The Traitors' Charlotte Chilton introduces baby Penelope she shares with Conor Maynard

Charlotte Chilton, with her distinctive reddish lipstick, jet-black curls and undeniable charisma, was 1 of the breakout stars of The Traitors erstwhile it aired this January. However, little than a twelvemonth since her scenes were shown, the stunning 33 twelvemonth aged has traded circular tables for changing tables, having welcomed her girl Penelope past month.

The first-time mum, who has publically claimed that vocalist Conor Maynard is Penelope's father but alleges helium is not progressive with the baby, is introducing her darling girl to the world with our exclusive sprout astatine her home. Despite a challenging pregnancy and stressful archetypal weeks, Charlotte seems to beryllium taking motherhood successful her stride, arsenic she opens up successful an exclusive chat with OK!.

"I hated being pregnant," she confesses, effortlessly holding a mug of beverage successful 1 manus and small Penelope successful the other. "I loved the babe wrong me, but everything other was s**t. I retrieve thinking, 'This is vile. Women prevarication to women and say, It's magical. There's thing magical astir this.' I was really, truly negative, but I did person SPD [Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction, which causes terrible pelvic symptom during pregnancy], gestational diabetes, I had an allergy to my hormones. I had everything, truthful I was perpetually successful and retired of the hospital. I couldn't bash overmuch for myself. I had to halt moving for the past 3 months. And I didn't person a babe daddy determination to help. It was truly hard."

Labour besides had its challenges "When I thought I was astir 4cm dilated, the doctors told maine Penelope's bosom complaint was dropping and they were going to person to springiness maine an exigency C-section to get her out," recalls Charlotte. "It turns retired I was nearer to 9cm. I pushed truthful hard, she really flew retired of maine – I needed a just fewer stitches afterwards! "Penelope was calved astatine 3.53pm connected 13 October, weighing 6lb 7oz. Her besotted parent chose the mediate name, Royella, aft her beloved grandad Roy. Penelope and Charlotte volition stock Charlotte's maiden sanction Thornett, erstwhile Charlotte's divorcement from her ex-wife Laura Chilton is finalised, reports OK!.

"It's unthinkable however it changes your life," she gushes arsenic she stares sweetly astatine her small girl. "But it was hard astatine first. The postpartum anxiety, which I didn't cognize was a thing, was truthful precocious astatine the start. For the archetypal mates of weeks everything would marque maine consciousness truthful panicked. Thank goodness I've got astonishing household and friends astir me. My ex-wife has been truthful supportive, ever telling maine what a bully occupation I'm doing."

Charlotte opened up astir her narration with her household since the accomplishment of her baby: "We went done a existent 'hate' signifier erstwhile I archetypal got large but we're friends again present and she's been great. And my mum, well, she's fundamentally taken connected the relation of the father. She'll get the bottles sterilised for me, she'll instrumentality the babe erstwhile I request it, she'll marque definite I devour dinner, due to the fact that it's truthful casual to get done the time without eating anything. It's the champion fare successful the world, looking aft a newborn. The value has travel disconnected me."

Finding solace astatine her parents’ spacious Warwickshire home, Charlotte is not lone relishing motherhood and the enactment from her close-knit household but is besides ambitiously starting her ain recruitment concern amid making plans to find her ain place: "I emotion it. We're specified a adjacent family, it's not similar I'm 'moving backmost in', it feels precise grown-up and natural, and their assistance is invaluable," she explains. "And I don't consciousness similar I'm missing retired – radical are ever coming present and seeing the baby. Everyone's truthful arrogant of maine for doing this alone. I've got a existent colony astir me."

However, erstwhile questioned astir Conor, whom Charlotte names arsenic Penelope's father, there’s a palpable displacement successful her presence; her shoulders tense and she swiftly moves from a gentle caller parent to a determined protector."He knows. I've not heard anything," she claims. "I had existent torment implicit whether to interaction him erstwhile she was present oregon not. And I figured I don't privation to talk to him, but helium has a close to know. I knew if I didn't scope retired radical would accidental I hadn't bothered. But if I did interaction him, it'd look similar I'm hassling him. I thought the champion happening to bash would beryllium to interaction his representatives. And that's what we did. I said, 'Look, she's here.' He has a close to know."

Charlotte recounted however she and Conor sparked instantly during an evening outing with The Traitors victor Harry Clark, who is romantically progressive with Conor's sister Anna. According to Charlotte, aft a short-lived matter and upon discovering her pregnancy, Conor detached himself from some her and the unborn child. She besides alleges that Harry severed each ties with her erstwhile the quality was shared.

"That was a existent footwear successful the teeth," she laments. "The feline stopped speaking to maine practically the 2nd I told Conor I was pregnant. I conjecture the 'bro code' kicked in. And we each know, acknowledgment to the show, that helium has a 'bro code'. [In a astonishing crook connected the show, audiences saw Harry famously deceive smitten contestant Mollie Pearce into believing helium was loyal.] To accidental I felt devastated would beryllium an understatement. Harry and I were heavy arsenic thieves; helium was the nexus to gathering Conor initially, but present there’s Penelope, for whom I’m thankful."

Charlotte Crosby opened up about the affectional conflict she faces, confessing: "There person been days wherever I've been successful tears due to the fact that I'm sitting present thinking, 'I've got a girl that looks f**king identical to you,'" portion reflecting connected her daughter's resemblance to Conor. On whether she wants Conor to beryllium portion of their child's life, Charlotte stated, "If she wants to locomotion distant from him, that's fine, but she needs to marque that determination for herself erstwhile she's older," and assured, "I'm not going to contradict her interaction if helium decides helium wants to spot her."

Despite being targeted by vicious trolling, including a horrifying connection wishing decease upon her and her baby, Charlotte remains unfazed: "I've got truly heavy skin, truthful trolls are wasting their clip connected me, but my God immoderate are deranged," she said.

Charlotte besides addressed unfair accusations, remarking, "Because I stood up to a feline similar Conor, trolls person assumed I indispensable privation his wealth oregon I forced him, oregon I trapped him. That's my favourite one. 'Trapped him'. I was like, hmmm, okay, truthful I planned, aft infertility for 5 years and aggregate miscarriages, to get pregnant. I adjacent managed to marque myself ovulate astatine that clip with a feline that I did not program to beryllium with! Obviously! ".

Charlotte beamed with joyousness portion talking astir her girl Penelope, contempt the past struggles of trying to conceive with her ex-wife Laura. "She's conscionable wonderful," she shares, looking adoringly astatine her small one. "When I'm not with her, I consciousness similar my limb has been chopped off. It's a immense adjustment, but I'm truthful successful love."

The Traitors alumni person showered her with congratulatory messages excessively – precocious praise from co-stars specified arsenic Diane Carson and Charlie Bees. "They're each truthful excited for me," Charlotte reveals, expressing her ain excitement astir the upcoming personage variation of the show. "I've work that Courteney Cox is interested, which would beryllium amazing. I personally would emotion to spot Rylan connected there, oregon adjacent 1 of the queens from RuPaul's Drag Race," she confides. Having cherished her clip connected The Traitors, Charlotte spills immoderate exclusive beverage astir the experience.

"We stayed successful a edifice down the roadworthy from the castle. I don't cognize if everyone other did, but I got a suite, with a seating country and everything," she recounts. "But you each travel and spell separately. You're each blindfolded, you've got information guards extracurricular your room. It would beryllium intolerable to sneak successful oregon out. You bash get video messages from household sent to you via your interaction person, but that's astir it."

Charlotte heaped praise on big Claudia Winkleman, stating enthusiastically, "Oh, she's specified an empath," and continued with admiration, "She is truthful arrogant of you erstwhile you bash well. She was trying to sneak maine a Twix to accidental good done erstwhile I'd done that atrocious Airbnb challenge. I retrieve her saying, 'I conscionable privation to springiness you a large squeeze! ' She's amazing. And, actually, she'd marque an unthinkable contestant connected the personage version, due to the fact that she knows truthful overmuch astir however it each works. She'd smash it – but past who connected world would host? ".

Having applied for the deed world amusement "when I was drunk connected Christmas Day", Charlotte has recovered a newfound passionateness for tv and aspires to further her TV career, portion balancing her recruitment business. She mused implicit appearing successful a dating amusement present that she's single, joking, "Well, I bash person to get backmost retired there," and confessing her emotion for romances, "I emotion being successful love. It's my favourite happening successful the world. But I person nary thought wherever to begin. Thankfully, I don't consciousness I request idiosyncratic close present arsenic I person Penelope, I'm truthful contented conscionable cuddling her. There's nary emotion similar it."

She added: "I emotion being successful love. It's my favourite happening successful the world. But I person nary thought wherever to begin. Thankfully, I don't consciousness I request idiosyncratic close present arsenic I person Penelope, I'm truthful contented conscionable cuddling her. There's nary emotion similar it."

We person contacted representatives for Conor and Harry for comment.