Lee Andrews' 'strange behaviour' in prison after pleading for wife Katie Price to set him up a GoFundMe

Despite Katie Price's recent comments about her husband, it seems as if Lee Andrews is still confident that he will be freed from Dubai jail.

The newlyweds made national news last month when the businessman was first reported missing, having failed to board a flight back to the UK ahead of an interview on This Morning.

A plethora of rumours quickly surfaced about where he'd gone, with one journalist even alleging that he had stolen money from his influencer wife and was now hiding away in Dubai.

Price herself suggested that Andrews had been kidnapped and was incredibly concerned for his safety, but it seems as if that concern has turned to anger.

There have been numerous allegations Andrews has an illicit past, which allegedly included taking out a £200k mortgage in his old girlfriend's name without her knowledge.

Andrews has denied the claims, telling the Daily Mail earlier this year: "I don't have a mortgage either for £200,000, that's completely not right."

Once she'd spoken to Lee's father and learned that he was locked up in a pretty notorious Dubai jail, she flew out to meet him and was ready to pay a few thousand pounds in order to set him free.

Their relationship appears to be very much on the brink (wesleeandrews/Instagram)

However, things changed quickly when she was told that the fee was far larger because of a second alleged offence, and meeting with some of Andrews' former flames has seemingly put her off using her own money for his release.

The 43-year-old even asked his wife if she would set up a GoFundMe, to which she reportedly replied: "No-one will do that for you, Lee, trust me. Everyone hates you."

Despite his wife's less than warm feelings towards him right now, it seems as if Andrews is still confident that their love will shine through and Price will pay the £140,000 price to get him out of jail.

This is according to some of his fellow inmates behind bars, who suggest that he's exhibiting some pretty strange behaviour while he's there.

According to The Sun, Andrews has been showing off a 'wheeler-dealer bravado'.

The source added: "Not everyone thinks he is credible, and some of us have been sharing notes about his stories as they keep changing.

"He's a strange man. He was bragging that Katie was going to give him cash, but no one knows if she has or not."

The couple only married earlier this year (Instagram/Leeandrews)

Considering Price's comments earlier this week, Andrews perhaps shouldn't be as confident that he's going to be out of prison soon, especially given the significant fee it's going to take to set him free.

Price said: "I'm 48. I don't need to waste my time. We get along really well and he's so intelligent ... As much as I want to listen to the women [his exes] and I'm really open-minded about it, I know what a good woman I am.

"There is no way he would mess with me, and in a way, I feel protected because I have the nation looking out for me.

"I'm not a mug, and when I finally see Lee, I am going to question him. And if the answers I get are not right, that will be it: I'll be done. That's it. And I'll just get on with my life... and not find a man on Instagram and message him."

Andrews best have some good answers ready in that case, otherwise his prison bravado might all be for show.