Her brave fiancé Jake chased the thieves away

CHARLOTTE Crosby has admitted she’s still “paranoid” after her home was targeted by thieves when she was heavily pregnant.

The Geordie Shore legend also said she feels “awful” for Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan after they suffered a similar experience earlier this year.

Woman in white sleeveless blazer sitting outdoors.
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Charlotte Crosby said she still feels ‘paranoid’ after her home was burgledCredit: Instagram / charlottegshore

Jake Ankers and Charlotte Crosby, expecting a baby.
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Her fiancé Jake chased the intruders awayCredit: PA
Mark and pregnant wife Michelle’s £3.5million Essex mansion was raided by a gang of balaclava-wearing thugs last month while they were inside the luxury home.

The celebrity couple bolted themselves in a bedroom and waited just minutes for cops to arrive after the intruders triggered a state-of-the-art alarm.

It was all horribly familiar for Charlotte, who was also pregnant and at home when crooks broke into her Sunderland mansion late last year, leaving her shaken and in tears.

Police are still investigating the burglary in which one intruder even brandished a machete.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun upon the release of her new Paramount+ TV show, Charlotte’s New Baby, she said she had “100 percent” sympathy for Mark and Michelle.

“It’s not nice,” she said. “It’s not nice for anyone to go through. I just felt awful for them.”

Talking about her own ordeal, she continued: “I think I’m past it. Obviously, it was a very scary experience.

“It’s still kind of under investigation, so I can’t really talk about it too much as it’s a police matter. I’m still feeling a bit paranoid, but we’re getting there.”

Charlotte’s fiancé Jake Ankers, 34, chased four men away from the couple’s home but was unable to catch them.

He said at the time on Instagram: “I can’t believe I’m saying this but some little c**** tried to rob my house with my two-year-old and my partner who is nearly eight months pregnant, armed with a machete.”

The aftermath of the burglary features in the couple’s new series and distressed Charlotte is seen sobbing.

“I think it’s important to show what’s actually happening,” said Charlotte. “It’s very transparent.”

Her latest series documents the weeks leading up to Pixi’s birth.

The fly-on-the-wall series gives fans access to Charlotte’s family home and her relationship with fiancé Jake Ankers.

Charlotte Crosby crying, saying four men broke into her house.
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The aftermath of the raid features in Charlotte’s new TV showCredit: Instagram/@charlottegshore/@paramountplusuk

Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan at the National Television Awards.
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Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan’s home was also recently targeted by thievesCredit: Alamy
There are laughs, tears and tantrums in what is a pure, unfiltered look into the life of one of reality TV’s biggest names.

Workaholic Charlotte can be seen taking a hands-on role with her business’s latest collection. She shares her concerns that failure to succeed could lead to bankruptcy, such is the amount of money she had invested in it.

Then there’s a luxury holiday in Maldives for her big gender reveal party.

Chaos ensues when close pals Adam Frisby and partner Jamie Corbett, who are the ones in possession of unborn Pixi’s gender, are delayed and then diverted en route, throwing uncertainty on the whole event.

Charlotte’s New Baby premieres today (March 4th) and every Tuesday on Paramount +.

Charlotte ‘came close to losing fortune’ as fashion business survived by ‘skin of its teeth’

By Dan Cain

CHARLOTTE Crosby has revealed her fashion brand survived by the “skin of its teeth” last year as she was forced to make two staff members redundant.

The reality TV star, 34, has invested heavily in Pepper Girls Club and the launch of its new range features in Charlotte’s new Paramount+ TV series, Charlotte’s New Baby.

In the show, heavily pregnant Charlotte can be seen worrying about stock delivery and whether or not she’ll sell enough items.

At one point she admits failure to shift the new stock could even bankrupt her.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, she said: “It was as risky as I made out. It was so bad, we did lose members of staff because we couldn’t actually pay them. So we actually don’t have those staff members back.

“So we are still recovering from that situation. We managed to make it through because the delivery came three weeks earlier than what they said it was going to come. If it had come three weeks later, then I think we’d be in a completely different situation.

“But we made it through by the skin of our teeth, and we had to let go of two of our staff members, sadly.

“I’ve put a lot of money into this business, obviously my own money. And if it was to have just collapsed, I would never have ever seen that money back. So that would have been a bit of a shame.

“I’m hoping that one day I’ll see this money I’ve put into it back. That would be the dream.”