LAUREN Goodger has angrily hit back over some ‘unflattering’ gym gear snaps, telling pals: ‘I’m not fat!’
Towie legend Lauren, 37, was pictured stepping in out Essex wearing a figure-hugging top and matching black leggings over the weekend.
The reality star was seen chatting on the phone as she ran errands and enjoyed the warm weather.
While she looked gorgeous in the images, a friend of Lauren’s has told The Sun how she wasn’t best pleased with the photographers.
They said: “Lauren was really annoyed when she saw the unflattering pictures of her in her workout clothes while out and about in Essex the other day.
“She called me and said, ‘I know I’m not fat, I’m a normal woman and don’t look like I do in those pictures in real life.’
“At the end of the day, the average size of a woman in the UK is a size 16 and Lauren loves her curves.
“Her weight has been a public obsession for 12 years and she’s bored of it now. She thinks people need to get over it.
“She feels like a lot of photographers go out of their way to take the worst pictures from angles that make her look bad.
“Lauren goes to the gym several times a week, but it’s for her mental health, not to lose weight. She’s not interested in a number on a scale and her days of crash dieting are over.
“She’s a mum now and wants to be happy and healthy for her daughter Larose.”
Lauren has been single since splitting from Charles Drury, with whom she shares two-year-old daughter Larose.
But it looks like she might have found love again as she recently posted a cryptic quote on social media.
It read: “I am too toxic for the talking stage, are you mine or not?”
Lauren is one of the original Towie stars and her on/off relationship with Mark Wright took up most of the first two series.
Mark, 37, is said to have been left furious over Lauren’s return to the show as it dragged their former romance back into the spotlight.
In one recent scene, Lauren discussed a tattoo she had of Mark’s name in an intimate area.
She joined beautician Amy Childs for a chat, reflecting on their friendship.
Amy recalled: “I remember spray-tanning you and being like, ‘oh my god, she’s got “Mark” on her noonie’.”
She then asked Lauren: “Have you still got it?” before Lauren quipped: “No. It’s gone. It had to go.
“How could I get with a new boy with that on my noon?”
A source told us: “Mark wishes Lauren would move on and stop mentioning him – he has moved on from Towie and doesn’t need her bringing up the past.
“He’s fuming about it but wishes her well.”
