Katie Price Demands Comedian Dapper Laughs Be ‘Cancelled’ Over Inappropriate Joke About Disabled Son Harvey
Katie Price has once again taken a stand for her son, Harvey, after a comedian made a distasteful joke about him during a performance. The 47-year-old TV personality and mother-of-five, who has always been fiercely protective of her children, took to Instagram to voice her outrage after Daniel O’Reilly—also known as Dapper Laughs—mocked Harvey’s disability.
Harvey, who is diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder Prader-Willi syndrome, has long been a target for cruel jokes from the public eye. This time, Price was quick to take action, demanding O’Reilly be cancelled for his actions. She shared her anger on social media, writing, “So I hear last night @dappersinstagram made a joke about my son Harvey AGAIN, then said ‘pretend I didn’t say anything or I’ll get cancelled again.’”
In her emotional post, Price continued to condemn the comedian, highlighting the lack of empathy in using her son—who cannot defend himself—as the punchline of a joke. “Having to use my son with complex needs and can’t defend himself for a joke makes this man a disgusting human being,” she said. “I pray he gets cancelled for EVERYTHING.”
But Price’s plea didn’t stop there. She urged her followers to report O’Reilly’s social media for bullying Harvey, stressing that the comedian’s actions were unacceptable. “Please report @dappersinstagram as bullying Harvey,” she wrote.
This isn’t the first time Price has defended Harvey from public ridicule. Back in 2010, she fiercely criticized comedian Frankie Boyle for making a similar joke about Harvey, then just eight years old. Price lashed out at Channel 4 when the network aired the offensive joke again during a repeat of Boyle’s show. At the time, she accused the broadcaster of “embracing and exploiting discrimination.”
The ongoing issue surrounding the treatment of her son sparked a wave of support, including from Mencap’s campaigns manager, Esther Foreman, who expressed her disgust at the comedian’s remarks. “It is disgusting that Frankie Boyle has chosen to target a child with a disability with these so-called jokes,” Foreman remarked, showing solidarity with Price’s battle for respect and dignity for her son.
Price’s fight against such behavior is far from over, as she continues to advocate for better treatment and understanding of people with disabilities, particularly her beloved son Harvey.
