Junior Andre reveals mum Katie Price ‘crushed his dreams’ of being professional footballer after getting scouted
JUNIOR Andre has joked that his mum Katie Price “crushed his dreams” of becoming a professional footballer, after he was scouted as a child.
The 20-year-old, whose dad is Mysterious Girl singer Peter Andre, is now carving out a career for himself as a musician and actor.
But once upon a time, Junior had high hopes of becoming a footballer.
And he was even scouted by professional club Millwall, before trialing for premiere league side Chelsea, Junior has revealed.
Appearing on the Not My Bagg podcast, Junior said that glamour model mum Katie informed him he didn’t have the skills to make it big time in the sport.
“My mum crushed my dreams,” said Junior.
“She watched me play once and she says, ‘Junior, let’s be real, you’re not gonna be a footballer. You’re not good enough. Don’t worry, you’re gonna be an entertainer’.”
“But, also, equally, I wanted to be a musician and actor,” assured Junior.
Continuing that he would play Saturday league, he said: “I used to play every week and I loved it.
“When I was young I got scouted at Millwall, and I had a trial and Brighton and Chelsea and I was loving it.
“But I was never actually really that good, I was just above average.”
Just this month, Junior made his acting debut as he is starring in a new coming-of-age drama called Finding My Voice.
He stars alongside his dad Peter and EastEnders star Michelle Ryan in the flick.
Alongside acting, Junior has been in the studio working on new music, with the budding star seen recording in a recent episode of his sister’s reality show, The Princess Diaries.
Despite his famous parents, it’s not all been glamorous for Junior, who revealed in the TV show that he had also been working full time for TFL while his music was on hold.
Junior revealed he worked through the nights, full time, while he sorted out “differences” with his record label.
Speaking on his secret TFL job, Junior said: “It’s been a long time coming, it’s been hard, you know I’ve obviously had to do nine-to-five, Monday to Friday.
“I found a night job basically just working on the London underground, grafting, lifting heavy metals, cutting, filing, painting. I got them jobs so I could do my music career, so I could fund it.”
Princess, 18, gushed over her brother for following his dreams self- sufficiently.
The reality TV star said: “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.”