British Classism & Snobbery Saddens Jordan
Filed under: Icky Icky Poo > Anglophilia > Dita Von Teese > Jordan
Katie Price Jordan was snubbed by the Brit horsey set at last weekend's Cartier Polo International show and she took to the media to unleash her scorn.
Here's Katie's response to the snobs, published in Friday's The Times:
So the Cartier Polo International was happy to invite a man convicted of assault on an elderly couple, dozens of aristocrats and an assortment of would-be actresses in minuscule dresses. But it wouldn't have me. More than 35,000 people came to the polo match last weekend but I was excluded.
Why? I'm a successful author and businesswoman, a rider, I am learning to play polo and I compete in dressage events. I rode my first horse when I was 7, and saved up to rent my first pony, Star, when I was 11. He was the ugliest, hairiest pony in the yard but I adored him. My mum couldn't afford for me to go to Pony Club but it didn't stop me going to gymkhanas. I just wanted to beat all those smart little girls in their perfect jodphurs and jackets.
All my life I've been surrounded by horses, I earned my pocket money sweeping out stables and I now have six horses. I've been invited to take part in the Royal Horse of the Year show, I've even played a charity polo match at Cowdray Park.
My book Perfect Ponies: My Pony Care Book was shortlisted for the WHSmith children's prize and I have written a bestselling series of stories about ponies. I know more about fetlocks and forelocks than most of the celebrities invited by Cartier and the Chinawhite nightclub. I've certainly mucked out more horses.
I also have a business career, I've a No1 perfume and a lingerie line. I'm a wife working as hard as I can to bring up my children, Harvey, Junior and Princess Tiaamii, and be a good role model for them.
I didn't want to go to Windsor to meet royalty. I've met the Prince of Wales and the Queen before. I don't need to be photographed with the A-list, I've met quite enough celebrities. I wanted to watch the matches and give my family a treat.
It's pure snobbery. However good a horsewoman I may be, I'm also a glamour model. That embarrassed the organisers. I paid Chinawhite £6,000 for my table, but my manager was told that I was not the sort of person they wanted. Eliza Doolittle went to the races with Henry Higgins after a few elocution lessons, In Pretty Woman Julia Roberts went to the polo straight from Sunset Boulevard, but in the 21st century we have become even more class-ridden. Unless you are a toff or an aspiring actress, they don't want you.
Polo should be for people who love horses, not a media charade. It should be about the sport. Horses are a wonderful hobby, one that gets you outside and keeps you fit. They should be for everyone - little girls, glamour girls, working-class girls like me. No one should be excluded.
Dita Von Teese was a guest at the polo event.
Guess it's how you shake the boobies for the horsey set that matters.
Dita definitely shakes it with class!
[Image via WENN.]
Re: anne –
um, they do have a stupid george bush over there. his name is tony blair.
To all the people who were saying that Katie should just get over it and stop whingeing - it was announced ALL over the papers here that she had been excluded. What else could she do - the papers went straight to her looking for comments.
Good for her! She ripped them a new one … with class.
I'm not a fan of Katie, but I'm on her side for this one.
I wonder what the queen thinks of LL NOW! lol
Uhh…I live down the street from Guards and I've been to many of their biggest events. No one goes to Cartier Day unless you're there to be seen. If you just want a day out with your family to watch polo, there are loads of days you can go to Guards other than the big marquis events. And trust me, if she had gone to Cartier, we would be seeing all sorts of those pics with A-List peeps featuring her smiling broadly from ear to ear in her quest to be taken seriously (though it's a bit late for that really…)
Money does not buy class, and the Cartier polo is not something you can buy yourself into. No one would want her there - she has a voice like a fog horn!
Some people have delusions of grandeur. If she thinks she's earned the 'right' to rub shoulders with the Queen, she needs to splash cold water on her overtanned face. A friend harshly suggested that rather than paying 6,000 pounds she might have just blown the right person and gotten front table seats. It's who you know, and she obviously doesn't 'know' the right people. Period. You can't just buy your way in to these things; that's gauche.
She might not exactly be class, but I love Jordan for her honesty, she tells it like it is Perez, just like you.There is something I respect about people like that. It's a strong sense of self and fearlessness, very attractive!
first off WHO IN THE HELL IS 'JORDAN'?????? ANY PICS OF HER?
Maybe if she wasn't photographed rubbing her cellphone on her vagina she might have received a invite. Disgusting pig of a woman. Go suck on some more monkey dick.
Slag with stretch marks and plastic, she is an embarresment to all Brits not just the royalty
Because of response like this from her is why the more cultured society do not want her.She is a cheap common babe even if she does ride horses.She thinks she is entitled to anything she wants.No wonder they said NO
WTF???
THE NAME OF HER DAUGHTER IS "Princess Tiaamii" ?????
THAT SAYS IT ALL JORDAN.
NO NEED FOR MORE WORDS.
GROSS!
Just because someone is born into money it doesn't mean they are any more refined. Usually, it's the opposite. If she can compete and has demonstrated the necessary skills, should she be able to attend. The monarchy needs to remember the French Revolution…it's about time that such an antiquated system be finally removed
I totally sympathize with what shes saying, and if she paid the money, she should get in.
This isnt about class - Chinawhites cannot be seen to associate themselves with another brand, and Jordan is obviously a very big brand which does not have the same image. Yes its snobbery, but do you really blame them? I wouldnt want to be associated with jordan in any way thanks…
Re: saywh –
Hmmmm:
Apple, Pilot inspektor, Moon, starfish
We have a lot of celebs that give their kids silly names. I never thought I would defend her but she is very much so right.
Most of those people are closet sluts anyway…. "ill tampanini" anyone? (google it slash Prince Charles)
Yes, but after having said all of that, you still do NOT belong in that group.
Re: pokem – You are obviously Australian. If Charles wanted to be Camilla's g-string, that would hardly make him a poof.
Re: USA – We have them because they bring a HUGE amount of money in for the economy
And only cost us something like £1.40 per person of the population? I think its rather good value for money if you ask me. And plus its our culture….americans have beef jerky…whatever that is…and Europeans have Royalty who do a lot for their country, i.e. Prince Andrew flew his helicopter to my school, just because! no real reason, which was rather nice of him considering his busy schedule.
Re: USA – OH, and if you actually understood British politics, you'd realise the Royal Family have had very very little influence on Politics for a very long time indeed. Granted, they're allowed their say and have a higher platform to stand on, but they're allowed that right, its their country too.
the queen no doubt thought that Jordan might take one look at charles face and mistake him for a horse and try and ride him!!!!!!!