Show Recent Posts Widget

Hey guys,
I want to develop a widget that shows the most recent posts.
For some reason the following code doesn’t format the post content… (The post content is displayed without any formatting like <p></p> or
etc.)

/**
     * Outputs the HTML for this widget.
     *
     * @param array  An array of standard parameters for widgets in this theme
     * @param array  An array of settings for this widget instance
     * @return void Echoes it's output
     **/
    public function widget( $args, $instance )
    {
        // Add any html to output the image in the $instance array´

		$count = (!empty( $new_instance['count'] )) ? $new_instance['count'] : 1;

		$args2 = array(
			'numberposts' => $count,
			'orderby' => 'post_date',
			'order' => 'DESC',
			'post_type' => 'post',
			'post_status' => 'draft, publish, future, pending, private',
			'suppress_filters' => false );

		$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args2, OBJECT );

		foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
		?>
			<h1><?php echo $recent->post_title ?></h1>
			<div class='entry-content'>
			<p>
			<span class="entry-date"><?php echo get_the_date("F Y", $recent->id); ?></span><br/>
			<?php echo $recent->post_content;  ?>
			</p>
			</div>
		<?php
		}
    }

Can someone help me?