‘They’ve used the wrong lighting’: Katie Price responds to coverage of her dramatic NTAs look

| Senior TV Reporter Published September 10, 2026 10:08am Updated September 10, 2026 10:08am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Katie Price has addressed accusations she was ‘unrecognisable’ at the National Television Awards this week, after her red carpet photos were widely shared online. The former glamour model, 48, donned heavy make-up to attend Tuesday’s awards show, which she subsequently revealed was applied to cover bruising from recent injectables. Price slicked back her hair for the red carpet, donning a long-sleeved white shirt paired with lace hot pants over black tights. In a new episode of her podcast, The Katie Price Show, she told her sister Sophie she received forehead filler the day before TV’s big night, during a trip to Brussels. While undergoing corrective surgery on her breasts, because ‘one was bigger than the other’ following a procedure two months ago, Price said she asked if they could further enlarge her chest, given that she was already going under a general anaesthetic. On the episode titled Unrecognisable at the NTAs, she went on to explain the need for heavy make-up, saying: ‘As you get older or lose weight, the side of your temples tend to cave in. They go hollow, like you can under your eyes. Katie Price has said she didn’t realise the filler to her face would leave swelling (Picture: Joe Maher/Getty Images for The NTAs) Makeup artist Mitchell Halliday said that the inspiration for the look was a giant pair of sunglasses (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock) ‘So he put some filler in and my face – I didn’t know – would swell up like this.’ Price said she told her makeup artist Mitchell Halliday that ‘he could do whatever he wants’ and that he did ‘an amazing job covering it up’ for the NTAs. He has said that the inspiration for the look was a giant pair of sunglasses, hence the bold black eyeliner. She added: ‘But obviously when you have makeup like this, if you’re in the wrong light, it can look proper plastered on, which is sad because a lot of the lighting, they’ve used the wrong lighting to cane on my face in the papers. Price said that ‘in the right light and in life’ she loved the look (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for The NTAs) ‘But do you know what? In the right light and in life, I loved it and everyone commented about it and I loved how I looked. It’s exactly what I wanted.’ Later on in the podcast episode, Price said Halliday had done an ‘amazing job’ and is now her favourite make-up artist. Alluding to her photographed look once again, she added: ‘It was so much better in life than some of the pictures, because people love to get angles or the wrong lighting to make it look like… but we know how that works.’ Referring to herself in the third person, she concluded: ‘But she still made the headlines, so I don’t care.’ Deals of the Day Topman’s new-season collection has arrived and prices start at just £10 An Instagram mattress left me with back pain – this one completely changed my mind Book Val d'Isère, Val Thorens and Tignes for less in Club Med's ski sale Save 25% on red light therapy masks, sauna blankets and sleep gadgets in Bon Charge sale The viral LED face mask with over 350 lights that's currently discounted by £100 Arrow MORE: ‘I was at last night’s National Television Awards 2026 – I almost broke down in tears’ Arrow MORE: NTA viewers claim Mrs Brown’s Boys win ‘proves the public can’t be trusted’ Arrow MORE: Amanda Holden and Paloma Faith’s surreal Alan Carr tribute declared ‘campest thing ever’ Switched On Get plugged into the week’s must-watch shows, unmissable moments, and expert reviews with Metro TV Editor Sabrina Barr.