Gareth Gates says he is “very wary of trusting people” after Katie Price publicised intimate details about their brief relationship. According to Gates, he was shocked when Price told the public that they had sex shortly after he rose to fame as a runner-up on the first series of Pop Idol. The accounts describe the encounter as happening when Gates was 17, with Price later presenting it as her having taken his virginity. Both reports frame the disclosure as particularly sensitive because of the ages involved and because Price says she was heavily pregnant with her first child at the time, relating to a previous partner. Gates criticises the decision to reveal “intimate details,” and he links his reaction to concerns about privacy and trust after the story became public. The reports depict a dispute over how events are described and the impact of those revelations on Gates’ personal views about others’ trustworthiness.