Cricket ace says 'hello you c***s' after the teen dropped the C-word on Loose Women when mum Katie was discussing trolls
BRAWLING cricket ace Ben Stokes has sparked new outrage after videos emerged of him drunkenly mocking Katie Price’s disabled son Harvey.
The England vice-captain roars with laughter as he performs the stunt on a night out. Cricket bosses yesterday suspended Stokes and Alex Hales after seeing our film of a 2.30am street fight in Bristol.
Katie Price branded the cricketer “disgusting” after the videos emerged as he was seen drunkenly poking fun at Harvey’s appearance on ITV’s Loose Women last year.
The 15-year-old, who is blind and autistic, accidentally shouted “c***” when asked how he reacts to bullies.
In the first nine-second clip Stokes starts by pretending to be Katie.
Putting on a mock accent, he says: “Harvey, what do you say when people are being mean?”
As a pal films on his mobile, Stokes deliberately slows his voice and loosely flaps his left arm in an impression of the teenager.
before roaring with laughter.
Stokes repeats the stunt in a ten-second video also seen by The Sun.
Harvey’s unfortunate outburst prompted a swift on-screen apology from Katie in May 2016. Viewers rushed to back the brave youngster for “sticking it to the haters”.
Stokes’ impressions sparked only fury last night and come after his arrest following a street brawl in Bristol at 2.30am on Monday.
Model and TV star Katie told pals she is furious, saying: “I don’t know this guy or why he would do this. It’s disgusting.”
A friend said: “Katie only became aware of this video this afternoon when it appeared online, but she’s very upset by it.
“She is extremely protective of Harvey, as any mother would be, and has always made it clear that she finds any jokes about him totally unacceptable.
“She’s got no idea who Ben Stokes is, and she’s never met him, so it’s outrageous that he would want to ridicule her son like this.
“He doesn’t deserve this, and especially not from a man who is in the public eye who should be setting an example to other people.”
The pal added: “Katie has made it her mission to speak out against this sort of behaviour.
“She says, ‘No joke about Harvey will ever be funny to me’.”
The footage of Stokes is believed to have been filmed in Cardiff on June 6, hours after England beat New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy. The video was later passed to pals. And it quickly went viral on WhatsApp after Stokes’ arrest for actual bodily harm on Monday.
The first film was taken in a bar and the second clip is filmed outside. An England cricket fan who saw the footage said: “I didn’t get what Stokes was doing at first but then it became clear he was doing an impression of Harvey on Loose Women.
“I thought it was disgusting, a real low. He’s a dad himself. You shouldn’t mock kids with serious health problems. It’s not the behaviour of England’s vice-captain either.”
Yesterday England cricket chiefs suspended all-rounder Stokes and teammate Alex Hales “until further notice”.
Stokes has been asked to return to Bristol in the next week to be quizzed under caution by Avon and Somerset Police. Detectives are certain to question him over The Sun’s exclusive video yesterday showing the star fighting with two men near the city’s Mbargo club.
Sources close to Stokes yesterday described him as “fragile and devastated”, with his place on the Ashes tour to Australia under threat. TV presenter and cricket fan Piers Morgan claimed the brawl erupted as Stokes was defending two gay men from homophobic taunts.
Morgan said a source had told him the version of events and said Stokes regrets what happened.
He tweeted: “I’m hearing that Ben Stokes intervened to help two gay guys who were being abused by yobs, one of whom was armed with a bottle.
“Stokes has told friends he was incensed by the homophobic taunts, then saw the bottle being raised and decided to defend himself.
“Stokes obviously regrets what happened but apparently his view is, ‘They started it, I finished it. I was protecting those guys’.
“Police are aware of Stokes’ version of events and are now trying to find the two gay men, to corroborate what he’s said.”
The crisis engulfing the cricketer has cast a shadow over his wedding to Clare Ratcliffe, 27, on October 14.
Stokes is England’s highest-paid player after signing a £1.7million deal to play for Rising Pune Supergiant in the Indian Premier League.
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Last night the England and Wales Cricket Board issued a statement on the suspensions of Hales and Stokes. It read: “Each remains on full pay pending further ECB investigation and the ongoing police investigation into an incident in Bristol in the early hours of Monday September 25.
“Andrew Strauss, director of England Cricket, will today refer the internal disciplinary procedure for these two players to the Cricket Discipline Commission, chaired by Tim O’Gorman.
“These decisions, fully supported by ECB chairman Colin Graves, were made following the release of footage viewed by ECB for the first time on Wednesday.
GLASSY-eyed Ben Stokes smokes a cigarette outside the Mbargo nightclub — close to where he brawled a few hours later.
A businessman who owns a nearby club in Bristol said Stokes’ party had a verbal row with two men at Mbargo.
Stokes, England team-mate Alex Hales and a friend later bumped into them round the corner when it all “kicked off”, the club owner said.
Footage obtained by The Sun shows Stokes unleash 15 blows in under a minute during the street fight at 2.30am on Monday.
Hales, pictured yesterday outside his home in Nottingham, left, is also seen apparently kicking a man as he lies on the ground.
The video was shot by a stunned student from his second-floor window.
Stokes was arrested while Hales returned to Bristol the next day to help detectives.
Opening batsman Hales was yesterday suspended by England along with all-rounder Stokes.
A 27-year-old was taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary with facial injuries.
THERE are suitable punishments for Ben Stokes. Leaving him out of the Ashes, and robbing England of his talent, isn’t one.
He was rightly suspended after the punch-up video we had a duty to reveal.
He must lose the vice-captaincy and be fined heavily. He should also now be urged to give to a disabled charity.
But it will punish every English fan too, and compromise the series in Oz, to lose our most gifted match-winner.
If possible, Stokes must be given a last chance to grow up.
