{"id":85453,"date":"2023-12-12T07:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T07:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=85453"},"modified":"2023-12-12T07:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T07:25:49","slug":"lauren-goodger-ill-always-love-charles-drury-its-hard-to-break-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/celebrities\/lauren-goodger-ill-always-love-charles-drury-its-hard-to-break-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Goodger: \u2018I\u2019ll always love Charles Drury \u2013 it\u2019s hard to break away\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lauren Goodger might be loving every moment of motherhood, but as the star\u2019s fans will know, life hasn\u2019t come without its challenges.<\/p>\n

Just weeks after welcoming daughter Larose with her now ex-boyfriend Charles Drury, Lauren fell pregnant with their second child. Tragically, she lost her daughter Lorena in July 2022 shortly after birth.<\/p>\n

Then, just weeks later, Charles was charged with assaulting Lauren on the day of their baby\u2019s funeral. Charles pleaded not guilty in July this year. The case was then adjourned ahead of a further pre-trial hearing in February 2024 and a trial starting in March.<\/p>\n

Despite their bitter split, Lauren and Charles have continued to co-parent for the sake of two-year-old Larose. While rumours have swirled that the pair are back on after they were recently spotted together, Lauren insists they\u2019re just \u201cgood friends\u201d. However, she hasn\u2019t ruled out a romantic reconciliation with Charles, 26, in the future \u2013 admitting that she\u2019ll \u201calways love him\u201d.<\/p>\n

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For now, Lauren is focusing on being a mum to Larose, which she describes as the \u201cmost amazing and rewarding\u201d job in the world. \u201cI feel alive,\u201d she says. \u201cI don\u2019t care about anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we catch up with her at <\/b> Magic Mike Live\u2019s fifth anniversary in London, Lauren is enjoying a rare child-free night out \u2013 but it\u2019s clear she\u2019s missing her little girl. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve been out or had a drink in six months,\u201d she tells us. \u201cI cannot wait to get home to Larose!\u201d<\/p>\n

Here, Lauren, 37, also opens up about dating apps, her dreams to have more children and her return to The Only Way Is Essex \u2026 <\/p>\n

Hi, Lauren! How is life with Larose at the moment?<\/b><\/p>\n

I am absolutely obsessed with her. She\u2019s beautiful. When she wakes up in the morning, even if it\u2019s 5am, I\u2019m like, \u201cBaby, kiss Mummy,\u201d and she kisses me. She\u2019s so affectionate and so clever. She\u2019s not in nursery, but we do a lot of playgroups. I don\u2019t have a nanny and have no help at all.<\/p>\n

Is it hard being a single parent?<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the hardest job I\u2019ve ever had in my life, but it is the most amazing and rewarding. I have wanted to be a mum since I was young. I\u2019m very maternal.<\/p>\n

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Would you like to have more children?<\/b><\/p>\n

I want to have more. And I want to get married. I want to be a housewife. I\u2019m bored and I want to retire. I want a rich man and to move into a big house. I want to fill the house with kids and I just want to cook and clean. I need a man who is ready to have a wife at home and I just want loads of babies. I\u2019m a very old-fashioned, traditional woman.<\/p>\n

There was speculation you were getting back with Charles. What\u2019s going on there?<\/b><\/p>\n

We\u2019re not together. We\u2019re good friends and we\u2019re co-parenting for Larose. We\u2019re doing as much as we can together to keep her life normal and that is purely what it is. We get on and we\u2019ve been through so much. I\u2019ve got a lot of love for him because he is my kid\u2019s dad, regardless of whatever happened. I\u2019m trying to do the best I can for Larose, and she loves him. We take her away and do things as a family to keep it normal, but we\u2019re not romantically together. <\/p>\n

Would you ever get back with him?<\/b><\/p>\n

Not right now. I don\u2019t know what the future holds. I\u2019ll always love him. You\u2019ve got to understand what I\u2019ve been through \u2013 there\u2019s that trauma \u2013 so it\u2019s hard to break away from someone. It\u2019s so hard because it\u2019s so wrapped around what happened. I want to get over it and heal, and I look at him as healing things.<\/p>\n

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Are you open to dating other people?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, I\u2019m single.<\/p>\n

Are you on any dating apps?<\/b><\/p>\n

Everyone tells me to get on Raya and a lot of my friends are on it. I\u2019ve set up an account and it says my application is waiting. Do I really want to try dating apps? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Do you think it\u2019s harder to meet people as you get older?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, and I don\u2019t go out any more. I just sit at home all the time.<\/p>\n

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Do you get famous men in your DMs?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes. Footballers, boxers and rappers \u2013 I get it all. [Mainly] premiership footballers and really wealthy rappers. But I can\u2019t say who.<\/p>\n

Could you see yourself with a rapper?<\/b><\/p>\n

I think they suit me, but my life doesn\u2019t suit them. I\u2019m very chilled and at home. I\u2019m not out. I was asked a few years ago to be in a music video for a massive rapper and he asked, \u201cHow much do you charge for the day?\u201d And now I think I should have done it, but I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re looking great at the moment\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

I want to get really skinny. I\u2019m bored with curves and a big arse \u2013 I\u2019m over it. I have no idea what size I am right now. I\u2019m currently wearing size 12 Zara trousers, but they stretch. I don\u2019t know what size I want to go down to, it\u2019s more about how I feel.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve hinted you could be returning to TOWIE. Are there any plans for that?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes. I\u2019m hoping to go back in February.<\/p>\n

Would you bring Larose on the show?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes \u2013 and meet up with Amy Childs and go for lunch with the kids!<\/p>\n

Lauren was speaking at Magic Mike Live\u2019s fifth anniversary in London\u2019s Hippodrome Casino<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n