
The man arrested on suspicion of assault was bailed until September 20 but then re-bailed until later this week.
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