KATIE PRICE has waded into the debate over pay for parking during an episode of BBC's Room 101.

The former model-turned-author, who grew up in Brighton, told host Frank Skinner she would rather pay a parking fine than mess around for the sake of "literally" popping in somewhere for two minutes.

Katie, who now lives near Horsham but regularly visits Brighton, said: "Parking does annoy me. For one it's always hard to find a space and now, when you do find a space, say if you want to pop in somewhere for literally two minutes, you can't even pay money now, you have to phone a number and then put in the code, where you are, and you spend ten minutes or whatever doing that, then giving your credit card and it's like, 'Oh, it didn't work,' and it's all automated.

"It's easier just to go in there and get a parking ticket.

"Why can't they just keep it old-fashioned where you put your money in? Or make it a credit card machine?

"And then some machines you have to put your registration in. I don't know my registration off the top of my head, and what do you do then?"

Fellow guest Adil Ray, star of BBC's Citizen Khan, quipped: "Look at your car - it's normally got it on there."

Skinner agreed with Katie. He said: "I have massive, massive problems with parking I must say. I'm not very good at it."

Katie's choice for Room 101 roused a cheer from the audience when it was announced.

Brighton and Hove introduced pay-by-phone parking in 2013 and has expanded it since then while still retaining coin machines.

Presenter Frank Skinner agreed to put parking in Room 101.

Katie's other gripe on the show was people with no talent on talent shows.

But Skinner could not consign them to the same fate as parking, adding: "Katie, I cannot put people without talent on talent shows in [to Room 101] because you're such good company."

Brighton and Hove City Council has said people can still pay cash and that there are many options available when it comes to paying for parking.