Susanna Reid mocks Katie Price's husband Lee Andrews after claiming he was 'captured at gunpoint' before stint in notorious Dubai jail

Susanna Reid has shared her blunt reaction to Lee Andrews' claims he was captured at gunpoint in Dubai.

Katie Price's husband, who has been missing for a month, has refuted reports he was arrested over fraud allegations, and in a new Instagram video shared on Tuesday night he claimed he was captured at gunpoint after being suspected of espionage.

Good Morning Britain's Richard Arnold gave an update on Lee's return to social media on Wednesday morning, but presenter Susanna was unimpressed.

Lee's disappearance drama first started when the self-proclaimed billionaire, failed to turn up for a joint interview with Katie on Susanna's show GMB last month.

And Susanna made her feelings clear on Wednesday, telling Richard after he had finished his report on Lee's whereabouts: 'I think my eyes just rolled out of my head'.  

Katie, 48, meanwhile has made it clear she is standing by her man, 43, despite a month of back and forth on whether she should believe him.

In pictures taken on Sunday evening, the former glamour model leaped into Lee's arms, two days after his release from the notorious Al Awir prison in Dubai.

Katie jetted to Dubai at the weekend to see her husband with the two hugging tightly before heading to Vox Dubai, an outdoor rooftop cinema, to catch a World Cup football game.

Despite admitting she had questions for her husband, Katie was in great spirits, flashing a huge smile and packing on the PDA with Lee, who wore a baseball cap and jeans for their reunion date night. 

Lee has refuted reports he was arrested over fraud allegations, and in a new Instagram video shared on Tuesday, he claimed he was captured at gunpoint after being suspected of espionage.

Despite mounting evidence that fraud was the cause for his arrest, Lee insisted that he was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage 'and held in a state security building' before being taken to prison over 'a civil case in Dubai'. 

Then in a new Instagram post shared in the early hours of Wednesday, Lee insisted there is 'not one shred of evidence' that he has been charged with fraud, hitting out at his ex-fiancée Alana Percival for spreading the story.

Finally addressing his disappearance, Lee claimed he was 'taken at the Qatar border by the men, at gunpoint and was captured by men with assault rifles, they did slap me round a little bit, little s***s'.

'From there I was taken to a black site where I had no use of my phone and from what I know, it was an extended arm of the National Guard, and that is all I can reveal at the moment. I have signed disclaimers with state security and from there I was put into the system.

'At no point have I faced anything to do with fraud allegations or criminal activities.'

Lee said it was Katie working with the 'UK authorities' who managed to secure his release from the 'black site', revealing how he was 'sending these messages out to my loved ones and my beautiful wife, who without her help involving all the UK authorities, I don't think I would have got out of that situation.'

He continued to claim he was captured on suspicion of spying, 'because of the tensions and things happening in the region, and me being so close to the border, this is why I was suspected of espionage and held in a state security building without the use of a telephone or any rights to a shower, contact or to speak to any of my family including the embassy or my wife.

'So, thank you to Katie for making such a noise, where the UAE actually listened and let me go.'

Lee then explained how he ended up in prison, claiming: 'From there, I did have a civil case in Dubai which led to me going into the mainstream prison during the Arabic holidays, Eid.

'I was able to secure my release and I am here now, so thank you everyone for listening and love and blessings to everyone.'

Katie appeared to accept his story, sharing Lee’s video on Instagram and writing: 'My husband is back. I love you.'

It was reported last week that the self-proclaimed billionaire was thrown behind bars in Al Awir Central Prison in Dubai on fraud allegations, with Katie sharing that a six-figure sum needed to be paid for his release. 

The Daily Mail revealed in January, shortly after Katie's shock wedding to the businessman, that Lee took out a £200,000 mortgage in his ex Dina Taji's name without her knowledge.

She then took legal action against him, resulting in Lee being slapped with a travel ban from Dubai authorities. Dina has refused to talk publicly about Lee, but earlier this month, she agreed to meet up with Katie to warn her about her husband.

But on Wednesday, Lee posted another update, doubling down on his claims that there are no allegations of fraud against him.     

Posting from the back of a car, Lee said he had another thing 'to address'.

'There's not one shred of evidence where I've taken a mortgage in someone else's name, particularly in my ex-fiancée's name Dina,' he insisted.

'If I was to take a mortgage in somebody else's name, wouldn't she get that mortgage? How does it work? What would I benefit from signing her name? That's definitely not the case. So, let her bring the mortgage paper.'

Lee went on to call out another of his exes, Alana Percival, who he said had spread the story.

'This is a story that's got out and has come from Alana, my ex, who I was with for one minute. I was engaged to her for six days maximum. I didn't spend any time with her, I was maximum with her for 30 days total and she has never been scammed.'

'In fact, I bought her everything. If you refer to her first article, because she's just fame hungry, where she said I bombarded her, got her the car, got her the apartment which is true, paid for her dad, gave her money, gave her dad money.' 

It was reported last week that after learning her husband had been arrested, Katie flew to Dubai to be at his side and was prepared to spend £6,500 to release him after allegedly being told that was the required fee.

Yet when Katie arrived at the courthouse with her credit card in hand, she was told the fee would instead be £140,000, because Lee is involved in another case awaiting a court date, this time relating to property. Katie then declined to pay this figure.

Lee then reportedly asked his wife whether there was a fundraiser set up to raise money for his release.

In a phone conversation, Katie allegedly baulked at the suggestion and said: 'No one will do that for you, Lee, trust me. Everyone hates you.'