Celebs Go Dating exes' bitter feud reignited as TV hunk makes dig at former lover amid baby row
The couple welcomed their child after their whirlwind TV romance
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GARY Lucy has reignited his feud with his Celebs Go Dating ex Laura Anderson after warning that "dads matter".
The former Footballers' Wives star made the apparent dig while sharing a throwback video of himself and his son Theodore, six.
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Gary Lucy has shared a video featuring his son and warned that 'dads matter'
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His comment is believed to be a dig at his ex-partner Laura Anderson
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Gary had been filmed in a restaurant as he sat next to Theodore and they could be seen giggling about "spicy" food together.
The actor then gently grabbed his son's cheeks and said: "Look at that face, that gorgeous face.."
The video finished with Gary giving Theodore a kiss.
Gary, 43, has since shared the footage on Instagram but he seems to have also made a swipe at Laura, 36, in the process.
The exes share an 18-month-old daughter together called Bonnie yet she is rarely pictured with Gary.
Laura has taken aim at Gary several times in the past over this but, reigniting the row himself, he cryptically captioned his video: "Good enough to eat … Gorgeous Boy #dadsmatter."
Replying, one follower asked: "Thought you had a girl with Laura..?"
Gary shares Theodore with his ex-wife Natasha. They are also parents to India, 18, Elvis, 12 and Sadie, seven.
He met former Love Island star Laura on Celebs Go Dating and, after a whirlwind romance, announced they were expecting.
However, they called time on their romance shortly after sharing the news of Laura's pregnancy, then reunited but then split up again.
Laura Anderson admits 'my patience has gone' as she begs fans for help with daughter
After Bonnie was born, Gary and Laura spent Christmas together and it was hoped they had reunited.
Laura even insisted she and Gary were going to try and co-parent the best they could, despite her living in her native Scotland and Gary in the south of England.
Speaking about Bonnie, she told Closer: "It's going to be a journey as she's only a baby and this is all new to me, but I try to include Gary as much as I can.
"She has two parents and I want her to know that I always put her first."
But things soon turned sour.
The pair have since exchanged bitter words with each other in public over Gary's parenting of Bonnie.
In June last year, Laura claimed that Gary had not seen his daughter for six months.
She made the shock allegation as she hit back at a troll, who questioned if Bonnie ever saw her father.
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Laura told them: 'Do you mean has her daddy seen her….No he hasn't since 2nd January if you would like to direct those questions to him as I have no control over the actions of others x'
A rep for Gary declined to comment at the time.
Several weeks later, Gary was pictured cuddling his Bonnie in a sweet video.
"The little things," he wrote on Instagram after enjoying a day at a play park with the tot.
But the following month, Laura took aim at Gary again, telling a fan; "No matter what Gary has done and not done I will always respect him as Bonnie's father and I hope one day he is capable of being the rather she deserves."
She added: "Until then I've got this."
Laura has since found love with boyfriend Clark Robertson.
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Laura and Gary had met on Celebs Go Dating and had a whirlwind romance
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Laura quickly fell pregnant with their daughter Bonnie
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The Scots-born Love Island star has accused Gary of 'not being the father Bonnie deserves'
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