Lauren Goodger wants to have a baby next year.
The ‘Only Way is Essex’ star decided to call time on her relationship with her jailbird beau Joey Morrison over the summer after his prison sentence was extended but, although she’s very much single at the moment, she’s desperate to have a family.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, she said: "I don’t have a love life right now. I just want to move on and make 2018 a fresh start for me. I want to have a baby next year. I don’t care about the man now. I just know that I will have a baby. That’s all I care about more than the man. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t just have a baby with anyone. I want to focus on me, and when the time is right I will meet someone. Becoming a mum is more of a prioroty but if I meet someone I fancy, then great. People always say I’m attracted to the bad boy and I suppose they are right. The guys I go for are always a bit mean looking, aren’t they? They are pretty boys but with a mean look. Every relationship I’ve had has been the same, that Essex boy stereotype. I would be a great mum."
Lauren hasn’t had the most successful love life over the years as she was left heartbroken in 2012 when her ex-fiance Mark Wright ended their on/off 10-year relationship for good and, in turn, married ‘Our Girl’ actress Michelle Keegan.
Lauren said: "It’s so annoying that even after all these years I’m still asked about Mark! People still seem to be so fascinated with that relationship and I understand that we were together on a reality show but that ship sailed for both us a long time ago. There is no love there, no hate, it’s part of my past and that’s it!
"If I saw either [Mark and Michelle] in Essex I would be amicable. ‘TOWIE’ is like a family, we all came up together in the same job and I am still friends with everyone from the first series. There’s no bad blood and we all still speak to each other."
Lauren Goodger to have baby next year
