SINGER Junior Andre, the son of Katie Price and Peter Andre, has hit back at nepo baby critics and insisted he “doesn’t want handouts” after getting a job on the London Underground.
Junior revealed earlier this year during an episode of ITV‘s The Princess Diaries that he secretly worked nights for TFL to help fund his music career.
The 20-year-old opened up on his “hard” reality in a candid conversation with his sister.
He worked through the nights, full time, while he sorted out “differences” with his record label.
Now, in a new interview alongside his girlfriend, Jasmine, Junior has shut down trolls, making it clear that he’s paving his own way in the industry.
Junior said: “My dad was brought up very strict, so regardless of anything he says, ‘You’ve got to work son.’
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“As much as he’s there for me, and my mum is there for me, I don’t want handouts. I need to learn life the proper way.
“So when things get hard, instead of sitting there doing nothing I was like, ‘I need to do what I’ve got to do.’ I threw myself in the deep end, but I never gave up on my dream.”
He continued: “It made me [the job] understand the value of money and grafting. People say, ‘You’ve never done a hard days work in your life,’ and I’m like ‘I have!”
Elsewhere in the chat, Junior and Jasmine, who have been together for two years, confessed their future plans as a couple.
Reality TV star Junior said: “I get scared if I think about kids, marriage, because we’re not there. There’s so much more we want to do before we think about that stuff.”
Jasmine added: “We’re on the same page in that they’re such big things. Having a child – that’s a full human!”
“We’ll know when the time is right,” added Junior.
Junior used to work for TFL, “grafting, lifting heavy metals, cutting, filing, painting,” so he could fund his music career.
Princess, 18, gushed over her brother saying: “So proud of Junior, his last two singles went in at number one , but while he was sorting differences out with his label he went to work through the nights and work a full time job so he was fully self sufficient.
“Which I’m super proud of.”
Junior has previously told fans that despite his parents celebrity status, he doesn’t want to live of them.
His dad, Peter, is a huge pop star, topping the UK charts in the mid-90s with his tunes “Mysterious Girl” and “Flava.”
And Junior’s mum, Katie, also shot to fame in the 90s but as a glamour model using the alter ego Jordan.