I’m a control freak so I love being a single mum – not having anyone else’s opinions is ideal, says Lauryn Goodman
LAURYN Goodman rose to fame when her younger sister Chloe featured in MTV’s Ex On The Beach and now she’s become a household name herself after her affair with Kyle Walker was exposed.
The 33-year-old has two children, a son and daughter with the footballer and is now seeking love on Celeb’s Go Dating.
While Lauryn remained tight-lipped about the father of her children for years, her first being born in 2020, it soon came out that it was in fact Kyle Walker who had four children with his wife Annie Kilner.
She recently making headlines again with a two day bitter court battle where Lauryn sought financial demands off the footballer.
The judge presiding over the case accused her of trying to profit from England ace Walker’s betrayal of his wife Annie Kilner, with whom he has four children.
Lauryn also took their eldest son, Kairo, to Germany to watch his dad play for England in the Euros but left early telling the Daily Mail: “We left five minutes early to avoid Kairo being upset and confused that his daddy went over to his siblings but not him.
“It would have been so sad for him and I wasn’t going to risk that.”
But it seems she hasn’t always felt the need for Kyle to be in the picture, a podcast from 2020 when Kairo was just seven months old reveals she was more than happy to be a single mum and even preferred it.
Speaking on the podcast Nappy Days, Lauryn said she’s often been asked what she would do if and when her son asked where his dad is.
The mum-of-two explained she would always tell them the truth, to make sure they can build trust together and would leave it to Kyle to tell him.
“Two of us made this decision and that is how it is,” added Lauryn.
“I’m one of those people, I’m a strong character I’m not going to be bullied into silence or bullied into anything.”
She revealed: “I told him I was pregnant it came as a shock to both of us I think.”
They discussed baby names and what last name the child would take but Lauryn said she always knew she was going to be a single mum and co-parent claiming they had a ‘deal in place.’
But she said she found being a single parent ‘pretty good,’ adding it was the best thing ever as you didn’t have to listen to anyone else or what they want.
“I get to make 100% decisions here, I’m a bit of a control freak so that for me is ideal,” she added.
Kyle Walker's sit-down interview with The Sun
By Paul Sims
ENGLAND ace Kyle Walker admitted in January he made “idiot choices and idiot decisions” over his secret child and bitterly regrets betraying soulmate wife Annie.
In a sit-down interview with The Sun, this is what he said.
“What I’ve done is horrible and I take full responsibility.
“I made idiot choices and idiot decisions. I can’t begin to think or imagine what Annie is going through. I’ve tried to ask her but there’s pain and hurt.
“The man that’s meant to love, care and be there for her, did this.
“There have been days in this ordeal where I’ve just wanted to curl up in a ball and go to sleep.
“The only person to blame is me. I have roles and responsibilities that I’m aware of and I’ve made stupid choices. But I need to own up to my mistakes — I owe it to everyone.
“My actions have caused a lot of pain to a lot of people. I’m sorry because, as a family, this isn’t meant to happen.
“I am a private man but I accept that I am a public figure and I need to address what I’ve done.
“It hasn’t helped that it has been played out in the media. But I’ve chosen to speak now in the hope that I can at least explain myself and enable my wife and children to have the privacy they so desperately need and deserve.
“When I met Annie at 17, I never envisaged my private life being like this. I never thought I would be a father of six.
“In football I’ve achieved more than what I ever thought I would achieve. But to personally hurt what I truly believe is my best friend, that’s what hurts a lot.
“How could I hurt someone I love so much? That’s something I need to find in myself.
“I need to find out why I have done this and why situations have occurred. I am human and I’ve made mistakes on and off the field.
“The ones off the field are definitely more damaging and have been more hurtful to me.
“Football has been my life since I was six but my family comes before anything on this planet. At the moment, they’re hurting enormously.
“My little boy goes to sleep with me every night and to not have him . . . I’m used to being away for long periods of time with England.
“We say goodnight on FaceTime. But to know that I’m not with him because of my mistake — mistake is probably the wrong word, my choices — that’s what pains me.”
Lauryn explained she thought co-parenting or going it alone was much better than being stuck in an unhappy relationship like some couples do.
The Man City ace, who fathered two love children, son Kairo and daughter Kinara with Lauryn, has been holed up in an apartment after being booted out of his £3million Cheshire mansion.
Kyle moved into the property, owned by the Premier League Champions after Annie Kilner, who he shares four sons with, blocked his return home.
A source said: “He’s been staying at the club-owned apartments because he’s got nowhere else to go.
“He thought Annie would have him back after they shared family holidays, but she wouldn’t agree to it.
“He wanted to move some of his stuff back in but she blocked that, too. They’re still trying to work things through.”
It came after Lauryn sent a bombshell message to Annie on Boxing Day revealing Kyle fathered her second child.
Annie was pregnant with her and Kyle’s fourth child, Rezon, when she kicked him out but it’s thought the pair are working on their relationship.
Lauryn has also been locked in a year long feud with her sister Chloe Goodman and was even excluded from her wedding to footballer Grant Hall last year.
It is thought that the once close sisters became estranged over the revelation that Kyle had also fathered Lauryn’s second child, who was born in 2023, while he was still married to Annie.