I was surprised when I read about Katie Price and Peter Andre's breakup. Their courtship seemed to be one made in tabloid heaven - especially given that it was carried out in plain view of the I'm a Celebrity cameras. The union seemed a happy one, though.

Peter appeared to be bowled over by Katie, and endearingly took to her disabled son Harvey as if he were his own. For her part, Katie seemed to soften in the relationship and began to show a side of herself very different to the out-there "Jordan" persona. After the larger-than-life fairytale wedding, two more kids, a joint album and a reality TV show, the family image the pair created - not to mention their bank balance - seemed rock solid. What could go wrong?

No one is really sure yet, although recent reports point to Katie getting close to a man on a night out. Perhaps Peter is acting of out jealousy and the couple will kiss and make up soon. Some friends and family certainly think so.

Or is it all an elaborate publicity stunt? A tad cynical perhaps, but the thought is inevitably going to come up given the way the couple have commercialised their life in recent years.

Call me an old romantic, but I do think Katie and Peter were (and perhaps still are?) genuinely in love. The devotion they've shown to each other, and Peter towards little Harvey, seems too sincere to be a hoax. No doubt the couple have profited out of their domestic happiness, and have shared - and bared - so much of themselves with the public over the past few years that it's easy to feel like you know them. Indeed some may argue the stress of all this publicity has contributed to the breakdown.

As far as I can see Katie and Peter have always been refreshingly honest about their relationship. Their reality TV programme shows them regularly bickering on camera in a way they might if there was no camera around. It makes it difficult not to find them endearing for their honesty, no matter what your opinions are about their lifestyle. Only time will tell if this row will blow over, or if it really spells the end for one of Britain's best known celebrity pairings.