Love Island’s Laura Anderson reveals surprise way she met her new footballer boyfriend after Gary Lucy split
LAURA Anderson has revealed the surprise way she met her new footballer boyfriend Clark Robertson.
The Love Island star, who shares 14-month-old daughter Bonnie with ex boyfriend Gary Lucy, said she’s one happy lady and has “no complaints” with her new Scottish beau.
Laura, 35, said Clark slid into her DMs three years ago but she ignored it at the time – and only decided to reply this year.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Laura said: “I didn’t make it public for a little bit, but we’ve been together for a little bit. It’s nice, it’s chilled, no drama, just simple. A good Scottish boy, I can’t complain.
“I was going to go to the sun, but I think I’m going to stay in cold Scotland. My little baba, she’d like to be around family, we’re just keeping it simple this year.
“It’s not very romantic, he messaged me online and I saw it about three years later and replied and here we are.”
Laura admitted Clark is different to her other exes and guys she’s previously dated – saying she’s in it for the long-haul.
The smitten star gushed at the Beauty Awards 2024: “He’s kind and patient and normal and beautiful and he makes me laugh.”
When asked if marriage would be on the cards, the TV beauty coyly replied: “It’s going beautifully well.”
Laura also praised her new fella for stepping up and being an amazing support to her and her daughter Bonnie.
She shared: “Really good, really helpful, I need all the help I can get, she’s a little terror at the minute, and she’s got such a big personality which is amazing but a lot to handle.
“She’s 14-months going on 14. She’s so funny, so excited, she keeps me on my toes but I’m knackered.”
She joked that her toddler is slowly morphing into a “mini Laura” with her energetic bubbly personality, saying: “My mum keeps saying she’s just like you and I’m like ‘fair enough’.”
She’s a bit of a daredevil, I’m going to
Laura said she’ll be treating her little one to a slide at Christmas, saying the youngster is a little “daredevil” and likes “throwing herself about”.
When speaking about Bonnie’s Hollyoaks star dad Gary, Laura said she was not sure if he’d be seeing them at Christmas, before adding: “No we don’t co-parent, I look after her.”
Last month, Laura packed on the PDA with Clark at a £700 a night break.
Laura headed on a getaway with the Dundee centre-back to a five star hotel, Gleneagles.
Mum-of-one Laura shared a string of photos from their trip, captioned: “That time we had a night off life.”
In one cheeky shot, the radio presenter clung onto her Scottish hunk and wrapped a leg around him as she smiled away.
A topless Clark beamed from ear to ear as he posed with Laura, as they enjoyed each other’s company.
Revealing her new man’s identity in October, telly fave Laura shared the exciting news with her loyal army of followers and said: “Happy Friday.”
Last month a fuming Laura hit out at Gary when he posted a sweet clip with Bonnie.
She wrote: “Instead of posting videos of the one time you saw your daughter this year, can you please reply to my text from two weeks ago please, that would be great.”
Laura also accused him of not seeing his daughter for six months.
After a follower asked if Bonnie “ever saw her dad”, Laura replied: “Do you mean has her daddy seen her….
“No he hasn’t since 2nd January if you would like to direct those questions to him as I have no control over the actions of others.”
The reality TV favourite and Gary met and fell in love on Celebs Go Dating and after a whirlwind romance announced they were expecting.
However they called time on things shortly after sharing the news, reunited and then split again.
She was also in a relationship with nineties popstar Dane Bowers before the relationship fizzled out.