Former Love Island star Shaughna Phillips has opened up about family life with boyfriend Billy Webb following his release from prison for drug offences.
The reality television star welcomed three-year-old daughter Lucia while Webb was serving a prison sentence, before falling pregnant with nine-month-old Sofia while he was granted day release.
Webb received a nine-year prison sentence in 2023 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply 4.5kg of cocaine worth at least £360,000. He was released after serving 12 months in a Category D low-security prison, where low-risk inmates are granted day releases to attend education or leave the site during the day.
While his early release enabled him to be present for the birth of Sofia, Phillips explained that Webb has been making up for lost time with Lucia.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Phillips said: "They're like two peas in a pod, and he often says he can't believe he missed this with Lucia. He didn't know what he was missing at the time, but now he's got something to compare it to."
Phillips added: "The most important thing is that Lucia has no idea and won't remember any of it. She's just completely obsessed with him, so I couldn't ask for more."
Plans for expanding the family
The couple are considering having a third child, despite Phillips previously insisting during her pregnancy with Sofia that she was completely done having children.
Phillips admitted: "Thankfully, I've got the coil in so I can't make an impulsive decision! But I was booking Sofia into Santa's grotto and had to put down that she'd be one by the time we went. Then it hit me, once she's one, I don't have a baby anymore. So maybe more one day, but not for a few years."
She continued: "If I did have another, I'm convinced it'd be a girl. I've accepted my fate, and so has Billy. I'm very much a girl mum; he's very much a girl dad; I wouldn't know what to do with a boy. If I had another girl, I'd be over the moon, but I definitely wouldn't go for four. I wouldn't have another purely to try for a boy, I'm just lucky I seem to get pregnant as easily as an alley cat, so we'll see!"
Home renovations and relationship commitment
For now, the couple are focusing on renovating their home, which has also put a hold on Webb popping the question anytime soon.
Phillips laughed: "Billy keeps saying he can't buy me the ring I want while the house doesn't even have a roof! He's right, the house is the priority, unless I win the EuroMillions."
Reflecting on their relationship, Phillips said: "But once you've got kids, there's no commitment like it. Without kids, we could get engaged, married, and split up within a month; with kids, you're in it together. He's stuck with me now, whether he likes it or not. And honestly, even if it doesn't work out, I'm done with men for life, it's either this or nothing!"
Postpartum fitness journey and diet struggles
Phillips also revealed she has been keeping busy working to get her fitness levels back after welcoming Sofia last October, going to the gym three times a week as well as using her Shred-It Plan.
Phillips explained: "I always tell people to take progress pictures because even though I've been going consistently three times a week since February, to my own eye I don't see any difference."
She added: "This second postpartum is kicking my a**, I won't lie. My diet's the real problem; a custard cream hasn't been safe around me since 1995. I'll go hard in the gym, then come home and demolish a pack of digestives. Once I sort my diet out, it's over for everyone, but there's no danger of that happening any time soon."
Phillips has been documenting her weight loss on social media, where she vows not to edit her photographs or use filters.
Dealing with social media trolls
While she has built up a following consisting mainly of kind and likeminded fans, she does get the odd troll in her comments, but she insisted that it does not bother her.
Phillips explained: "I've had a lot of real hardship in my life; my dad was diagnosed with cancer when I was 21 and died when I was 22. When you've been through that, a stranger calling you ugly on Instagram is very minor."
She added: "I always say, if that's the worst thing that's ever happened to you, you've had a pretty good life. I've never had it where hundreds of people pile on at once, if I did, I couldn't honestly say I wouldn't care. But with the odd comment here and there, I just think, 'grow up.'"
Advice for prospective Love Island contestants
Phillips found fame on Love Island in 2020 in the first winter edition of the series, where she was pictured with Callum Jones, and offered advice to anyone else looking to appear on the show.
Phillips warned: "If you go in expecting to come out as the next Molly-Mae Hague, you'll be bitterly disappointed. If you go in thinking you'll have a good experience, and treat anything else as a bonus, that's the right mindset. If you're expecting millions of pounds and brand deals and it doesn't happen, you'll be devastated, and you're basically expecting ITV to pick up the pieces."
She added: "As long as you're grounded and don't pin your whole life on it, and you've got a good support network of family and friends for when things get heavy, that's what matters. I always had friends I could call and say, 'I'm spiralling, please do a mental health check on me,' the people who know you best give you the best aftercare you could ask for."
Shaughna Phillips was speaking to the Daily Mail on behalf of BetWright Casino.
