Comedian Shappi Khorsandi tells Jordan not to conduct her bitter divorce with Alex Reid in public

May 3 2011 by Roz Laws, Sunday Mercury

COMEDIAN Shappi Khorsandi has hit out at Jordan for conducting her bitter divorces in public.

Shappi is also in the middle of a break-up and talks about her ex in her comedy act – but makes sure she avoids criticising him for the sake of their son.

“We are quite compassionate to each other, not like Jordan,” she says. “I have never seen such bile and hatred coming from a woman.

“She’s got three kids and should be thinking of how the way she talks about her exes will affect them.

“I regard my husband as the father of my child, and as such I don’t want to do anything to hurt him. When I look at Jordan, I think I’m doing OK! Maybe I could give her lessons in how to divorce.”

Jordan, aka Katie Price, has been through two divorces – to Peter Andre and Alex Reid – in just two years.

Shappi separated from fellow comedian Christian Reilly last year after five years of marriage but they are still in the process of divorcing. They have a three-year-old son, Cassius.

“The paperwork is dragging on, but I do feel better about the situation than I did,” reveals the 37 year-old.

“When we first split I was in such pain, I couldn’t talk about anything else on stage. I was in the eye of the storm and it was all-consuming.

“I’m more at peace with it now and I don’t talk about it as personally as I used to. It’s not all ‘Help me, my heart has been drop-kicked into a lake of fire’.

“I am still heartbroken, but I hope I can be funnier about the divorce now.

“I am friends with my husband and we have a rule not to say anything in our acts that the other person isn’t happy with. We don’t want our son to grow up and see his parents slagging each other off on YouTube.