TOWIE star Lauren Goodger marks one-year anniversary of daughter’s tragic death
Note: This article talks about the loss of a child.
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Lauren Goodger has marked the one-year anniversary of the death of her daughter, Lorena.
Lorena, who was Goodger’s second child with former partner Charles Drury, tragically passed away at the age of two days, with the reality star subsequently saying she “couldn’t understand it.”
In an interview with OK! Magazine, Goodger revealed that the loss “didn’t sink in” for a while.
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“I can’t believe it’s been a year. It feels like it happened a few months ago, it’s only just sinking in now. It didn’t sink in for ages and I don’t think it fully has hit me at all,” she said.
“A lot went on around that time which blocked me from actually concentrating on the most important thing that happened. So going through certain things I went through at the time didn’t allow my brain to section things off what was going on.
"It was just a lot of trauma in one go. I was on autopilot. I moved house and I just didn’t ever sit still,” the star added.
Goodger, who has also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebs Go Dating, continued further by explaining the hardest aspects of the anniversary, revealing it has been difficult to see daughter Larose without “somebody to play with.”
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“It’s the little things, like she would be nearly walking, first words… and she’s not here,” she said. “And to be honest, it’s hard for me, but it’s really hard because of Larose. It would be so nice if she had that little sister to play with."
She added of her future plans: “I want to do something like a charity, something like talks, because there are women out there who can’t get through it. I feel like if I can help someone, that’s what I want out of it."
The Only Way Is Essex airs on ITVBe.
Organisations including Sands and Tommy's are able to offer help and support to anyone affected by baby loss.
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