Shaughna Phillip's first-time parenting experience has been far from a walk in the park, after the father of her one-year-old daughter was arrested last year during the final weeks of her pregnancy.
Despite a bittersweet 12 months, however, the former Love Island star has this week lifted the lid on her love life, finally addressing whether or not she's rekindled a romance with her jailbird ex Billy Webber.
For those out of the loop with mum-of-one Shaughna's recent life turbulence, the ITV2 favourite - who appeared back on the hit dating series back in 2020 - first broke the news of her pregnancy back in October 2022.
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Whilst behind-the-scenes boyfriend Billy was largely unknown to the public at this time, the TV star never shied away from her blossoming romance, especially after news broke that they'd soon become parents for the first time.
What Shaughna's fans failed to expect, however, was that just three months before baby Lucia was due, her new beau Billy would hit the headlines after being arrested for possession and intent to supply a Class A drug.
After welcoming her daughter in April, Shaughna also revealed in November that the couple had subsequently parted ways.
Since then, however, Shaughna has not only opened up about her controversial decision to visit Billy in prison with their baby girl - something which sparked a wave of backlash from her social media followers - but has today revealed that the ex couple are now officially back together.
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Taking to Instagram once again on Monday (22 July), the influencer invited her followers to take part in a Q&A, after which one fan opted to ask her about her relationship status.
"Are you single lovely?" they asked, after which she replied, "No I’m very happy with my little life," along with both heart and infinity emojis, and a text message reading, 'Imagine me as ya wife and mother of your kids. God just blessed you twice'.
Another fan then pressed to ask if she'd ever be willing to appear on an All Stars series of Love Island, to which she confirmed she would 'if I was single'.
A third also added, 'Was it hard to find someone else with a one-year-old?', to which she hit back: "Not when it's her dad lol."
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Her ex’s incarceration led to her being 'an unexpected single mum', previously saying on her Oh Baby! podcast that she never foresaw enduring first-time motherhood alone, having ended her relationship with Billy during his incarceration.
"And I think I have quite a bit of guilt around that,” she said a few months back. “I have guilt around her not having the same upbringing that I had."
"And I get scared of what people might say to her in the playground and all of these emotions. I'm literally worrying about what's going to happen in seven years' time."
Topics: Love Island, Celebrity, Reality TV, Parenting, Sex and Relationships
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