Love Island’s Laura Anderson announces she is pregnant as Gary Lucy confirms split
Lucy confirmed the split less than 24 hours after Anderson announced her pregnancy
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Your support makes all the difference.Actor Gary Lucy has confirmed that he and Love Island’s Laura Anderson are “no longer together”, less than 24 hours after Anderson announced that they are expecting their first child together.
Anderson, 33, shared a video on Instagram showing her pregnancy journey so far on Wednesday (15 February), revealing that she found out the news before Christmas last year.
Anderson and Lucy, 41, first met on Celebs Go Dating last year.
Earlier this year, however, rumours suggested the pair had broken up. On Wednesday (16 February), Lucy seemingly confirmed the rumours to The Sun, stating: “I love Laura but we are no longer together.”
He added: “My main drive as always is to work together to co-parent our child. I look forward to the arrival of the new baby.”
In her video pregnancy announcement video, the former flight attendant showed fans her first ultrasound photos, as well as three positive pregnancy tests.
She also showed snaps of her and Lucy, who is known for starring in Hollyoaks and EastEnders, posing happily with her growing baby bump at Christmas.
In the caption, Anderson wrote on Wednesday (15 February): “Our hearts are full. Baby Lucy due Summer ’23.”
It is unconfirmed whether the pair were together when Anderson shared the post to social media, or whether the pair have been broken up for some time. The Independent has contacted representatives of Anderson for comment.
Ex-Love Island contestants Molly-Mae Hague, Maura Higgins, Faye Winter and Liberty Poole congratulated Anderson in the comments, while the official Instagram profile for Celebs Go Dating sent a series of teary-eyed emojis and a love heart.
Anderson replied to the Celebs Go Dating account and said: “Your fault.”
In an interview with OK! Magazine in December, Anderson said that Lucy made her feel “adored and protected” and that her mother “fancies him”.
However, in January, she sparked rumours that she and Lucy had split up after deleting photos of herself with the actor and unfollowing him on Instagram. She later posted a cryptic message saying she deserved “love” and “peace”.
In another post, she wrote: “I know I’ve been a little bit quiet on here and not myself this week or so. I’m going through a very difficult time, I actually don’t think I’ve ever felt so stressed in my life.
“As we all know Instagram isn’t real life but oversharing negativity has never been something I like doing.”
Anderson appeared on the fourth series of Love Island in 2018 and left as runner-up with then-boyfriend Paul Knops.
This will be Lucy’s fifth child. He has four children from his previous marriage to Natasha Gray, to whom he was wed from 2014 to 2018.
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