Lauryn Goodman insists she has ‘no regrets’ after Kyle Walker affair

Lauryn Goodman has revealed she has ‘no regrets’ following her affair with footballer Kyle Walker. 

The Manchester City star – who shares four children with his wife Annie Kilner – was embroiled in a paternity scandal earlier this year when it emerged he had fathered a second child with Lauryn.

He was dramatically revealed as the father of Lauryn’s second child, 13-month-old Kinara, four years after they welcomed a son, Kairo.

In her first TV interview since the news broke, an emotional Lauryn insisted that despite the furore she has no regrets. 

She mused: ‘I can’t say I have any because my children are my world. They wouldn’t be here…’

Lauryn went on to state that she was appearing on E4’s Celebs Go Dating because it was ‘healing’ for her amid the drama.  

She shared: ‘I was umming and ahhing whether it was the right time to go on Celebs Go Dating. In one sense people were saying “you’re not over your ex, Kyle”, but in the other sense people were saying “now is as good as time as ever”. 

‘I just wanted to get back out there and start tryin to heal from everything and see the process… It was a really intense process so I was really nervous about it.’ 

As host Ben Shephard questioned why she was appearing on a reality TV show after stating she wanted to keep her children from further spotlight, she responded: ‘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.’

Asked how she would talk to her children about the affair in the future, she admitted: ‘I don’t know. I didn’t know I was going to have a second child, I will just have to navigate it day by day. 

‘I’ve got the easy story because his dad goes away and watch football. I will always have to tell them the truth but not right now.’

In July, Lauryn and Kyle were embroiled in a child maintenance court showdown. 

The footballer slammed Lauryn’s ‘insatiable greed’ after a judge ruled in his favour and added that the influencer used him as an ‘open ended cheque book’ and ‘repeatedly threatened him in order to get what she wanted’.

Tensions do not appear to have lessened since then, with Lauryn admitting she has ‘no relationship’ with the athlete at current.  

‘Everything is dealt with through lawyers,’ she admitted. ‘It’s really difficult. Kairo asks about his dad, it’s just trying to navigate that. As long as I put them first I feel my conscious is clear.’

She added that she is not ‘listening to outside noise’ after being vilified by trolls.

Lauryn shared: ‘I block it out. ‘It’s not easy to do but I have to figure it out and make sure I’m the best version of me to give to my children.’

As host Cat Deeley suggested that it is often the women who take the brunt of the blame in affair cases, Lauryn mused: ‘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.’

Cat also pressed Lauryn on her comments about having no regrets, asking if – her children aside – she wished she had done anything differently. 

Lauryn confessed: ‘No one’s perfect in life and hindsight is a wonderful thing. There are maybe things I would probably change but we are where we are.’ 

Kyle is considering taking out a harassment order against Lauryn to protect the four young children he has with wife Annie, friends of the Man City star have claimed.

Mother-of-two Lauryn, who was branded ‘difficult, unreasonable and demanding’ by a judge during her child maintenance battle with Walker last month, often takes swipes at her ex and his family on social media for the world to see.

Walker is now said to be taking matters into his own hands by contacting his lawyers over the posts, a source told The Mirror, adding that the star is desperate to protect the four sons he has with Annie.

Two law firms have allegedly advised him he has grounds to take action, with the footballer said to be ‘carefully looking at options’.

In the pair’s child maintenance battle last month, which Goodman lost, the judge accused the reality TV star of using Walker as an ‘open-ended chequebook’.

Judge Edward Hess also slammed Goodman for deliberately causing distress to Kyle’s wife.

However, since the judgement, matters have only got worse for the footballer, according to the source.

‘It has gotten worse with stories appearing every day and Lauryn posting regularly on her social media,’ the source told The Mirror.

‘It’s become impossible for Annie and the kids to ignore.’

They added: ‘[Walker] is being advised what his best options are, although he really doesn’t want to have to take steps like this.’

Walker shares two children with Goodman, four-year-old son Kairo and one-year-old daughter Kinara.

Annie previously threw Walker out of their £3.5million family home in Cheshire after discovering he had fathered a second child with Goodman.

But in April Walker is said to have been by Annie’s side as she gave birth to their fourth son, who the couple named Rezon.

Annie announced in January that she was taking ‘some time away’ from her marriage but they are now said to be working through their issues.