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Lauren Goodger admits it’s ‘not been easy’ co-parenting with Charles Drury but insists they’re ‘in a good place’ as she details unconventional family setup: ‘Larose is our priority’

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First love: Lauren and Mark photographed in 2011

Mark Wright: 2003-2011

Lauren found fame on The Only Way Is Essex while in an eight-and-a-half-year on-again, off-again relationship with ex-fiancé Mark Wright.

First love: Lauren and Mark photographed in 2011

First love: Lauren and Mark photographed in 2011

Their tumultuous relationship was filled with infidelity on Mark’s part, trust issues, and tensions between Lauren and her family.

The couple broke off their engagement in May 2011, just five months after their proposal, and the presenter married actress Michelle Keegan, 33, in 2015.

Lauren later revealed had an abortion at the age of 20 after the couple decided they were not ready to be parents.

She said OK! in 2011: ‘I thought I was pregnant. I’m not on the pill and haven’t been on it for a while, just for 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 have been pregnant with his baby before but decided not to have him. She was only 20 years old. Nobody knows except my closest family.

Jake McLean: 2012-2016

After splitting from Mark, the media personality dated Jake McLean, 33, on and off for four years, from 2012 to May 2016, with Lauren suffering a miscarriage during their relationship.

Jailbird ex: the influencer photographed with Jake in 2013

Jailbird ex: the influencer photographed with Jake in 2013

Jailbird ex: the influencer photographed with Jake in 2013

The TV star discovered she had lost the fetus while appearing as a contestant on ITV talent show Dancing On Ice in 2013, and later admitted she has no choice but to “move on”.

Speaking about the loss on Channel 5’s In Therapy show in 2017, she said: “I was on a TV show that was quite intense. I had to try to act when I was already quite lost. It didn’t last.

Lauren and Jake first split that same year before rekindling their romance in 2015.

Shortly after their final split in May 2016, Lauren told him OK! of his former prisoner: ‘I fell out of love with him. I know some people say that one day you wake up and things click, but that didn’t happen to me; It was something gradual.

‘The relationship was quite hard. I felt like I was the one who did everything and made the effort. I’m at the age where I’d like to have children, but Jake isn’t the kind of man I’d like to do it with.’

Jake was jailed for three and a half years after breaking into a mother’s home two days before Christmas in 2006, overpowering her before a masked gang ran in and raided the family home.

In July 2022, Jake died at the age of 33 in a car accident in Turkey, where he was on holiday with his TOWIE star girlfriend Yazmin Oukhellou.

JOEY MORRISIÓN: 2016-2018

The TV star entered into 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 was serving time behind bars.

Bad Boy: TV star and convict Joey photographed in 2017

Bad Boy: TV star and convict Joey photographed in 2017

Bad Boy: TV star and convict Joey photographed in 2017

Joey, 31, received a 16-year prison sentence for a violent crime, but was released after nine years; Lauren and Joey broke up around his release date.

In 2019, Lauren opened up about her two-year romance with Joey, who was convicted of drug offences, 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 get out.” .

Writing previously in new! magazine about his relationship with Joey, said: “I regret giving two and a half years of my life to someone who was in prison just for him to come out and not be what I thought.”

‘I thought we were going to get a house, get married and have children. I’m sorry for the time I’ve wasted.’

Charles Drury: 2020-2022

In October 2020, Lauren announced that she was dating a mystery man, who would soon be identified as 23-year-old Charles Drury.

Inseparable: Lauren and Charles photographed in 2020

Inseparable: Lauren and Charles photographed in 2020

Inseparable: Lauren and Charles photographed in 2020

The footballer and amateur builder filled his social media account with images of his girlfriend.

Sharing his thoughts on their romance, Charles previously gushed: “The story of you and me is my favorite because it happens so naturally.”

The couple announced they were expecting their first child together, Larose, just three months after going public with their relationship.

They had a second baby and Loran announced that she was pregnant in January 2022.

Lorena passed away shortly after her birth in June 2022 after 10 doctors fought to save her life when she was born with two knots in her umbilical cord, tied around her neck.

Lauren’s partner has a history of dating older women, and previously enjoyed a brief fling with former glamor model Katie Price, 42, in 2019.

While the couple first split in November 2021 amid accusations that he was cheating on them, they reunited in early 2022 after Lauren became pregnant, but went their separate ways shortly after.

Lauren was allegedly assaulted the day of her baby’s funeral. Charles was later arrested and released on bail following the incident.

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