Stacey Solomon is happily married to Joe Swash – but her love life hasn’t exactly been plain sailing.
A proud mum to five, Stacey has son Leighton, 12, with her ex-fiance Aaron Barnham, and Zachary, 16, with her former teenage boyfriend Dean Cox. She also shares son Rex, 5, and daughters Rose, 3, and Belle – who is just k we 1, with husband Joe Swash.
But why was Stacey left “really hurt” by her split from American star Steve-O? Who did she end up getting engaged to after a holiday romance? And why wasn’t she keen on starting a family with Joe Swash? Keep on reading to find out…
The TV star’s had a wild love life (Credit: ITV)
Stacey Solomon and first baby father Dean
Stacey’s childhood sweetheart was Dean Cox – who she went on to welcome her first son, Zachary, 16, with. The pair met while she was studying performing arts at Havering College.
She fell pregnant at 17 and they split up later on – with single mum Stacey later shooting to fame on the X Factor in 2009 when she was 19.
But according to Stacey, she spent her years as a teen mum filled with ‘shame’.
Speaking in 2018 on Loose Women she said: “I always felt the stigma [more] of being a young mum and any of those doubts that me alone wasn’t enough for my child came from within rather than from anybody else,” she told ITV’s Loose Women in 2018.
“I felt that I personally attacked myself and and didn’t believe in myself enough to raise children. I was more conscious of people thinking ‘look at that kid with a kid.’ I don’t even know if people knew if I was a single parent or not.”
She was previously engaged to Aaron (Credit: SplashNews.com)
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