‘I’m not a money grabber’, insists Lauryn Goodman as she breaks silence on ex Kyle Walker court case and single mum life

LAURYN Goodman has broken her silence on claims she’ll follow Kyle Walker to Italy, amid his recent transfer to AC Milan, and their recent court case, insisting she’s “not a money grabber.”

Footballer Kyle’s marriage to wife Annie Kilner is dangling by the thinnest of threads, but she and their four boys will fly to Italy and relocate to be with Kyle for a fresh start.

Annie will begin making plans, while back in the UK, to move the family.

She is keen for them to begin a new life abroad as soon as possible — once schools have been identified and they have worked out where they want to live.

And, Lauryn, who shares two children with Kyle, has spoken out on the situation, amid claims she'll move to Italy too.

She said: “For the last year I wished to have the option to move abroad because, with all of the drama, I’d like a life reset, but I’m not sure how that looks for us at the minute or what that entails.

“It makes no difference to me where [Kyle] is, he could be on Mars right now for all I care.”

She continued to tell OK!: “I’ve been through hell and back fighting for my children and then absolutely being crucified for it in the process.”

Lauryn became pregnant with Kairo while Kyle was on a break from childhood sweetheart Annie Kilner in 2019.

Kyle later got back together with Annie before they married in 2021.

But he and Lauryn stayed in touch and briefly rekindled their relationship.

Their daughter Kinara was conceived in October 2022 while the footballer was in London for treatment for a groin injury.

In December 2023 Lauryn told Annie, who was pregnant at the time, that the little girl was Kyle’s child.

Lauryn currently lives in a £2.4million house in Sussex which is owned by the 34-year-old defender.

But the Celebs Go Dating star - mother to his son Kairo, four, and daughter Kinara, one — has contacted his lawyers about renting it out while she lives in a different country.

Trolls have branded Lauryn “greedy” and a “gold digger” over the years.

But she’s insisted in her recent interview: “I’m not a money grabber.”

Lauryn added: “It’s about all the children having the same, which they will never have, but I can try to get similarities for them. If his other children are living like that, why can’t Kairo and Kinara?”

Last year, a 30-page document laid bare Lauryn’s wild shopping sprees and outrageous demands - after a previous judge had slammed her for spending money "like it was going out of fashion".

They included £33,000 for air conditioning at her seven-bedroom mansion in Hove, Sussex, a £22,000 furnishing fund, £70,000 for a Mercedes GLE, to be replaced every three years, and a £30,000 car allowance for a nanny.

On top of that she wanted £14,750 a month in child maintenance, £3,900 a month in childcare costs, a bespoke wood and glass baby gate - and even an iron. 

She also insisted on £31,200 for an astro-turf pitch - telling the court that baby Kinara had kicked a ball with her left foot from a crawling position and showed a talent as a potential Lioness of the future.

But defending herself against the demands, Lauryn broke her silence on the court case, and continued to add in her new interview: “The judge’s decision was sensationalised, like it was a huge blow to me, but in reality the difference between what I asked for and what I’m receiving is £2,250 a month.

“For someone who earns so much, you would’ve thought it wouldn’t be worth all the legal costs and trauma to battle this out, but I think Kyle wanted to win."

Lauryn said the court process had made her ill, and that she'd "cry her eyes out some days."

“The court process is so long, you have no idea how ill it can make you," she said.

Lauryn added: "You have to hand over everything, your bank statements, your life, they see it all – where you’re shopping, where you’re going, what you’re doing. It’s so intrusive. It took blood, sweat and tears and it was exhausting.

"There were days where I would just cry my eyes out. I’d think, can I continue with this? I have to, for my children, because I’m the only one that they can depend on. But how strong does one person have to be? I can only be strong for so long.

"But I’ll never give up on my kids.”

Lauryn also spoke out about the "mum guilt" she regularly feels, and said she "doesn't do anything for herself."

She also claimed that Kyle hasn't had any contact with the kids for a year, and that she's now had to seek out professional help in a bid to discuss the subject of Kyle's absence with her children.

Lauryn shared: "I don’t want them to feel like they’re missing out because they haven’t got a present dad to be doing these things with them.

"I was lucky enough to be awarded enough for, currently, 20 hours of childcare a week, which helps, of course, but with the comments I get, I think people think I have a full-time nanny. I don’t do anything for myself.

"Every day of the week is taken up with an activity and, typically, always in a different direction to the other one. I want to give my children the best.

"They are both bilingual; they both speak Spanish. They do gymnastics, football, swimming, you name it, they do it. Kairo’s football is an hour away, he trains for an hour and it’s an hour back – and I do that three times a week.

"I do everything I can to make sure they’re given the best tools in life. And I just feel… how hard it is all the time."

"The whole year it’s been very much: ‘Your dad’s playing football, he’s training.’ Then one day Kairo started crying his eyes out saying, ‘I miss my dad, I miss my dad,’ and I was saying, ‘I know you do.’

"But then he started getting angry and said, ‘He’s not at football; he’s not playing today.’ I asked him how he knew and he said another child had told him that Man City weren’t playing that day.

"And I realised we couldn’t keep going on like that. So I have spoken to therapists and professionals about it.

"I want to speak to his school about it so that everyone’s on the same page.”