Reality TV star Lauren Goodger has all but confirmed her rekindled relationship with ex Charles Drury after the pair were seen enjoying a double date with her Towie co-stars Junaid Ahmed and Joe Blackman
Lauren Goodger appears to have confirmed a reunion with Charles Drury after months of speculation, as the pair enjoyed a double date with her Towie co-stars. The 38-year-old reality star and Charles, 26, share their three-year-old daughter Larose and separated in 2022 following the heartbreaking loss of their baby daughter, Lorena.
Rumours about their reconciliation have been swirling for a while, but Lauren’s recent repost of Junaid Ahmed’s Instagram story -captioned “Double dating @joeblackman_98 @laurengoodger @c.drury1” – strongly suggests they’re back together.
The group spent the evening at Cinnamon, an Indian restaurant in Epping, marking Lauren’s first public appearance with Charles in a long time. Their reunion first sparked buzz after a joint TikTok live session with Junaid and Joe, Lauren’s first live video on the platform in over a year.
Reflecting on their co-parenting journey last year, Lauren told MailOnline: “It has not been easy, but we’re at a place at the minute where it is running smoothly. Charles sees Larose very regularly. It’s a lot of travelling for me because he lives 3.5 hours away, and I meet him in the middle. It’s not ideal but it is what it is.”
The couple endured a devastating tragedy in 2022 when their newborn Lorena died during childbirth. Lauren had been thrilled to welcome their second child just months after Larose, describing Lorena as the “most beautiful healthy baby she’d ever seen” before her life was cut short by complications.
Reflecting on the tragic loss of her daughter, Lauren told Mirror that, sadly, it is a pain that never leaves – but is one you gradually learn to live with.
“Nothing can make it better and I don’t think anything can change the loss, the pain never leaves you,” says Lauren, whose daughter Lorena was born with the umbilical cord knotted and around her neck and passed shortly after labour, despite a ‘textbook’ pregnancy.
“Lorena was a beautiful baby, there was no complications with me or her and it never should have happened. She should be with us now,” says Lauren. Though she admits you never stop grieving, the TOWIE star says it’s important to remember not to blame yourself, something she found herself doing, after losing Lorena.
“You go back and think, ‘Should I have been in hospital rather than a home birth? Should I have done this, or done that? But I had a home birth the year before and it was absolutely fine, so there was nothing that could have been done. I think when anyone loses anyone, we think about what we should have done. As a parent, you just keep going over it.
“You think, ‘Why me? What have I done wrong?’ But in time you heal, and that’s the positive part. You never get over it but you do learn to live with it.”
Admitting that the loss not only impacts parents as singulars, but it can also ‘break’ a relationship, Lauren says: “Losing a child can give a massive strain on the relationship – it can make or break you. It can break families but I really do hope that they stick together and get through it because they’re going to need each other.
“That’s one bit of advice I’d give to anyone, stick together and you’ll get through it together,” continued Lauren.
Lorena wasn’t Lauren’s first child – with the star already sharing Larose, who turns four next month, with Charles. Lauren said being a mum that got her through the grief of losing a child, admitting that she threw all of her focus into Larose.
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