Lauren Goodger reveals plans to foster children as a single mum following the devastating death of daughter Lorena as she admits the tragedy ‘stopped her moving on’ from ex Charles Drury

Mark Wright: 2003-2011

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

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

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

Lauren later revealed she had an abortion at age 20 after the couple decided they weren’t ready to be parents.

She told me OK! in 2011: ‘I really thought I was pregnant. I’m not on the pill and haven’t been for a while, just because of my cells, not because I was planning a baby, and thank goodness 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 I chose not to have it. I was only twenty. No one knows except my immediate 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.

The TV star discovered she had lost the unborn child when she took part in ITV talent show Dancing On Ice in 2013, and later admitted she had little choice but to ‘move on’.

Discussing the loss on the Channel 5 show In Therapy in 2017, she said: ‘I was on a TV show that was quite intense. I had to try to perform when I was already quite far away. It didn’t take long.’

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 shared OK! about her ex-con: ‘I fell in love with him. I know some people say you wake up one day and everything clicks, but that didn’t happen for me; it was gradual.

‘The relationship was quite difficult. I felt like I was the one doing everything and making the effort. I’m at the age where I’d like to have children, but Jake isn’t the kind of man I’d want to do that with.”

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

In July 2022, Jake died aged 33 in a car crash in Turkey, where he was on holiday with his TOWIE star girlfriend Yazmin Oukhellou.

JOEY MORRISION: 2016-2018

The TV star began dating another convict, Joey Morrison, but the couple split two years later in 2018, despite Lauren waiting for him while he was behind bars.

Joey, 31, was given a 16-year prison sentence for a violent crime but was released after nine years. Lauren and Joey broke up just before his release.

In 2019, Lauren opened up about her two-year romance with Joey, who was convicted of 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.’

Earlier writing in new! magazine about her relationship with Joey, she said, “I regret giving two and a half years of my life to someone who was in prison just for him to get out and not be what I thought.

‘I thought we would buy a house, get married and have children. I regret the time I wasted.’

Charles Drury: 2020-2022

In October 2020, Lauren teased that she was dating a mystery man, who was soon identified as Charles Drury, 23.

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

Charles previously shared his thoughts on their romance, saying: “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 subsequently had a second baby, with Loran announcing she was pregnant in January 2022.

Lorena died shortly after birth in June 2022 after ten 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, having previously had a brief fling with former glamor model Katie Price, 42, in 2019.

While the couple first split in November 2021 amid claims he cheated, they got back together in early 2022 after Lauren became pregnant, but went their separate ways shortly after.

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