LOVE Island star Shaughna Phillips has been forced to defend taking her baby daughter Lucia to see her boyfriend in prison.
Shaughna, 29, was left devastated when the father of her child Billy Webb, 29, was busted for drug offences after a dramatic police raid.
She was 30 weeks pregnant with their daughter Lucia at the time, and he was sentenced to nine years in prison.
The reality star said about her jail visits: "I don't tend to say prison. I think that's such a dirty word. It's not the p word - I say, like, he's away and I think people think he's in the army.
"Lucia is not going to know any of this, but had she have known, yeah, he probably would have been working at Disneyland. Because he sure as hell ain't going to be able to go America!"
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On the latest episode of her podcast, Oh, Baby with Shaughna and Holly, she continued: "We had quite a few visits leading up to Christmas - and had one visit that was six hours.
"It's a family day and it's so much nicer than a normal visit. On normal visits, which are an hour, you can only sit opposite each other.
"He can hold the baby and all of that, but you can't really get up with her or anything.
"So, the six hour one was intense, but it was really nice to see him with her and it actually gives me a break. I walk in, I'm like, here's your kid, no one talked to me.
"But it was a Christmas one, so there was Christmas music playing, Christmas decorations, all of the kids.
"Billy made Lucia a card, a coloured-in card. She's going to think her dad's proper tight when she's older."
The mum-of-one also revealed that she hasn't seen Billy for the last fortnight after he moved prisons.
"But he's moved now, he moved after Christmas so we haven't seen him for about two weeks and I'm not quite sure when we're going to see him," she explained.
"I kind of want it to be sooner rather than later, because I notice if Lucia sees him, like, two times a week, she really, on the second time she sees him, she knows who he is.
"Obviously, she hears his voice every day but the longer it goes, I'm aware that he'll have to get to know her again."
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Shaughna - who shot to fame on the winter series of Love Island in 2020 - has become a social media star over the last years.
The influencer admitted that she is often recognised by prison guards who ask her for selfies.
"What's weird, though, is when I've gone on to visits and I'm with Lucia, and some of the prison guards are like, oh, my God, you're from Love Island, or, oh, my God, I follow you on Instagram, and I'm just like, someone help me," she recalled.
"I've been stopped for selfies in there - it's really mad.
"No matter about the selfies and all of that, it's really cringey, and I really don't enjoy it.
"However, I'll always do what's best for my baby. My baby deserves to see her dad, so I would always put myself in uncomfortable positions for the sake of that.’
Despite not having her partner on the outside with her, Shaughna said she has a strong "support system" thanks to Billy's family.
The star added: "His family are my family. It's always going to be that way, but I am just lucky that we get along. His sister is one of my best friends, we spent Christmas with them, it's all good.
"They're a support system for me as well - Billy's mum was at my birth, so it was my mum and his mum and I remember after that, people were saying to me, how on earth did you have your mother-in-law there?
"I couldn't think of anything worse, but I think that's more of a you problem."
Since the arrest, Shaughna has kept fans in the dark about her relationship with Billy, who she had previously kept out the public eye for months.
A rep for the reality star previously told The Sun: "Shaughna had absolutely no knowledge of any activity involving the allegations against Billy.
"Despite being in a long term relationship with the defendant, Shaughna has no links with the address in question, and will be openly assisting the police with their enquiries."
Oh Baby! With Shaughna Phillips and Holly Connolly is available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to all episodes so far here.
