Lauryn Goodman, the ex-girlfriend of England vice-captain Kyle Walker , has explained her decision to take her son to Frankfurt to watch the European Championship match, which was also attended by Walker’s wife Annie Kilner. Manchester City star Walker, 34, apologised publicly in January when it was revealed that he had cheated on his wife, Kilner, with his ex-girlfriend Goodman, who was expecting her second child with the footballer. Goodman shares a baby daughter and four-year-old son , Kairo, with Walker.
The footballer also has four sons with his wife, Kilner, who he has been married to since 2022. Goodman, who is a model and influencer, faced criticism from people on social media when she took Kairo to watch his father play in the England vs Denmark game in Frankfurt on Thursday (20 June), where Kilner was also in attendance. She has since defended that decision in an interview, explaining that the motivation for the trip was to honour a “promise” that the footballer had made to Kairo on FaceTime in 2022 – when she was secretly pregnant with their second child – and he was playing at the Qatar World Cup.
She told The Daily Mail that Walker promised Kairo that he “would make sure he was at the next tournament because [Walker] is getting older, and he knew there would perhaps not be any more opportunities”. “There was no way I wasn’t going to take Kairo to the Euros,” she continued. “There was no way I was not going to uphold the promise that Kyle m.
