Kate Lawler reveals she loved having casual sex and estimates she has slept with 'over 50' people

By SEAN O'GRADY 11:48 07 Nov 2024, updated 21:17 07 Nov 2024

Kate Lawler has revealed she loved having casual sex before she got married and estimated she has slept with over 50 people.

The former Big Brother winner, 44, is married to podcast company owner Martin Bojtos who she shares daughter Noa with.

But before settling down, Kate told how she loved the single life and never felt any pressure to get married or have children.

Speaking on the It Can't Just Be Me podcast with Anna Richardson, she said: 'I've been in love a few times but I loved being single and just having casual sex with people, I probably did ghost a few guys at the time. 

'I don't know how many people I've slept with but I know its over 50 but my twin sister has only slept with like seven.'

Discussing her marriage, Kate told how she was in a 'toxic relationship' with someone who wouldn't let her leave before she met him.

She said: 'I met my husband when he was nearly 30 and I was 33. It's been 11 years. When I met him I was in a dark place after coming out of a toxic relationship with someone else. 

'That toxic relationship I had to write a letter to end it because he wouldn't let me leave.'

She also recalled another former partner who she discovered was married while they were seeing each other.

She said: 'I've had a colourful love life and one of the guys when I was around 20 he was living a double life, he told me he was living with his mum and he took me on holiday and he would go off to the phone booth to ring his mum but he was actually ringing his wife, he was actually married. 

'When we came back from holiday I had accidentally put the wrong luggage tag on each case and his wife saw it and my address and then when I was in Big Brother, the wife was like, "thats her" and found out who I was and I had no idea.' 

Kate recently spoke honestly about the tough times in her marriage to husband Martin, admitting that couples counselling has saved their relationship.

Just six months before they tied the knot Martin asked Kate to go to couples therapy as they struggled to communicate amid her battle with post-natal depression. 

'Martin was the one to suggest it, around a year after I had Noa,' Kate told New Magazine. 'I wasn't in the best place and it was having a huge impact on our relationship.'

'Plus we were getting married six months later and Martin just wanted to start our marriage on the right foot, which was totally the right thing.'

Kate admitted though that she 'panicked' when her partner made the suggestion, confessing: 'I thought he wanted to break up with me. It was the toughest part of our relationship.'

'Having a child is the hardest thing you will ever do, but I also believe keeping your marriage alive after you have had a child is a huge challenge.'

The star called the therapy 'invaluable' and said the couple still have sessions every few months.