Pregnant Lauren Goodger admits it doesn’t feel like the ‘final break-up’ for her and Charles Drury as her ex’s fling declares ‘never seek revenge, rotten fruit will fall by itself’
Lauren Goodger has admitted she could reconcile with her ex Charles Drury after confirming the former couple are expecting their second child together.
The former TOWIE star, 35, revealed this week that she is 16 weeks pregnant with a baby girl. a big sister for daughter Larose who was born in July 2021.
The pregnancy announcement came just days after Lauren kicked Charles out of their home over the revelation that he had slept with another woman during their November 2021 break-up.
On/off: Lauren Goodger has admitted she could reconcile with her ex Charles Drury after confirming the former couple are expecting their second child together
While the couple, who only got together in October 2020, have had a rocky romance, Lauren has now admitted she hasn’t ruled out getting back together with the 24-year-old in the future.
Asked by New! Magazine if this feels like the ‘final break-up this time,’ an optimistic Lauren replied: ‘Not really. It’s weird – men are weird!’
She added though that she now has ‘more self-respect, because if you’re not treating me how I should be treated, then you’re not here. Who knows what’s going to happen next week, next month. But I just know you can’t come and go when children are involved.’
She also admitted that her love for the father of her children ‘will never go’.
Break up: It’s understood that Charles enjoyed a fling with another woman, Instagram model Amy Gilbert (pictured), during their November break-up
Fling: Amy posted a telling Instagram post on Wednesday, with the words: ‘Never seek revenge… rotten fruit will fall by itself’
The reality star explained that the exes still need to work out ‘a co-parenting schedule’.
‘What we’re doing now is different to what I’ve done before because last time we broke up we’d talk or see each other. Every day he was coming round, which I don’t think is fair, so this is a learning game,’ she explained.
Meanwhile, Amy Gilbert, 24, the woman who Charles admitted to having a fling with during his brief split from Lauren in November, posted a telling Instagram post on Wednesday, with the words: ‘Never seek revenge… rotten fruit will fall by itself.’
Amy previously took to her Instagram Stories as news of Lauren’s pregnancy broke on Monday, to brand Charles ‘a disgusting excuse of a man’.
Optimistic: Asked by New! Magazine if this feels like the ‘final break-up this time,’ an optimistic Lauren replied: ‘Not really. It’s weird – men are weird!’
The model wrote: ‘Wouldn’t usually come on social media to voice my opinion but after today I feel like I had too.’
Addressing Charles she continued: ‘Now this all makes so much sense why you ran off so quickly, why you was so brash and evil that you wanted me to make my decision so quickly so it suited YOU, you wouldn’t support me because it would ‘ruin your whole life.’
‘Everything was about YOU, you made me feel so alone. You really are a disgusting excuse of a “man”.’
An insider has told MailOnline that Charles knew Lauren was pregnant with their second child when he had a fling with Amy during their brief split in November.
‘Disgusting’: Amy took to her Instagram Stories as news of Lauren’s pregnancy broke, to brand Charles ‘a disgusting excuse of a man’
Last week sources revealed that ‘Lauren was really hurt when she found out about Charles’ fling with Amy. She was absolutely furious with him and can’t understand how he could do this to his family. She told him to pack his bags and leave and he has.’
Lauren lookalike Amy has claimed that Charles reached out to her during their break and they began sleeping together before he reunited with Lauren.
Charles has admitted to the steamy tryst which he has labelled a ‘mistake’, and said: ‘I was stupid and things happened’.
Amy has claimed that Charles reached out to her via direct message on Instagram and invited her to his home in East London for sex, before spending a weekend together.
Amy told the Sun: ‘We were messaging for a couple of days on there and then he wanted me to go and meet him in a local place he was living – and I did.
Expecting: While the couple have had a rocky romance, Lauren has now admitted she hasn’t ruled out getting back together with the 24-year-old in the future
‘I slept with him on that night, it was quite intense first of all, then he asked to see me again the following day. I then went and met him again.
Explaining that things quickly went south, Amy said: ‘The reason it all cut off was because I was round there and it must have been about half 12 at night. I saw Lauren kept popping up on his phone. I said to him “I understand you’ve got a baby together but what are you talking about at half 12 at night?”
Amy said that they had a bit of a ‘barney’ and Charles told her that he wants to have his daughter in his life. The next day she saw in the media that Charles and Lauren were back together.
Amy said she was disappointed he hadn’t been honest about his relationship with Lauren and claimed he repeatedly told her their relationship was ‘toxic’.
Whirlwind: The couple announced their expecting their first child together, just three months after going public with their relationship
Good man: Charles has denied sleeping with anyone while still in a relationship with his ex-girlfriend and insists he’s now focused on welcoming their baby later this year
She revealed that she reached out to Lauren to tell her what had been going on and the reality personality replied telling her she would call her later.
However she never heard from Lauren and claims she only received a call from Charles asking her to ‘stop ruining his life’. They haven’t spoken since.
Charles has denied sleeping with anyone while still in a relationship with his ex-girlfriend and insists he’s now focused on welcoming their baby later this year.
Taking to Instagram this week, he wrote: ‘Remember social media isn’t real life! I’ve got a beautiful daughter & another one the way [sic], I don’t have to express my love & happiness about things online all the time.
‘I’ve never cheated & things might not have worked out how they should’ve but I’m working hard, keeping my head down to make sure I’m the best version of myself to be a good man & good dad.’
Lauren Goodger’s romance history
Mark Wright: 1999-2011
Lauren found fame on The Only Way Is Essex while in a on-off, 12-year relationship with ex-fiancé Mark Wright.
First love: Lauren and Mark pictured in 2011
Their tumultuous relationship was filled with infidelity on Mark’s part, trust issues, and tensions between Lauren and his family.
The couple cut off their engagement in May 2011, just five months after his proposal, and the presenter went on to marry actress Michelle Keegan, 33, in 2015.
Lauren later revealed she had an abortion at the age of 20 after the couple decided they weren’t ready to become parents.
She told OK! in 2011: ‘I did think I was pregnant. I’m not on the pill and haven’t been for a little while, just because of my cells, not because I was planning a baby and thank God we didn’t.
‘I was late once and I think it was the stress of what was going on. I’ve been pregnant before with his baby but I chose not to have it. I was only 20. No one knows except my close family.’
Jake McLean: 2012-2016
After splitting from Mark, the media personality dated Jake McLean, 33, on and off for four years – from 2012 until May 2016 – with Lauren suffering a miscarriage during their relationship
Jailbird ex: The influencer pictured with Jake in 2013
The TV star discovered she had lost the unborn child while appearing as a contestant on ITV talent show Dancing On Ice in 2013, and later admitted she has little choice but to ‘carry on.’
Discussing the loss on Channel 5 show In Therapy in 2017, she said: ‘I was on a TV show that was quite intense. I had to try and perform when I was quite far gone. It didn’t last.’
Lauren and Jake split for the first time later that year before rekindling their romance in 2015.
Shortly after their final split in May 2016, Lauren told OK! of her former jailbird ex: ‘I fell out of love with him. I know some people say you wake up one day and things click, but that didn’t happen to me; it was a gradual thing.
‘The relationship was quite hard. I felt like I was the one doing everything and putting the effort in. I’m at the age where I’d like to have children but Jake isn’t the sort of man I’d want to do it with.’
Jake was jailed for three-and-a-half years after conning his way into a mother’s house two days before Christmas in 2006, overpowering her before a masked gang ran in and raided the family home.
JOEY MORRISION: 2016-2018
The TV star struck up a relationship with another convict, Joey Morrison, but the couple went their separate ways two years later, in 2018, despite Lauren waiting for him while he served time behind bars.
Bad boy: The TV star and convict Joey pictured in 2017
Joey, 31, was given a 16-year prison sentence for a violent offence but was released after nine years – Lauren and Joey split close to his release date.
In 2019, Lauren opened up about her two year romance with Joey, who was sentenced for drug related crimes, saying: ‘My ex was my biggest mistake. I wasted two years when I could have been dating. I wish I hadn’t waited for him to come out.’
Writing previously in new! magazine of her relationship with Joey, she said: ‘I regret giving two and a half years of my life to someone who was in jail only for him to come out and not be what I thought.
‘I thought we were going to get a house, get married and have kids. I regret the time I’ve wasted.’
Charles Drury: 2020-present
In October 2020, Lauren teased she was dating a mystery man, who was soon to be identified as Charles Drury, 23.
Inseparable: Lauren and Charles pictured last year
The amateur footballer and builder has littered his social media account with images of his girlfriend.
Sharing his thoughts on their romance, Charles previously gushed: ‘The story of you & me is my favourite because it’s happening so naturally.’
The couple announced their expecting their first child together, just three months after going public with their relationship.
Lauren’s partner has a history of dating older women, having previously enjoyed a brief fling with former glamour model Katie Price, 42, in 2019.
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