The Brighton-born former glamour model appeared on the ITV show as she gave her first interview since her drink-driving crash.
The 43-year-old said the events leading up to the crash on the B2135 near Partridge Green were “really traumatic” and vowed to take steps to helping with her mental recovery.
The TV personality was found to have been over the legal alcohol limit and had cocaine in her system after she crashed her Range Rover near her home in Sussex.
Television regulator Ofcom has revealed it received 53 complaints about the January 4 airing of GMB – all relating to an interview with Katie Price.
Her chat on GMB marked her first TV interview since narrowly avoiding prison.
But the mum-of-five’s interview didn’t go down so well with everyone watching at home, with Ofcom confirming the complaints came due to her appearance on the programme.
The backlash comes after some viewers tuning in expressed on social media they were unhappy she was given the airtime.
One said on Twitter: ‘#GMB Convicted five times for drink driving yet you are giving #katieprice air time to promote a book and play the victim!!! Drink driving costs lives.’
During the interview, Katie said: “I’ve made the decision, finally, to see a therapist every week forever to deal with the traumatic events that led me up into that car,” she said.
“I feel ashamed about it. But it’s a new year and I’m still dealing with it all.
“I think people shouldn’t judge people. There are always reasons for reasons.”
Katie was given a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with 100 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement sessions to be completed within the next 12 months.
‘Katie Price on #GMB telling us there were reasons why she got into that car whilst drunk and on drugs and also whilst banned (for the sixth time) and then crashed it. “Traumatic events” that she’ll come on again and tell us when she’s ready. And therefore we shouldn’t judge her,’ a viewer wrote.
Another shared: ‘I’m not sure #GMB should be dumbing down drink driving and drug driving. Hundreds of innocent people have lost their lives as a result and you make it out as a little hiccup for Katie to move on from?’
She was also disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay £85 costs.
When discussing her mental state, Katie said she is “very good at hiding things”.
“It’s still been traumatic afterwards, so I’m not ready to talk about it yet,” she said. “But what I can say is, obviously I went to The Priory.
“There’s reasons why I got into that car and my mental state.”
She had already been banned from driving on six separate occasions before the most recent sentencing.
Katie also recently announced she will be releasing her eighth autobiography, which will include tales of her stay at The Priory.
Susanna Reid said to Katie: ‘You must be thankful that you’re not in jail… you managed to avoid a jail sentence, things could have been very different.’
However, Katie admitted she wasn’t ready to talk about the recent ‘traumatic’ events just yet and refused to go into detail about the crash.
She acknowledged the host’s point and said: ‘The events leading up to it were really traumatic, and have still been traumatic after.’
Katie went on to explain how she was moving forward from the difficult period in her life and gave an update to viewers.
‘What I can say is, I went to The Priory and I made the decision finally I see a therapist every week, forever.
I’m very good at hiding things, but when I’m ready to talk about it, I will come on and talk about it,’ Katie added.
She has previously released seven autobiography’s – Being Jordan, A Whole New World, Pushed to the Limit, You Only Live Once, Love, Lipstick and Lies and Reborn.
