Katie Price fears ‘former friend’ Jemma Lucy could have slept with Kieran!

Ex On The Beach star Jemma Lucy has never been one to shy away from controversy, but when she unleashed an angry rant on Twitter against Katie Price over her ex Stephen Bear two weeks ago, she seemed to sink to a new low.

So just what is behind Jem’s venom? And why did Katie ‘never underestimate the Pricey’ stay so quiet? After all, she’s not one to keep a dignified silence.

Insiders tell Now that Katie is actually terrified Jemma could reveal she’s slept with her husband Kieran Hayler, 29. Friends say that despite Katie having no evidence this happened, it’s long been a huge paranoia of hers due to Kieran’s past infidelities. Kieran – who’s undergone therapy for sex addiction – had an eight-month affair with Katie’s best pal Jane Pountney in 2013 and was also unfaithful with another of her close friends Chrissy Thomas.

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Jemma and Katie, 38, haven’t always had such a venomous relationship. They became friends after meeting on her 2011 reality show Signed By Katie Price and Jemma even later moved into Katie’s family home for four months.

But Jemma, 28, has spoken out about Katie and Kieran’s relationship, having spent so much time with them under the same roof. In 2014 she made claims about Kieran’s flirtations with Katie’s pal Jane after their affair was discovered. She said: ‘To get attention [Jane] would laugh at Kieran’s jokes and stroke his arm — you could cut the sexual tension with a knife. There were looks that went unseen by Katie, but I didn’t miss them. How she didn’t see this coming is beyond me.’

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Speaking about his sex addiction in 2014, Kieran said: ‘I lie compulsively to get an adrenaline buzz. Throughout my life I’ve never been faithful as I’ve never had a relationship.’ But could Jemma have ever crossed the line with Kieran too? Sources say Katie’s told friends she knows Jemma models herself on being sexy and speaks openly about her love of sex.

A source adds: ‘Katie’s wracked her brain over whether Jemma and Kieran could have ever been in the house alone. She feels Jemma could be the type to turn Kieran’s head during the height of his addiction. Her worst fear would be they slept together. It would serve as another blow after working so hard to rebuild the picture perfect image of her marriage.’ Now understands that’s why she’s kept tight-lipped over Jemma’s public swipes; she’s worried about what she could reveal.

A source adds: ‘Friends say Katie’s paranoia has no basis. Jemma’s made it clear to mutual pals she had zero interest in Kieran. She told friends she thought his affairs with Jane and Chrissy were disgusting and she couldn’t understand why her mates would do that to her, or why they would’ve been tempted by Kieran. She’s aware of Katie’s paranoia, but she’s always laughed it off as ridiculous.’