Peter Andre defends buying his son Junior a £25k car for 17th birthday

‘It wasn’t brand-new’: Peter Andre defends ‘spoiling’ his son Junior with a £25,000 car for his 17th birthday as he reveals the Audi is second-hand

Peter Andre has defended buying his son Junior a £25,000 car for his 17th birthday as he revealed the vehicle ‘wasn’t brand-new’.

The singer, 49, treated his son to an Audi A1 for his 17th birthday, despite Junior not yet being able to drive as he has just started lessons.

But Peter defended ‘spoiling’ Junior as he revealed the vehicle was second-hand and said he didn’t think getting him a new car would ‘set the right example’.

Gift: Peter Andre has defended buying his son Junior a £25,000 car for his 17th birthday as he revealed the vehicle ‘wasn’t brand-new’

Writing in new! magazine, he said: ‘I may have spoilt him with an Audi A1, which is the one he really wanted, but it wasn’t brand-new – so it wasn’t exactly what he wanted!

‘I don’t think a new car would set the right example. He’s started lessons and I’m sure it won’t be long until he’s on the road.’

Last week, Junior revealed his father gifted him a £25,000 car with a personalised number plate for his 17th birthday.

The singer, whose mother is Katie Price, debuted his new vehicle on his Instagram page last Monday as he revealed it was the car of his ‘dreams’. 

Flash: The singer, 49, treated his son to an Audi A1 for his 17th birthday, despite Junior not yet being able to drive as he has just started lessons

In the snap, Junior sat on the bonnet of the flash black Audi holding his keys to the car, which has a personalised number plate spelling out his name.

Junior cut a casual figure in black jeans, a dark hoodie and blue high-top trainers as he celebrated his birthday.

In a caption alongside the post, Junior said he was ‘grateful’ for the generous gift and spoke about his debut single Slide as he follows in his father’s musical footsteps.

He gushed: ‘Couldn’t be more grateful right now. I’m releasing my debut single ‘SLIDE’ this Friday 17th June and my dad just got me the car of my dreams.’

Since his post, Junior’s debut single Slide hit the No1 spot on the UK ITunes pop chart.

Present: But Peter defended ‘spoiling’ Junior as he revealed the vehicle was second-hand and said he didn’t think getting him a new car would ‘set the right example’

His father Peter also took to Instagram to mark his son’s birthday in a sweet post, which he praised Junior for his generosity and for being a ‘great son’. 

The Mysterious Girl hitmaker shared a montage of snaps of him and Junior through the ages, including a recent selfie of them at a Unicef event.

He penned: ‘You are kind, you are humble, you are generous. You work hard and you study hard. You’re a great brother and a great person.

‘But the best part of all of this for me is that you are a great son. You are my son. And I’m proud in every way. HAPPY 17th Birthday @officialjunior_andre.’

Ahead of Junior’s birthday, Peter said that he wouldn’t be getting his son an expensive car as it needed to be ‘sensible’.

Happy: Junior, whose mother is Katie Price, debuted his new vehicle on his Instagram page last Monday as he revealed it was the car of his ‘dreams’

He wrote in new! magazine: ‘I spent last week looking for his first car and asked him to give me a list of models he likes so the present will be a surprise on the day. 

‘I don’t want him to go too flash. It’s his first car and he needs to be sensible.’

Peter also shares his daughter Princess, 14, with his ex-wife Katie while he also shares kids Amelia, eight, and Theodore, five, with his wife Emily.

As well as launching his music career, Junior became a global sensation after he visited Binley Mega Chippy and filmed a TikTok video outside. 

The chip shop in Coventry has been inundated with tourists pouring in from as far afield as Portugal and Australia after a catchy music video was posted on TikTok. 

Throwback: Peter celebrated his son’s birthday by sharing an array of sweet snaps of him and Junior 

Sweet: In a caption, Peter also praised Junior for his generosity and for being a ‘great son’ as he marked his birthday

And Junior was caught up in the fanfare after he filmed himself outside showing a line of customers queuing out of the shop. 

Binley Mega Chippy attracts thousands of customers from around Britain and the world after a fan raved about it on social media.

Owner Kamal Gandhi, 70, has now seen profits rocket by a whopping 30 per cent, with queues of fans regularly seen outside.

Junior was seen performing his new song Slide outside the now-famous chippy.  

Career: Junior also recently celebrated the release of his debut single Slide as he follows in his father’s musical footsteps 

He started it: ‘I spy with my two eyes, something beginning with B.’

The video then changed to Junior standing outside the fish and chip vendor as the words ‘Binley Mega Chippy’ played over some plinky-plonk music.

The clip rapidly went viral on TikTok with over 2.6million people viewing it. 

Junior is following in his father’s footsteps as he is starting a career in the music industry and Peter recently revealed he was managing his son.

Viral: As well as launching his music career, Junior became a global sensation after he visited Binley Mega Chippy and filmed a TikTok video outside

In April, he appeared virtually on Wednesday’s Lorraine and told host Christine Lampard that he is ‘proud but also scared’ for his budding musician son.

During the chat, Peter explained: ‘I took him to the studio and he got in the booth and everyone was like ‘oh!’. And I said ‘look, lets focus on him for right now.”

Peter revealed that he is his manager in a way, but wants to make sure he has freedom to do his own thing, saying: ‘I am managing him in the sense I am there with him all the way. We want to give him some artistic freedom.’

The dad-of-four appeared on Australian singing contest New Faces at aged 16, rising to fame with his singles Mysterious Girl and Flava. 

Family: Peter (pictured with his wife Emily) also shares his daughter Princess, 14, with his ex-wife Katie while he also shares kids Amelia, eight, and Theodore, five, with his wife Emily

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