From Lauren Goodger’s burglar ex to Gemma Collins’ GBH convicted boyfriend – why TOWIE girls love a bad boy
It’s the thrill and excitement, but also we love the lavish lifestyle – like going to the Maldives or Dubai with a bad boy.After admitting the charges in court, Hassini, 30, vowed to change his ways and was allowed to rejoin the cast in 2017.



Collins, 31, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after police caught him in Northamptonshire, where he fled in the wake of the horrific assault.The latest is Hannah Voyan, who starred in the 2022 series of the ITVBe show.She gave birth to their daughter, Sunday, later that year.But beneath the tans and shiny teeth of the Towie cast lies something much darker, as many have been innocently linked to some very shady crimes.
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Ferne McCann

It’s quite easy to live a life like that – as long as they don’t get caught.But in the years since, the father of her three children, Daniel Harris, has been making unwelcome headlines.CARA, 37, was on the show for four series before leaving in 2012.But it’s also that these boys are attracted to us, or at least just try to approach us.
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Gemma Collins

Morrison, 38, was jailed in 2010 for dressing as a postman to burgle properties, after police found him in possession of £60,000 of cocaine and a £90,000 Land Rover.TOWIE original Lauren, 38, began dating Joey Morrison in 2017, while he was serving a 16-year prison sentence.
Maybe the good guys just need more confidence and then we’ll go for them instead . . .LAST year David Peters, 38, who Amy dated for a year in 2013, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for stalking a woman and refusing to accept their break-up.
Amy Childs

AS far as I know, none of my exes have ever done anything so naughty they got in trouble with the police, but I’ve definitely been with some bad boys.Later in 2016, Mortimer was sentenced to more jail time for stealing £100 in coins in a burglary, 11 days after stealing some jewellery.Here we look at others seemingly drawn to a bad boy, plus two male members of the cast who have been in trouble.HASSINI made his Towie debut in 2015, but was suspended from the show the following year after he was arrested for drink-driving and possession of cocaine.When Amy, 34, second right, first met con Bradley Wright in 2013, he already had a criminal record, but she briefly split with Wright after he was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2014 for handling stolen goods.
Cara Kilbey

In 2019, Amy revealed Wright was behind bars again after being sent down for arson – meaning Polly has only met her dodgy dad four times in her entire life.Ferne, 34, dumped him immediately.WITH his then-girlfriend Kate Wright, 33, who went on to become Kate Ferdinand, Dan joined the cast of Towie in 2015.Kelsey Stratford, 23, starred in Towie from 2019 to 2021. Here, she reveals why she and other Essex girls love a bad boy:WHILE Gemma, 43, was in the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2016, her jailbird then-partner Stephen Mortimer, 43, was sent back to prison for breaching the terms of his licence by moving into her home in Brentwood.
Mike Hassini

However, he was axed from Towie in 2018 and soon went back on his word.In 2018, two salesmen for Reco were jailed for conspiracy to defraud.The investment business, for which he worked as operations manager, sold diamonds and jewels to customers at an inflated price then failed to deliver on the deal.We reported yesterday how her ex, Kirk Holdrick, is accused of forcing his way into actress Anya Taylor-Joy and husband Malcolm McRae’s London mansion last year.THEY have some of the most glamorous lives on TV.
Lauren Goodger

There’s a reason we Towie girls are attracted to them.But in 2017, the 34-year-old was forced to sign a disqualification banning him from promoting, managing or being a director of any limited company until 2031, due to his role in “Reco Commodities”.And the father of her oldest child – Polly, seven – has also been in and out of prison.
Dan Edgar

He was originally sentenced to two years for GBH but had been released early.Harris, who has three children with Cara, was released from Wandsworth Prison after a year, and got engaged to Cara in 2022.
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He was sentenced to two years in jail in February 2017 for possessing criminal property, after cops found £116,000 in cash stuffed inside a black holdall and a stash of designer goods hidden in his daughter’s bedroom.Bad boys have huge egos and want to try to show off to everyone , so they go for us girls with lots of followers.