How Lauren Pope hid her pregnancy before announcing second baby with millionaire boyfriend

LAUREN Pope shocked fans by revealing she was pregnant with her second baby with her millionaire boyfriend Tony Keterman.

The former The Only Way Is Essex star, who quit the show in 2019 after nine years on screen, hid her blossoming bump from fans for a number of weeks.

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Lauren, 39, and her beau Tony are already parents to one-year-old Raine Anais, who the couple have decided never to show on social media.

Now the couple are expecting a second child, with the reality star breaking the news on Instagram with a sweet snap on Tuesday afternoon.

The mother-of-one was able to keep her bump hidden and the news under wraps for a number of weeks by hiding her belly in her posts.

Most of the star's content this year has shown her only from the shoulders up, including a number of videos of her showing her styling her hair.

In one clip, Lauren had cropped her lower stomach out of view, while another showed just her head, neck and arms.

Lauren's most recent selfie sees her wearing a large oversized hoodie, covering up her growing belly underneath by cropping the photo at the chest.

The star has recently turned away from TV in pursuit of becoming a mumfluencer and often shares details of motherhood with her 1.1million Instagram followers.

She and Tony, a  millionaire financial guru,  threw a huge party for their daughter's 1st birthday last year, showing it all off on Instagram.

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Opening up about being a mum, she wrote at the time: "Happy 1st Birthday to our beautiful Raine! From the moment she came into this world it became the best & quickest year of my life! 

"It wasn’t the easiest of journeys to have her here but my god she was worth the wait, not one second goes by where I am not grateful for her existence.

"My little bestie, the laughter & light of each & every day, she has bought so much joy to all our lives and in all the chaos going on in the outside world she bought me the biggest sense of calm and contentment.

"I can’t really remember life without her here yet it feels like only yesterday I went into labour, what a crazy and beautiful ride motherhood is, I really do wish it upon anyone who is wanting it.

"Thank you Raine for choosing me to be your mum, it’s the biggest honour and I promise to take care of you and love you forever. I am so excited for our lifetime of adventures together

"P.S Still blows my mind that I’m actually a Mum…I have a daughter whaaaaaat!! P.P.S Ok now I’m crying (Happy tears). "

Before settling down with Tony, Lauren dated a string of Towie fellas, including Kirk Norcross, Mario Falcone, Tom Pearce and Lewis Bloor.

She also had a short-lived relationship with Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers in 2016.

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