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Lauren Goodger has announced that she will return to the cast of The Only Way Is Essex after an 11-year absence.
The influencer, 37, told OK! that she plans to return to the reality show in February and has already started thinking about potential storylines.
Lauren was part of the original 2010 line-up for the show, which focused on her long-term relationship with Mark Wright, and left in 2012 after their break up in series six.
She returned briefly in 2015 for The Only Way Is Essexmas and, looking to the future, said she wants to ‘meet up with Amy Childs and go for lunch with the kids!’
In the time Lauren was gone, she became a mother to Larose, two, and Lorena who sadly passed away just after birth.
Lauren Goodger, 37, has revealed that she will return to the cast of The Only Way Is Essex following an 11-year absence
Lauren was part of the original 2010 line-up for the show, which focused on her long-term relationship with Mark Wright, and left in 2012 after their break up (both pictured in 2011)
Lauren shared both children with her ex-boyfriend Charles Drury, who is eleven years her junior.
Charles was charged with inflicting actual bodily harm on Lauren on August 4, 2022, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
He is also charged with engaging in ‘controlling or coercive behaviour’ against Lauren between August 1, 2020 and August 5, 2022.
Charles pleaded not guilty to the charges during a brief preliminary hearing at the court in the east London borough of Redbridge.
Judge Oscar Del Fabbro adjourned the case ahead of a further pre-trial hearing at the same court on February 12, 2024, followed by a trial, listed for five days, starting on March 18, 2024.
The two were seen together in November for the first time since the alleged assault on the day of Lorena’s funeral.
Meanwhile, Lauren and Mark were childhood sweethearts and dated for ten years after meeting as teenagers. They got engaged on the show in 2011 but split for good five months later.
Mark is now married to actress Michelle Keegan, and the two have been together for over ten years.
Lauren returned briefly in 2015 for The Only Way Is Essexmas and, looking to the future, said she wants to ‘meet up with Amy Childs and go for lunch with the kids!’
After Mark, Lauren dated Jake McClean on-and-off from 2012 to 2016. In July 2022, Jake tragically passed away in a Turkey car crash. His then-girlfriend Yazmin Oukhellou was also in the car, but she survived.
From 2016 to 2018 Lauren found love again with serial jailbird Joey Morrison.
On Channel 5’s In Therapy, Lauren said: ‘This is the weirdest relationship ever, but it’s exciting and I think that’s why I like it.’
She began dating Charles in 2020, and split from him after the alleged assault. She now insists they are platonically co-parenting, but has refused to rule out reconciling with him.
