Defiant Lauryn Goodman hits back at her critics as Mail joins her at Euros: She explains why ex-lover Kyle Walker ‘isn’t man enough to do the right thing’ and reveals his ‘secret promise’ to their son

Defiant Lauryn Goodman hits back at her critics as Mail joins her at Euros: She explains why ex-lover Kyle Walker ‘isn’t man enough to do the right thing’ and reveals his ‘secret promise’ to their son

Sitting in the back of a cab on his way to watch his first England game, little Kairo Walker is buzzing with excitement. ‘Where are we going, Kairo?’ asks his mother Lauryn Goodman.

‘To see Daddy!’ comes his eager reply. And not just on the telly either, he says, fixing me with his glittering brown eyes. He’s going to see him in real life!

It would take a heart of stone not to soften at the sight of this four-year-old, with cherubic blond curls, beaming with pride at the thought of seeing his father play for