She’s just months away from walking down the aisle at her dream destination wedding, and Chloe Goodman says she’s finally feeling a body-confident bride thanks to her recent breast augmentation surgery. The Celebrity Big Brother star, 30, is marrying her footballer fiancé, Grant Hall, this summer at a star- studded bash in Portugal, and she says after having two children and breastfeeding for over two years, she turned to surgery to feel her best on her big day.
Chloe – who shares Isla, three, and Hudson, two, with Grant – went up to a 36G while breastfeeding, but when she stopped last year, she went down to a C-cup and was left with loose skin and sagging, which affected her confidence.
“I stopped breastfeeding and all of a sudden I was left with what reminded me of my great grandma’s boobs,” she laughs. “Before I had children I had natural perky C-cups, then while breastfeeding they went up to a G – they were huge. My back was in bits, I was so upset and I remember saying to my mum, ‘I just want to cut them off’. Then, when I finished breastfeeding Hudson, they had a huge fall from grace! When I first went to see the surgeon, I was shocked to find out they had dropped 6cm. I told him, ‘I’m really sorry, this isn’t going to be an easy job’.”
Chloe chose to have her surgery in the UK with Dr Hussain from Pal Mal Cosmetics, who advised her to wait six months after stopping breastfeeding. In November last year, she went under the knife to have an uplift and a small implant leaving her with 32DD breasts.
She explains, “I was always scared of surgery and the idea of having something foreign in my body. I originally just wanted an uplift, but my surgeon advised I would end up with little volume at the top of my breasts. I was worried about implants because I said to him, ‘I don’t want to be this mum at the school gates with these big giant boobs’. I wanted to look classy but also be able to feel a bit sexy when I wanted to, and so the small implants were great.”
The surgery went well for Chloe. She says, “I was really nervous beforehand, but the hospital staff were amazing. I had no pain and minimal scarring. I took really good care of myself afterwards, I was taking supplements and making smoothies to aid my recovery.”
Now fully healed, Chloe says she can’t wait to walk down the aisle in just a few months’ time feeling confident. The star – who is having her dress bespoke made by designer Riki Dalal and Hummingbird Bridal Studio – jokes, “What makes me laugh is when most people get married they go out and shop for a dress to suit their body, but I just changed my body to suit my dress. I’ve even taken the straps off my dress now I have my new boobs! I feel so confident, I’m back at the gym and I feel the best I’ve ever felt.”
Chloe’s family have the headlines recently, with her sister, Lauryn Goodman, being at the centre of a media storm. Lauryn, who shares her son Kairo with Man City footballer Kyle Walker, recently revealed that he was also the father to her second child – a daughter born last year, despite him being married. It has no doubt been a difficult time for Chloe, although she doesn’t want to speak about the topic today, instead telling us she’s focusing on exciting plans for the rest of the year.
She says, “I love life and I’m always really happy. Hudson has just turned two so we had a party for that, Isla is four in May and then we have the wedding, so there is so much to look forward to.”
She says having her two children there on her big day is a dream come true. She reveals, “It will be so special. Isla understands Mummy and Daddy are getting married, and she’s so excited to walk down the aisle. She did ask me the other day if she was marrying me though, which was so cute.”
And Chloe says plans for the glitzy wedding are in full swing.
She says, “We’ve got about 100 people coming, the wedding will be on the Saturday and then a beach club party on the Sunday. I think we will base ourselves out at the exotic location for the summer, and lots of our guests are making a holiday of it too. I’m looking forward to having lots of people there who are genuine friends. Marnie [Simpson] is coming so that's really exciting. There are going to be lots of footballers there, but they’re from Grant’s side. It will probably be the typical wedding you’d expect, the guest list is amazing. We can’t wait.”
