A Journey Through Heartbreak and New Beginnings
Olivia Attwood, the Love Island star, has opened up about her difficult split from her husband, Bradley Dack. She described the breakup as her “toughest yet,” revealing that she cried so hard she nearly passed out after walking away from their marriage.
In January, Olivia, 34, announced her decision to end her relationship with the footballer. She has since accused him of cheating on her multiple times over the course of 10 years. The fallout from the relationship has been emotionally challenging for Olivia, who is now navigating life as a single woman.
Despite their lavish wedding, which was featured in an ITV series, it has been revealed that Olivia and Bradley never legally married. Olivia hinted that she chose not to formalize the union to protect her fortune. This revelation adds another layer to the complexity of their relationship.
Since becoming single, Olivia has found comfort in her longtime friend Pete Wicks. Sources suggest that the pair have started a romance after being pictured kissing in a bar back in March. Their connection seems to be a source of support during this difficult time.
Olivia shared her insights into the split on the Extra Dirrty podcast, which she recorded during a girls’ trip to New York in March. She spoke candidly about the emotional toll of the breakup and the challenges of dealing with public scrutiny.
She said: “I can only see what I’ve had because people just like to give women a hard time. Someone wrote me on my TikTok yesterday when I was with the girls in New York having fun, and she’s like ‘I really hope someone screws you over so badly, like you’re such a cold calculated b****’.”
“I thought, it’s because I’m open and I talk about all kinds of things, but I’m not going to video myself crying and put it on the internet. I’m just f*g not. It doesn’t mean I don’t cry. I have cried, I’ve cried so hard during this breakup to the point where I f**g think I’m going to pass out, and then I will slap myself in the face and go to work.”
She added, “I don’t need to be crying on the internet, I don’t think that people, professionally, are going to respect me and book me to host their TV shows when I’m videoing myself lying on the floor crying.”
When asked by host Hallie Batchelder whether this had been her toughest breakup, Olivia said: “To date, yeah. This relationship spans over a decade on and off, so it’s such a big area of my life. And I think that when you know you tried, we both tried so many things to make it work, so of course it’s just so sad. It’s sad.”
Describing her ideal partner, Olivia added: “They’re all really different, but the things I like is, I like a guy that’s got a cool sense of style, like he has a sense of self-style. I like tattoos, I like a beard, I like hair, I want something I can get my hands into. Confidence, but I’m yapping enough for both of us but you don’t need to be talking all the time, but also confident enough to accept the fact that I don’t shut the f**k up.”
The podcast was recorded on March 16, a little over a week before Olivia was pictured kissing Pete at The Flute Bar in Soho. Since then, the star has claimed Bradley “lied and cheated” during their relationship, and now she feels like a “f*g idiot.”
Olivia denied trying to trick fans over her fake wedding scandal, after it emerged she and Bradley were never legally married, and confirmed her new romance with Pete. She wrote: “I have stood by Brad for the last ten years during which he lied and cheated on me multiple times. The breakdown of our relationship is because of this.”
“I was in love with him and the potential I saw in him and wanted always to help him try to be the best version of himself – as I did for 10 years – covering up. Lying to my family and friends. Arranging therapy. Believing the grovelling apologies. I of course now feel like a f*g idiot. (Especially as more things come to the surface) I never wanted to say any of this. I find the whole situation utterly humiliating.”
Olivia went on to speak about the moment she decided to walk away from the relationship, as well as confirming her relationship with ITV is strong following reports the broadcaster was “furious” over the fake wedding scandal. She continued: “This January when I was confronted at the screening of one of my shows by someone reporting to me yet another night he had gone back with a random girl – I decided it was time to finally leave.”
“I’m not losing my job, I’m not pulling the wool over anyone’s eyes. Yes I’m dating. Yes I’m getting up every single day even when I have cried all night to film the shows I love filming, record my podcast, record my radio show, shoot campaigns and somewhere in there TRY to move on.”
