‘She could be talking about someone else’
She undoubtedly raised eyebrows when just 48 hours before her former fiance married his new love, she posted a cryptic message to Instagram.
"She's the kind of girl a guy meets when he's too young, and he f**ks up because there's too much living to do," Lauren Goodger wrote, before adding: "But later he realises she's perfect."
The note was widely read as being directed at Mark Wright, her one-time boyfriend of a decade – and the man who married actress Michelle Keegan in a lavish €1.4m celebration last Sunday.
And the comment certainly attracted a lot of criticism – with many observers stating that the former reality TV star was merely looking for attention. "Even if this isn't about Mark, this is just terrible timing on your behalf," another follower also wrote.
Now Lauren Pope, a close friend of Ms Goodger's, has come out in her defence. "I think some people look too deeply into things like this.
"I always say Instagram is the life you want people to see, rather than the life you have," Ms Pope said.
"For all anyone else knows, she could be dating someone else and talking about them," she added while in conversation with Mail Online.
"She probably didn't even think that people could interpret it any other way."
The Towie cast member furthermore confirmed to the website that there certainly was no malice in her friend's online post.
Mark and Michelle are currently on honeymoon. Although it was widely rumoured that they would jet-off to Dubai, it seems the pair have instead opted to holiday in the Maldives.
