Lauren Goodger ‘can’t be bothered’ with her dad as he unfollows and ignores her
Lauren Goodger, of TOWIE fame, confessed she “can’t be bothered” with her dad after he ignored her texts and unfollowed her on social media
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Lauren Goodger admitted she “can’t be bothered” with her dad as he ignored her texts.
The reality star has been open about being estranged from her family in the past.
In the latest painful reveal, the former TOWIE bombshell divulged her dad had been ignoring her messages and unfollowed her on social media.
Lauren, 34, previously admitted she hadn’t felt close to her dad in years.
She told new! magazine: “I speak to my mum’s side and my sister and their kids but I WhatsApped my dad three weeks ago and he sill hasn’t replied so I can’t really be bothered with him. He unfollowed me on social media.”
Emotional Lauren lamented she felt like she was being “set up to fail” when she made more effort to be closer to her family.
Their rift had got so bad the TV personality admitted she considered not replying to her dad’s birthday message but said she did because she was in “happy mode”.
She added: “I don’t understand their problems. It’s been like this for years. The more effort I make the more I feel like I’m being set up to fail…
“He WhatsApped me on my birthday at 5.30pm and said “Happy birthday kid”. I wasn’t even going to reply but I was in happy mode.”
Earlier this year, Lauren confessed her relationship with her family had changed since she was propelled into the spotlight in The Only Way Is Essex in 2010.
In lockdown, she detailed how she doesn’t speak to her parents or her four sisters or two brothers.
Lauren’s heartache stemmed back to when her mum Cheryl handed her over to her dad at four years old.
At the time, her mum was suffering with postnatal depression but the move was “heartbreaking” for the star.
She said on Celebs Go Dating last year: “My family are from East London. When I was four my mum gave me to my dad but kept my older brother and sister.
“She said she couldn’t cope with three on her own. For me that was heartbreaking.”
Cheryl herself shed some light on her relationship with her daughter during Lauren’s stint in Celebrity Big Brother.
In 2014, she told OK! magazine : “Her insecurities stem from when she went to live with her dad at four.
“I was very depressed after I had Lauren. I didn’t get any help and I sort of rejected Lauren because of that.”
It seems Lauren has finally found happiness in the romance department, despite her set back with her family.
After a turbulent string of romances, the Instagram star has found love with Katie Price’s ex Charles Drury.
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