
Dumped like a rock, Alex Reid is furious at Katie Price – claiming she used him as a pawn in her game to win back Peter Andre.
“She makes me sick to my stomach. I helped her through everything when she was going through the divorce and now I’m no longer needed. I’ve passed my expiry date,” he told a friend in a desperate phone call from Australia.
Alex made the call as Katie flew in to Heathrow airport, only six days after quitting the jungle and ruining Alex’s plan to propose to her live on TV in Australia.
He said: “She’s treated me like an idiot. She has been nothing more than a heartless bitch.
“Katie got publicity from me, not the other way round. I was just another pawn in her game. I love Katie and know things about her no one else does. This has been a hard blow for any man to take – and I’ve taken some.”
He told the friend: “She has no right to tell me what to do. I’m not stalking her. If she wants me out of her life then fine, I’m gone.”
Yesterday Reid, 34, checked out of his £300-a-night room at the Palazzo Versace Hotel after he was humiliated in front of 10million viewers when she dumped him live on air.
As he waited to board his flight he was seen checking out the I’m A Celebrity website to read what Jordan had said about him on the show.
She admitted to TV hosts Ant and Dec her fling with Alex was over, adding: “I just realized I don’t want to be in a relationship.”
Asked when they split, she replied: “As of when I came out.”

As he left he stopped to pose for a picture before telling the Sunday Mirror: “I suppose I may as well smile. I’ve had better weeks.”
A close friend revealed: “Alex doesn’t want it to come to this but feels he’s got nothing to lose.”
But pals say Katie – who hammered out a deal with ITV to break her contract and leave Oz – is determined to win back Pete for the sake of the kids.
She has denied begging him for a reconciliation.
But friends said they have spoken on the phone this week about plans for Christmas Day and a school Nativity play.
The source said: “Katie knows them talking on the phone is a breakthrough. She’s convinced he still wants her and sees even the smallest thaw in relations as a sign to getting back together.
“As far as Pete’s concerned the relationship is just about their children.”