Kyle Walker’s ex Lauryn Goodman says she has ‘no regrets’ after being criticised following ‘difficult’ court battle
LAURYN Goodman appeared on This Morning for a tell-all interview after her court drama with ex Kyle Walker – saying “I have no regrets”.
The reality star, 33, joined presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard on the ITV show on Monday.
Lauryn, who is currently looking for love on the E4‘s Celebs Go Dating, said, appeared on the show to set the record straight.
Lauryn said she has no “regrets”, telling viewers: “I can’t say I have any regrets because my children are my world.”
The model told the hosts that she is not “listening to outside noise” after being vilified by trolls.
“It’s been quite difficult, I’d say emotionally and the heaviness of it has been really difficult to handle,” she said.
Lauryn explained she wasn’t sure whether she wanted to sign up for Celebs Go Dating – with people telling that she wasn’t over ex Kyle.
“I think I just wanted to get back out there and heal from everything and see the process,” she said.
Ben then asked: “One thing you said is that you want to protect your kids from further spotlight, from further focus, but by going on to Celebs Go Dating that’s going to draw more attention to you?”
Lauryn defended her decision for doing the show.
She said: “I think I’ve always been, ever since I was 23, I’ve been in the public eye but my kids faces are private on Instagram.
“We live a private life in terms of people don’t know what we get up to but in terms of the spotlight, yes of course, everything’s been thrown into the spotlight.”
Cat was then keen to know how Lauryn and Kyle initially met.
The media personality said: “We met over a decade ago, we met through my sister and mutual friends and became very good friends for the whole time, apart from the very end of our friendship where it became more.”
The mum-of-two explained that she no longer has a relationship with Kyle and said “everything is dealt through the lawyers”.
She continued: “It’s really really difficult as Kairo formed that bond with his dad and he asks a lot about him.
“It’s just trying to navigate that as best as you can, because everyone’s situation is different and everyone has unique circumstances.
“But as long as a I put him first, I feel as though my conscious is clear.”
The influencer explained that she had hoped that things could have been dealt with in “private” but said it “in the future I hope we can be amicable for our two children”.
She told Cat: “I kind of live in this closed of bubble with them.
“They’re kind of my safe space. So we try and not listen to outside noise.”
Cat then asked: “Anytime when I’ve seen anything like this, it’s always very much that it’s the woman that receives criticism, it’s the woman that’s vilified. How do you feel about that?”
Lauryn replied: “I understand what you mean and that’s been the tough bit but I try and ignore it and just focus on my kids because you can’t do anything else.
“You can’t force people to see what you went through.
“I know the truth.”
The star said she never anticipated having a second child – but said she will always tell her kids the truth.
She said: “You can never predict the future, I feel like I’ll just have to navigate it day by day.
“At the moment Kairo is asking a lot but where his dad always trained away, I’ve got that easy story.
“I think I’ve got to navigate it the best I can, I will always tell them the truth.
“I don’t think there is no right answer for it.”
Lauryn then addressed the public interest into her private life.
She said: “I actually think a lot of people are actually going through what I’m going through but not publicly or not on this scale.
“Maybe a lot of people can actually relate to it.
“Every family is unique, every situation is different, I don’t know, I just try and navigate.
“I just block the noise out, it’s not easy to do but it’s something I’ve had to figure out because if my energy is affected then I’m going home stressed and I’ve got two children and that goes onto them and I have to make sure I’m the best version for them…it’s not easy.”
She added: “I think no one is perfect, I think hindsight is a wonderful thing – there are maybe things I would probably change but we are where we are now.”
It comes after Lauryn’s scenes for the E4 reality programme were filmed against the backdrop of her court drama with her footballer baby daddy Kyle Walker.
The two day hearing saw her financial demands laid bare and 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 two children.
Show bosses plunged Lauryn, who was paid £15,000 to take part, in at the deep end as she arrived halfway through the series.
As a result she was playing catch-up to the other six celebs who had already spent weeks fine-tuning their dating skills with the help of the agency experts Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Anna Williamson and Paul C Brunson.
Viewers should be prepared for an exciting turn of events when she does eventually appear on screens.
The Man City ace, who fathered two love children, son Kairo and daughter Kinara with influencer 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 comes after Lauryn sent a bombshell message to Annie on Boxing Day revealing Kyle fathered her second child.
Annie, who was pregnant with Rezon at the time, swiftly kicked the £150,000-a-week defender out of their family home.
She had previously welcomed him back after it was exposed he was dad to Lauryn’s son Kario.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun soon after his second love child was revealed, Kyle publicly apologised to his estranged wife.
He spoke of his desire to save the marriage and described Annie as his “soulmate”.
She was later at the Etihad Stadium to support him as City won the title for a record fourth time in a row.
And she attended all but one of England‘s matches at the Euros in Germany.
But Lauryn also travelled to one of them with their son, Kairo, four.
This comes as Lauryn claimed her ex lover Kyle wanted to bed her on a date in a London hotel room — days before he said publicly he regretted their “mistake” of a relationship.
The pair were embroiled in a bitter court battle in July, which saw the Celebrities Go Dating star slammed by a judge.
It was even revealed the ex-mistress had been using the footballer as an “open-ended cheque book” after giving birth to JKairo.
Bombshell documents showed how she demanded eye-watering costs, which included £33,000 for air conditioning at her seven-bedroom mansion in Hove, Sussex, a £22,000 furnishing fund, £70,000 for a Mercedes GLE, to be replaced every three years, and a £30,000 car allowance for a nanny.
But, Lauryn has since claimed the millionaire footballer told her he had never “for a second” been sorry they had got together and wanted to “have my cake and eat it”.
The influencer added that the Man City star, who is married with four children, “wanted a secret double life playing happy families” with their two kids.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun on Sunday, Lauryn said he told her: “We can keep this between you and me.”
Meanwhile Lauryn’s own sister slammed the mum-of-two and vowed she couldn’t forgive her.
In another exclusive interview with The Sun, glamour model Chloe told how the feud saw her disinvite Lauryn from her dream wedding, claiming she had been “kept in the dark”.