'I still love her': Alex Reid opens up about Katie Price as his mother reveals he cried himself to sleep over split

By Daily Mail Reporter





He has been gushing about how happy he is with his new girlfriend Chantelle Houghton and the couple have said they are in love and planning to move in together.



But in a shocking interview Alex Reid has revealed he still loves Katie Price, who called off their marriage at the start of this year.



Speaking to Best magazine the cage fighter said: ‘I still love her, even though, recently she said she didn’t love me.’



'I still love her': Alex Reid has revealed he still loves Katie Price as his mother Carole speaks out about how hard he found it after the couple split





Alex also gave a cryptic comment suggesting a possible future with his estranged wife.



He said: ‘Katie and I aren’t divorced yet. I wouldn’t go back but I’d go forward with someone. Read that how you want.’



Meanwhile glamour model turned businesswoman Katie is rarely seen without her toyboy boyfriend Leandro Penna, who she met shortly after splitting from Alex.



Happier times: Alex still loves his estranged wife, while Katie Price has said she never loved him



True love: Katie has said she loves her new boyfriend Leandro Penna and said she didn't really love Alex





And in June the mother-of-three dealt Alex a cruel blow by leaving him off a list of her ‘true loves’ despite including her ex-husband Peter Andre and her current Argentine beau.



Despite leaving him off the list of her true loves, the 33-year-old former model told OK! Magazine of Reid: ‘Obviously I felt like I loved him at the time or I wouldn’t have done it and I wish him well.



Alex’s declaration of love for his estranged wife may come as a shock to his current girlfriend Chantelle.



The couple, who both won their respective Celebrity Big Brother shows, have been gushing about the other at every opportunity.



What will Chantelle say? The cage fighter is currently dating former Celebrity Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton who he says he loves and is planning on moving in with





And in New! Magazine last week the pair revealed they are in love and planning on moving in together.



Talking about his love for Chantelle, Alex said: 'I actually miss her now. I want to be next to her. She turns me on, physically and mentally. When I hear her voice, it’s magic.



'We trust each other. I was very nervous when I first met Chantelle, because my heart was still broken, but she’s mended it.'



And Chantelle added: 'I just love being around him. He makes me feel really good about myself.



'It was so hard': Alex's mother Carole has revealed how hard she found it when Alex moved back in and she could hear him sobbing in his room after he split from Katie



'When we’re together nothing else really matters. It’s nice to have someone who wants to look after me. He makes me feel so secure. He completes me.'



While things might be rosy for Alex now it wasn’t always the case and his mother Carole has opened up about how hard she found it in the months following her son’s split from Katie Price.



But at the start of the year things were a very different story for Alex Reid as he was trying to come to terms with the breakdown of his marriage to Katie Price.



Speaking about her son, who she calls Zander, she said: ‘He’s tough on the outside and squidgy on the inside.’



‘When Alex and Katie broke up in January this year and he came home again it was awful to see him so upset.



‘It was hard hearing him cry, as he doesn’t like to show emotion in public. I’d hear him sobbing in his bedroom.’



She added: ‘I don’t miss Katie, I didn’t form a strong bond.’







source:dailymail