‘I’ve never cheated – things don’t always work out’: Lauren Goodger’s ex Charles Drury defends sleeping with model during short break from former TOWIE star – even though he knew she was pregnant
- The former TOWIE star welcomed her first daughter Larose in July 2021
- Last week it was revealed the couple had split again after Charles’ fling with another woman during their November breakup came to light
- Speaking about the latest split, Lauren admited that it’s ‘been a rocky time and it’s been really hard for me’
- The woman who Charles slept with last year, Amy Gilbert branded Charles ‘a disgusting excuse of a man’ as Lauren’s pregnancy news broke
The former boyfriend of pregnant Lauren Goodger has denied cheating on the TV personality after she kicked him out of the family home in November.
The former TOWIE star, 35, who welcomed her daughter Larose in July 2021, has since confirmed she is 16 weeks pregnant with another girl, her second child with 24-year old Charles.
But he 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, 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.’
Hitting out: The former boyfriend of pregnant Lauren Goodger has denied cheating on the TV personality after she kicked him out of the family home
An insider has told MailOnline that Charles knew Lauren was pregnant with their second child when he had a fling with Amy Gilbert, 24, during their brief split in November.
Speaking to OK! magazine about her pregnancy, Lauren admitted the exes were debating whether to keep the baby.
“We weren’t very careful and Charlie was really pleased, but being honest I was really in two minds about it. I was like, “I’m just getting myself back together – I’m going back to square one. Is this fair?” You get real mum guilt,’ she said.
Lauren explained: ‘A lot went through my mind which is why I’ve held out a bit longer until I’ve announced it. Charlie was like, “I really want this baby.” And I said, “So do I.” I made the decision to go ahead with it and I’m so glad I did.”‘
‘We had that little break [in November] and he came back and was like, “You’re not having a termination – I want this family.” I knew deep down I was going to go ahead with it, but I was scared. I’ve got to think of Larose too.’
Break up: It’s understood that Charles enjoyed a fling with another woman, Instagram model Amy Gilbert (pictured), during their November break-up
Expecting: Lauren has announced she is 16 weeks pregnant her second child with ex Charles, six months after the birth of the couple’s daughter Larose
Explaining how she found out she was expecting just eight weeks after giving birth to Larose, Lauren added: ‘I hadn’t had a period for quite a few weeks, my nipples were killing me and when I was breastfeeding the pain was unbearable. I thought, “I bet you I’m pregnant!” I did a test and it said positive.’
Lauren and Charles split in November last year just months after their baby daughter was born but reconciled three weeks later. They have since split again.
Speaking about the latest split, Lauren admited that it’s ‘been a rocky time’, adding that ‘Charlie’s really hurt me.’
‘Disgusting’: Amy took to her Instagram Stories as news of Lauren’s pregnancy broke, to brand Charles ‘a disgusting excuse of a man’
She said that the couple, who will be parents to two children under one, will co-parent and that it doesn’t feel like a final break up for the pair, confessing: ‘Who knows what’s going to happen next week, next month.’
The pregnancy announcement comes days after it was revealed Lauren had kicked Charles out of their home in the wake of the revelation he enjoyed a fling with another woman during their brief break-up in November.
Insiders told OK! Magazine last week that Lauren had been left ‘furious’ following news Charles had a steamy fling with Amy Gilbert, 24, during their November split.
Happy news: Lauren, 35, revealed she is expecting another little girl after admitting the former couple were ‘in two minds’ about having another baby (pictured on December 24 2021)
Amy took to her Instagram Stories as news of Lauren’s pregnancy broke, to brand Charles ‘a disgusting excuse of a man’.
Amy 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”.’
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.
‘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.
Split: The former TOWIE star, 35, and her builder boyfriend, 24, split in November last year just months after their daughter was born but reconciled before splitting again earlier this month
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’.
Forever? The couple made their relationship Instagram official once again as Charles shared a family snap to Instagram in December only to split again a few weeks later
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 told the Sun that his relationship with Amy was a ‘mistake’ and he ended things after deciding he wanted to sort things out with his family.
A representative for Lauren declined to comment.
Lauren recently spoke out on the couple’s ‘stressful’ split in November, admitting how having a new baby and moving home took its toll on their romance, with Charles feeling ‘overwhelmed with everything.’
Suggesting he was the one to step away from their relationship, Lauren added in her new! magazine column late last year that he ‘had to take five minutes out’.
Whirlwind: The couple announced their expecting their first child together, just three months after going public with their relationship
She explained: ‘Listen, moving house and having a baby are very stressful things. Having a baby, as well as it being a beautiful and amazing thing, really does test couples.
‘For Charlie, it’s a lot of change and I think he was quite overwhelmed with everything. As much as he loves me and Larose, he had to take five minutes out.’
The couple made their relationship Instagram official once again as Charles shared a family snap to Instagram in December doting on daughter Larose during a winter stroll.
Charles captioned the snap: ‘Here with you is where I belong, our love so strong, an unbreakable bond♥️’, to which Lauren commented: ‘Love our little lady so much and that man there forever’.
The couple’s whirlwind romance first came to light in October 2020 when Lauren teased she was dating a mystery man, who was soon to be identified as Charles.
Back together: Lauren shared a slew of Instagram Stories of her and Charles kissing as they rang in 2022
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.
The reality star’s relationship was also tested when their daughter was taken ill and was rushed to hospital with suspected sepsis last year.
Detailing Larose’s illness, Lauren said: ‘The tests came back and they said, “She hasn’t got sepsis, she’s got a fever from an infection.” I was like, “Phew!” She was on antibiotics and a drip.’
Lauren went on to say how her girl was ‘more herself’ by day two and three, with a doctor telling her she needn’t ‘panic’ as it was ‘so common’ and babies ‘get ill 12 times a year’.
The couple and their daughter also all fell ill with coronavirus in December.
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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