Congratulations are in order for former TOWIE star Lauren Pope who has announced she’s expecting her first child with millionaire boyfriend Tony Keterman.
The ex-reality star, who’s taken a step back from the limelight since quitting the show last year, revealed the happy news on Instagram yesterday.
Showing off her blossoming bump in a series of polaroid-style snaps, Lauren captioned the post, “Pure happiness 💕.”
Lauren was flooded with comments from her fans and famous pals, including one follower who wrote, “I’ve watched you since your TOWIE debut and seeing this post made me genuinely happy this has happened for you. Congratulations beautiful lady.”
Another added, “Congratulations Lauren, best time. Enjoy before the sleepless nights set in.”
“So very happy for you and your partner. We need good news at the moment and this is really good news, it brought a smile to my face,” said a third.
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TOWIE stars past and present including Gemma Collins, Olivia Attwood and Kady McDermott all shared congratulations with Lauren too.
It was revealed that Lauren had quit the ITVBe reality show after 14 series in March last year amid reports she wanted to focus on her relationship with Tony.
A source said at the time, ““She’s always travelling and her business is hugely successful, so she doesn’t have enough time to appear on Towie full time.
“It doesn’t mean she won’t pop back occasionally.”
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Lauren and Tony, who is a financial specialist, went public with their romance in January 2019.
"Lauren and Tony met a couple of months ago after he approached her on social media and asked her out," a source said at the time.
"He's a millionaire, and not interested in being famous. He's really into Lauren and this relationship feels different to previous relationships for her as he's in his thirties and isn't into drama."
Tony has made his fortune as the Chief Executive of currency trading business Hamilton Court FX, based in the City of London.