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LAUREN Goodger has revealed the huge amount of money she turned down to spend the night with a fan.

The Towie legend, 39, talks openly about her conflicted relationship with OnlyFans in the new series of Olivia Attwood‘s Getting Filthy Rich.

While she never really wanted to share steamy content on the subscription platform in the first place, she can’t deny the financial benefits her content has brought her over the past five years.

Every now and then she’ll receive special requests from fans that go beyond the topless snaps and sultry poses that she posts for a fee of $50 a month.

Revealing the most lucrative offer she’s ever received, single mum Lauren told Olivia she said no to £150,000, though admitted it was tough amount of money to reject.

She says: “I’ve been offered 150 grand for the night, that’s another whole world. Never. Not being wrong, it’s hard to turn down but I couldn’t. I can’t even sleep with a guy in real life.”

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Lauren does cater to custom requests though, which she prices at around £6,500.

One of these saw her strip topless and suck her thumb, an act she admitted made her feel embarrassed.

Revealing her fraught relationship with the site, she explains: “Way back years ago when I was doing more TV work I was like ‘I’m never doing OnlyFans’ that’s not me.

“A few years later we went into Covid lockdown there’s no photo shoots, there’s no filming. Had these big bills come in and was like I have to pay this off so I sort of got backed into a corner. I was like I’m just gonna have to do it.”

In her early days on the platform, Lauren said she was coining in £30,000-a-month.

Since then, her content has got saucier as fans tire of standard underwear poses, but she refuses to go fully naked.

The reality favourite shows Olivia a topless video of herself in the bath that she says earned her a few grand.

“I wouldn’t want to sit here and be like I absolutely love it,” she says. “Do I really want these men to have these pictures? Do I really want to do this for how long and everyone knowing about it?

“And people looking at me thinking gosh she’s a successful lovely girl why she’s doing that but that’s the stigma around it. I can’t tell the world it’s not what you think.”

Lauren’s high subscription cost is by design. She prefers to limit the number of eyes on her account and receive more for it, than reduce the cost and expose herself to a wider audience.

The average age of her subscribers is between 30 and 35, with the youngest only 19, which she says is “too young”.

Some of her friends have encouraged her to delete the site, but for Lauren it’s a crucial source of income that allows her and daughter Larose, four, to live a certain lifestyle.

She says: “One of my friends did say ‘Lauren please delete, you don’t need to do it, you’re so much better than this’. 

“Without Only Fans I wouldn’t be able to pay all my bills. I have my house, my car, my child so don’t judge me. I’m not doing it so I can buy a Chanel handbag. I need the money. I’m only doing it so I can support myself. I need to live.”

Reflecting on the episode ahead of its release, host Olivia said Lauren’s attitude to the site differs from fellow celeb users like Katie Price and Kerry Katona, both of which have made fortunes from it.

Katie was a lads’ mag favourite for years while went naked as a lapdancer during her days in pop group Atomic Kitten.

Olivia says: “But with Lauren, she’s like a self-proclaimed like prude.

“Like she’s not someone that’s ever done topless modelling or she doesn’t consider herself an overly sexualised character. So I think she has more internal struggle with like the judgement that comes with it.”

Since taking the White House in January last year, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he wants to annex Greenland “very badly,” with a range of options on the table, including a military attack.

Amid opposition from Greenlandic lawmakers, Trump doubled down on Friday, threatening that the United States is “going to do something [there] whether they like it or not”.

“If we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland. And we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour,” Trump said at a meeting with oil and gas executives at the White House.

“I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” he added.

Since the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week from Caracas in a military operation, Trump and his officials have upped the ante against the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk.

So, what are the ways that US President Trump could take control of Greenland, a territory of Denmark?

Is Trump considering paying out Greenlanders?

Paying out to Greenland’s nearly 56,000-strong population is an option that White House officials have been reportedly discussing.

Located mostly within the Arctic Circle, Greenland is the world’s largest island, with 80 percent of its land covered by glaciers. Nuuk, the capital, is the most populated area, home to about one-third of the population.

Trump’s officials have discussed sending payments to Greenlanders – ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person – according to a Reuters report, in a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join Washington.

Greenland is formally a part of Denmark, with its own elected government and rules over most of its internal affairs, including control over natural resources and governance. Copenhagen still handles foreign policy, defence and Greenland’s finances.

But since 2009, Greenland has the right to secede if its population votes for independence in a referendum. In theory, payouts to Greenland residents could be an attempt to influence their vote.

Trump shared his ambitions of annexing Greenland during his first term as well, terming it “essentially a large real estate deal.”

If the US government were to pay $100,000 to each Greenland resident, the total bill for this effort would amount to about $5.6bn.

Can the US ‘buy’ Greenland?

Earlier this week, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that Trump’s officials are “actively” discussing a potential offer to buy the Danish territory.

During a briefing on Monday with lawmakers from both chambers of Congress, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them that Trump would prefer to buy Greenland rather than invade it. Rubio is scheduled to hold talks with Danish leaders next week.

Both Nuuk and Copenhagen have repeatedly insisted that the island “is not for sale”.

There are few modern historical precedents to compare Trump’s threats with Greenland, much like the abduction of Maduro on his orders.

The US purchased Louisiana from France in 1803 for $15m and Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2m. However, both France and Russia were willing sellers — unlike Denmark and Greenland today.

Washington has also purchased territory from Denmark in the past. In 1917, the US, under President Woodrow Wilson, bought the Danish West Indies for $25m during World War I, later renaming them the United States Virgin Islands.

Can Trump really just pay off his way?

While Greenlanders have been open to departing from Denmark, the population has repeatedly refused to be a part of the US. Nearly 85 percent of the population rejects the idea, according to a 2025 poll commissioned by the Danish paper Berlingske.

Meanwhile, another poll, by YouGov, shows that only 7 percent of Americans support the idea of a US military invasion of the territory.

Jeffrey Sachs, an American economist and a professor at Columbia University, told Al Jazeera, “The White House wants to buy out Greenlanders, not to pay for what Greenland is worth, which is way beyond what the US would ever pay.”

“Trump thinks he can buy Greenland on the cheap, not for what it’s worth to Denmark or Europe,” he said. “This attempt to negotiate directly with the Greenlanders is an affront and threat to Danish and European sovereignty.”

Denmark and the European Union “should make clear that Trump should stop this abuse of European sovereignty,” said Sachs. “Greenland should not be for sale or capture by the US.”

Sachs added that the EU needs to assess “[Greenland’s] enormous value as a geostrategic region in the Arctic, filled with resources, vital for Europe’s military security.” And, he added, “certainly not a plaything of the United States and its new emperor”.

Denmark and the US were among the 12 founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 to provide collective security against Soviet expansion.

“Europe should tell the US imperialists to go away,” Sachs said. “[Today] Europe is far more likely to be invaded from the West (US) than from the East,” the economist told Al Jazeera.

Has the US tried to buy Greenland earlier?

Yes, on more than one occasion.

The first such proposal surfaced in 1867 under Secretary of State William Seward, during discussions to successfully purchase Alaska. By 1868, he was reportedly prepared to offer $5.5m in gold to acquire both Greenland and Iceland.

In 1910, a three-way land swap was discussed that would involve the US acquiring Greenland in exchange for giving Denmark parts of the US-held Philippines, and the return of Northern Schleswig from Germany back to Denmark was proposed.

A more formal attempt was made in 1946, immediately following World War II. Recognising Greenland’s critical role in monitoring Soviet movements, President Harry Truman’s administration offered Denmark $100m in gold for the island.

But Denmark flatly rejected the idea.

Can the US attack Greenland?

While political analysts say that a US attack to annex Greenland would be a direct violation of the NATO treaty, the White House has said that using military force to acquire Greenland is among the options.

Denmark, a NATO ally, has also said that any such attack would end the military alliance.

“We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark isn’t going to be able to do it,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. “It’s so strategic.”

Greenland is one of the world’s most sparsely populated, geographically vast regions.

But through a 1951 agreement with Denmark, the US military already has a significant presence on the island.

The US military is stationed at the Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Base, in the northwestern corner of Greenland, and the 1951 pact allows Washington to set up additional “defence areas” on the island.

The Thule base supports missile warning, missile defence, space surveillance missions, and satellite command and control.

Nearly 650 personnel are stationed at the base, including US Air Force and Space Force members, with Canadian, Danish and Greenlandic civilian contractors. Under the 1951 deal, Danish laws and taxation don’t apply to American personnel on the base.

Denmark also has a military presence in Greenland, headquartered in Nuuk, where its main tasks are surveillance and search and rescue operations, and the “assertion of sovereignty and military defense of Greenland and the Faroe Islands”, according to Danish Defence.

But the US forces at Thule are comfortably stronger than the Danish military presence on the island. Many analysts believe that if the US were to use these troops to try to occupy Greenland, they could do so without much military resistance or bloodshed.

Trump told reporters on Sunday that “Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place”. Both global powers have a presence in the Arctic Circle; however, there is no evidence of their ships anywhere near Greenland.

Is there another option for the US?

As Trump’s officials mull plans to annex Greenland, there have reportedly been discussions in the White House on entering into a type of agreement that defines a unique structure of sovereignty-sharing.

Reuters reported that officials have discussed putting together a Compact of Free Association, an international agreement between the US and three independent, sovereign Pacific island nations: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.

The political arrangement grants the US responsibility for defence and security in exchange for economic assistance. The precise details of COFA agreements vary depending on the signatory.

For a COFA agreement, in theory, Greenland would need to separate from Denmark.

Asked why the Trump administration had previously said it was not ruling out using military force to acquire Greenland, Leavitt replied that all options were always on the table, but Trump’s “first option always has been diplomacy”.

Why does Trump want Greenland badly?

Trump has cited national security as his motivation for wanting to take Greenland.

For the US, Greenland offers the shortest route from North America to Europe. The US has expressed interest in expanding its military presence in Greenland by placing radars in the waters connecting Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom. These waters are a gateway for Russian and Chinese vessels, which Washington aims to track.

But Greenland is also home to mineral riches, including rare earths. According to a 2023 survey, 25 of 34 minerals deemed “critical raw materials” by the European Commission were found in Greenland. Scientists believe the island could also have significant oil and gas reserves.

However, Greenland does not carry out the extraction of oil and gas, and its mining sector is opposed by its Indigenous population. The island’s economy is largely reliant on its fishing industry at the moment.

While Peel acknowledges results and performances have not be up to Scarlets’ standards this season, he said everyone was working hard to improve amid all of Welsh rugby’s uncertainties and budget cuts.

“What we’ve done over the last couple of seasons is transition a team,” he said.

“We’ve had to make a big transition in terms of losing some senior internationals and bringing some younger guys through.

“It’s a project that isn’t going to be a three month turnaround, we knew that.

“Are we happy with where we are this season? No. Are we happy with where we finished last season? Yes, we were probably on track to where we wanted to go, but we haven’t kicked on this season. There are reasons behind that, we’ve had some high profile injuries etc.”

Scarlets will aim to kick on in Europe, before returning to URC action when they host Ulster on Saturday, 24 January.

If you’re unimpressed with this year’s Christmas TV offerings, you can find a huge range of beloved festive classics on your favourite streaming services

Another Christmas is finally here and the season is all about family, food and festive traditions.

However, there will undoubtedly come a moment when parents and kids alike will be so stuffed with turkey, trimmings and Christmas pudding that they won’t be able to move from the sofa.

That’s why it’s important to have several hours of entertainment lined up, especially if the idea of board games or a long walk is too exhausting to contemplate.

While TV channels have a wide range of festive treats in store, viewers who don’t fancy yet another Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special or have already watched the Gavin and Stacey finale 100 times this year might prefer to revisit some of their favourite holiday films instead.

Let’s take a look at some highlights from the vast array of Christmas classics available to stream on the top streaming platforms, from Netflix and Prime Video to Sky and Disney+.

Netflix

Streaming giant Netflix has fast become one of the leading producers of guilty pleasure Christmas rom-coms that are incredibly easy to watch if you’re still digesting your second and third helpings of pigs in blankets.

Stand-outs include The Princess Switch trilogy, Hot Frosty, A Castle For Christmas and A Merry Little Ex-Mas. Plus, don’t forget about Lindsay Lohan’s Christmas comebacks, Our Little Secret and Falling For Christmas, and Virgin River star Alexandra Breckenridge’s recent Mrs Doubtfire-inspired hit, My Secret Santa.

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This lets members watch live and on-demand TV content without a satellite dish or aerial and includes hit shows like Bridgerton.

For those looking for something a bit more nostalgic, Netflix has several familiar favourites, too. Iconic Christmas rom-coms The Holiday and Love Actually are both available, as is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, both the live-action version with Jim Carrey and the 2018 animated film voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch. Animation fans also can’t go wrong with Netflix’s delightful original film, Klaus.

Those looking for something a little more high-octane should check out the Christmas thriller Carry-On, with Taron Edgerton and Jason Bateman, and, finally, Netflix is also carrying The Holdovers, a heartwarming drama that was only just released in 2023 but has already become a classic.

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Although Netflix has streaming services beat when it comes to Christmas originals, Disney+ might just have the best selection of familiar favourites.

The Holiday is also available here, as is the live-action Grinch, plus both versions of the delightful Miracle on 34th Street and the entire Santa Clause trilogy starring Tim Allen as a reluctant Saint Nick.

Here you can also find The Nightmare Before Christmas, for viewers who are still disappointed Halloween is over, the iconic action thriller Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis, and, of course, The Muppet Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge alongside Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Gonzo the Great as Charles Dickens.

Disney+ also features both Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which are guaranteed to entertain the whole family.

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Several films already mentioned are also available to stream via Sky Cinema with anyone with a Sky or NOW subscription. These include The Holiday, Love Actually and the animated Grinch.

Fans will also be able to find festive comedies such as Will Ferrell’s iconic Elf, animated classic The Polar Express and one of the UK’s best animated Christmas films, Arthur Christmas.

Some older titles are also available on Sky and NOW, such as the beloved musical White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, the chaotic Christmas creature feature Gremlins and the delightful fantasy film It’s A Wonderful Life, with James Stewart.

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Amazon’s Prime Video service’s Christmas catalogue features the aforementioned Love Actually and The Holiday, so streamers have no excuses not to revisit these romantic holiday treats this year!

Also in their selection is It’s A Wonderful Life, as well as the 1980s classic A Christmas Story, the charming family film about little Ralphie Parker’s (played by Peter Billingsley) mission to receive a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle under the tree.

Fans should also definitely check out Love the Coopers for an early appearance from Hollywood A-lister Timothée Chalamet, as well as the late screen legend Diane Keaton, and Prime’s recent festive original Oh. What. Fun starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a flustered mum who snaps during the holidays is also well worth a watch.

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