Katie Price is a big fan of CBD oil and regularly promotes it on Instagram, however she caused outrage last year after claiming the substance derived from the cannabis plant cured cancer
Katie Price’s social media posts are being investigated by Trading Standards after claiming a CBD product cures cancer. The mum-of-five, 47, is one of the many paid brand ambassadors of Supreme CBD oil, which is a natural substance derived from the cannabis plant.
Said to help regulate mood, appetite, and sleep, CBD has become a huge hit with a whole host of famous faces, including Katie, Kerry Katona, and former footballer Matt Le Tissier. However, last year, Katie caused outrage with her comments on X, formerly Twitter, where she sided with the founder of Supreme CBD, Olympic boxer Anthony Fowler, that his company had ‘healed’ his two-year-old’s tumour after he boasted about refusing chemotherapy for his child.
The post in which Katie chats with Anthony’s partner, Serena Stregapede, who claims that a tumour in her daughter Roma’s leg ‘shrunk’ after using the CBD oil, has now been passed onto Liverpool Trading Standards by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which received the initial complaints.
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Speaking to The Sun, an ASA spokesperson said: “We’ve received a small number of complaints about Supreme CBD and Katie Price‘s ads. I’ve spoken to our compliance team, and they’ve confirmed that Supreme CBD has now been referred to Trading Standards.
“Trading Standards acts as our legal ‘backstop’. In parallel, our compliance team is continuing to assess what further action may be appropriate, in regard to this advertiser, including engagement with relevant platforms where necessary.”
In Katie’s post from April, she said: “Very serious chat with Serena Stregapede [Anthony’s partner] and Anthony Fowler about their two-year-old daughter who had a tumour in her leg, they refused hospital treatment and healed her themselves, which is amazing.
“They was (sic) telling me all about Supreme CBD and how it works for fibromyalgia, arthritis, anxiety/depression any aches/pains or insomnia,” she added, before posting a checkout code.
Waving a bottle of oil at the camera, she continued: “They’ve shown me the pictures of before and after from using CBD where it shrunk it all.” She added that while at first she was “sceptical” of CBD, we now “know it’s safe.” Serena added: “People were scared of it, but they don’t know until they try so you can’t knock it until you try it.”
Fans were left horrified by the claims and labelled it “dangerous”. One commented: “Katie, you have zero medical or scientific qualifications, so how about you don’t use your platform to push health ‘advice’. Health is too important to mess with, and vulnerable people can often look for the ‘easy solution’ when there isn’t one. Don’t endanger lives.”
A second said: “So you are advertising that CBD healed the tumour. Dangerous and disgusting,” while a third noted: “Please don’t post dangerous false information like this. People might take your word as fact and refuse medical advice. This sort of thing has caused so much harm!”
Macmillan Cancer Support has written about the use of CBD and other cannabinoids on its website, where it states: “At the moment, there is no reliable medical evidence to show whether cannabis, in any form, can effectively and safely treat cancer in humans.”
Meanwhile, Cancer Research UK says: “There has been some research suggesting that the body’s endocannabinoids can suppress tumour growth.”
The Mirror contacted a representative of Katie, who refused to comment and has also contacted Serena for a comment. The Mirror has contacted Trading Standards and the ASA for further comment.
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