Katie Price has urged Dwight Yorke to start being a dad to their disabled son Harvey.
The model gave birth to Harvey in 2002 following a romance with the former footballer, but he has allegedly refused to play a role in the 11-year-old's life.
"Dwight wouldn't even admit that he was the father until we took a DNA test that proved he was," Price wrote in her new memoir Love, Lipstick and Lies, as serialised in The Sun.
"He spoke to Harvey on his tenth birthday because my mum had phoned his manager to say he should. I think Dwight was gobsmacked when Harvey said to him, 'So, when am I seeing you?'
"I ended up arranging to meet at a restaurant in Manchester in November 2012. It wasn't a friendly meeting and I didn't hear from Dwight afterwards. It's such a shame. All I can say is that he is missing out on a very special little boy.
"Personally, I think he is scared of seeing Harvey because he doesn't know how to deal with him. But the door is always open to Dwight and his family, so long as they realise that it would have to be a regular commitment. Dwight should try. He would get so much love in return."
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Price also details the moment she discovered former lover Danny Cipriani in bed with another woman in the book, which is out on October 24.
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