Inside Daisy Lowe’s VERY wild life… including nude shoots for Playboy, a DNA test to find out her real dad and dates with her dead mate’s ex
DOLL-faced beauty Daisy Lowe shot to fame as a model - but she’s now hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons after being caught up in Louse and Jamie Redknapp’s marriage troubles.
The 28-year-old London-based lingerie muse forged a close friendship with Louise, 42, during their stint on Strictly Come Dancing last year, and they've since become “inseparable”.
An insider told The Sun: “Louise had become very close to her new friends from Strictly – they formed a real bond.
"That became even stronger on the tour where Louise became inseparable from Daisy.
“Louise ended up spending a lot more time away from home with Daisy and rediscovering her youth.
"That was when Jamie first started confiding in very close friends that his marriage was in trouble.”
But Daisy is no stranger to scandal.
Her mum, fashion designer Pearl Lowe, was part of the notorious Primrose Hill set and previously struggled with drug and alcohol addictions.
The pair’s relationship became frayed after Pearl revealed Daisy’s godfather Gavin Rossdale was likely to be her biological father - not her assumed dad, holistic doctor Bronner Handwerger.
The claims were proved true in 2004 following a paternity test.
Speaking to magazine, Pearl said: “While Daisy and I are close, things haven’t always been easy.
“It was a bit hairy for six months when I told her I suspected her father was the musician Gavin Rossdale.
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“Gavin told me if Daisy, then 14, had a DNA test, he’d never speak to me again and he’s kept his word.
“I lost him as a friend, but Daisy has a relationship with him, which is great.”
Daisy told in 2015 that she was “so happy” to discover that Gwen Stefani’s ex was her dad.
“I’d always looked up to him. But it was still a s***show trying to get over it,” she said.
“There’s no handbook. As a 15-year-old you have to pull yourself together anyway.”
Despite her rock ‘n roll upbringing, Daisy has shied away from wild benders.
She told the last year: “None of my friends are caners. We’ll have our occasional big night out.
"Like Glastonbury — I made sure I watched the sun come up on Monday morning.
"But I don’t need anything to enhance the experience other than some green tea … and a couple of shots of tequila.”
Daisy’s inner circle includes fellow rock star offspring Pixie Geldof, radio DJ Nick Grimshaw, TV presenter Alexa Chung, socialite Jack Guinness and, most recently, Louise.
She’s also had a string of high-profile romances with the likes of DJ Mark Ronson, Dr Who actor Matt Smith and Darius from Pop Idol.
Eyebrows were raised at Daisy’s brief relationship with Mark in 2008 thanks to their 13-year age gap – she was 19, he was 32.
Meanwhile, Daisy was reportedly romantically involved with Thomas Cohen – the widower of her late pal Peaches Geldof – in 2015.
Daisy and Peaches had been best friends, with the model consoling Thomas after his wife’s heroin overdose in April 2014.
Daisy and Thomas had been spotted on a number of dates, but split after five months together.
A source at the time said: “Daisy and Thomas split about a month ago. It’s all very amicable, they had lots of fun and a great time together.
"It just sort of fizzled out and had run its course.”
While currently single, it is unlikely Daisy will be alone for long.
She was talent scouted by Select Model Management and made her fashion debut in 2006 with a shoot in Vogue Italia, which was photographed by esteemed snapper Steven Klein.
She’s since posed in GQ, Tatler, Vogue and Marie Claire – but her most risqué feature was a naked shoot for in 2011.
She shrugged off the furore around the editorial, telling The Guardian: “I have done naked shoots, which means everyone thinks I’m a deviant, but I think the female form is something to be celebrated.
“The male form, too, but I don’t have one of those. I have to become a character to have the confidence to take my clothes off. If I was Daisy, I’d be an awkward nightmare.”
Clearly not afraid of stripping off, Daisy was an Agent Provocateur lingerie model for three years and regularly shares racy snaps with her 359,000 Instagram fans.
A scroll through her feed unveils countless bikini shots, poses in a see-through lace dress and a snap of her lying in the bath in a low-cut black frock.
“I’m a very sensual being, and very tactile, but I have been single for a long time so I’m not as sexual as I’d like to be,” she said.
Earlier this week, Louise was pictured wearing her wedding ring despite her split from husband Jamie.
The former Eternal singer looked glum as she flew home from Majorca with her children as Jamie confirmed to his pals the 19-year marriage is over.