Phillips comments on Price, Andre split

Fiona Phillips has blamed media attention and public scrutiny for the breakdown of Katie Price and Peter Andre's marriage.

Echoing comments made by Gail Porter and Tony Blackburn recently, the TV host claimed that the pair's relationship was destroyed by their "endless" desire for press coverage.

Writing in her column for The Mirror, Phillips explained: "Ask anyone who's been in a successful marriage for a decent length of time and they'll say 'you have to work at it'. Well, to give them their due, Katie Price and Peter Andre certainly worked at theirs.

"They worked at it in glossy magazines, downmarket magazines, on telly, in books - anywhere they could, they worked it. And that's why it's not working."

She added: "Despite the volatility of their relationship, it's clear they love each other, but life's got in the way, along with those TV cameras and endless magazine deals."

Price and Andre announced that they were splitting after nearly four years of marriage earlier this week.