Made In Chelsea’s Ollie Locke sobbing as he opens up over baby son’s ‘traumatising’ 3-hour operation

The biggest events in Ollie Locke’s adult life have occurred on screen, from his sexual discovery to his marriage and becoming a parent. The Made In Chelsea regular, who joined the show for its first series in 2011, has shared the good, the bad and the ugly on the E4 show – and as he tells OK!, he has no regrets.

“My entire 20s were captured on a high-resolution camera. No one gets that”, says Ollie, laughing. “Life is difficult for lots of people, including us”, he says. Therefore, it’s a real honor to be able to sit back and make someone smile on a Monday night. What a joy it would be if we could make them laugh for ten seconds while preventing them from thinking about their lives.

Ollie’s dedication to TV has come with its ultimate highs, such as the 2020 episode, which aired his wedding to husband Gareth Locke at the Natural History Museum in London. “We’ll always have that memory of getting married on TV, which not many people can say they have”, says Ollie, 37. “Our wedding was attended by 3.5 million people, and it’s amazing that our kids can watch their parents get married,” said the president. It’s lovely”.

Extreme lows have also been a part of the drama, such as the couple’s revelations on camera in 2021 that their surrogate had a six-week miscarriage. “We put all the rawness of our relationship on camera”, says Ollie. “We found out on camera that we had lost our babies after I said to the producers, ‘ If I’m going to do this, I will do it properly. ‘ Whatever transpired was recorded and that I instructed them to keep the cameras rolling. Then we found out. Some extremely powerful and raw material.

After a number of unsuccessful IVF attempts and miscarriages, Ollie and Gareth decided to become parents to Apollo Magnus Obi and Cosima Emily Bex. When we inquire about the twins, Ollie’s eyes immediately catch on fire as a doting father. “It’s the best experience I’ve ever had in my life”, he says. “I can’t imagine life without it – it’s bizarre. Cosi is a bit of a monkey. She is smiley, and Apollo is a total boy who enjoys throwing objects and rolling off them.

Ollie and Gareth, who started dating in 2018 after years of friendship, have certainly got their hands full with the twins. Admitting that becoming a family of four has been a difficult adjustment, Ollie explains, “At the beginning, Gareth would take Apollo and I had Cosi when it came to changing and night-times and all that kind of stuff. Otherwise, with twins, it’s mental. You stay awake the entire night before returning to sleep two hours later.

We were “eager,” and there were unquestionably some initial tears. You’re not yourself in any manner – you’re a completely different person. You never realize how difficult it is to raise a child until you become a parent yourself until you see my mother again. It makes you more grateful. “

While Ollie and Gareth have been through a difficult time, Apollo has been in the hospital since he was born to undergo an operation. We’re OK and he’s fine, “says Ollie, who doesn’t disclose what the operation was for but says it was a tumultuous time for the family.

” It was absolutely horrendous. It’s really, really difficult having any child go on general anaesthetic, but it’s awful having your baby not understand what that is because he’s too young. It was traumatising. I spent three hours crying while he was having surgery; I simply didn’t have anything to do. I just stayed there and cried. I was like, ‘ This is just the worst. ‘

Because he needed extra assistance with his issues, we had to follow a different routine for the first few weeks afterward. So that was certainly quite a hard one, I must admit. But he’s back to normal now. He’s happy and smiley and doesn’t have to go in for another operation, which they thought he might have to”.

After such a difficult period, Ollie is in need of some festive spirit and can’t wait for the twins ‘ second Christmas. “Cosi walked the best she could have ever do today, and I think she’ll be able to walk properly by Christmas.” So hopefully this Christmas will be a bit easier because, right now, they are crawling in different directions”.

What exactly have the couple planned for the holiday season? “Well, we do this thing called a ‘ straggler Christmas’, which is basically where we invite anyone we know who isn’t from the UK but is here for Christmas to our house”, says Ollie. “So this year we have a bit of a celeb-filled day. There will be]reality star] Stephanie Pratt,]Broadway star] Billy Porter,]singer] Parson James and two of the Made In Chelsea cast, but I can’t say who.

” The twins will love it too – they’re very well socialised. We have always believed that integrating the babies into our social lives should be done so that we can still have fun with our friends and engage in activities together.

Ollie informs us that the family will travel on vacation to spend quality time with each other after their busy Christmas Day. But before that, he needs to get his Christmas shopping in order, something he admittedly” hasn’t thought about”. Olivia is partnering with Virgin Experience Days and considering giving some of her experiences to friends this year.

” There’s hundreds if not thousands of experiences on the Virgin Experience Days website and it’s extraordinary, “he says”. I think, for anyone who’s busy, that would be a lovely gift – to be able to go and give a full day of doing something wonderful. Things that are right on our doorstep are taken for granted by us. While scrolling through my phone, I passed Buckingham Palace the other day. I was like, ‘ What are you doing? Take it in! ‘ “

Ollie and Gareth enjoyed their own Virgin Experience Day out recently, which included indoor skydiving, a trip to a spa, a six-course dinner and a night in a glamorous hotel”. According to Ollie, as Gareth is not the adrenaline junkie that he is, the indoor skydiving was more for him. It was fab but also very frightening. When we got to the spa, that was much more my thing. “

Virgin Experience Days and Ollie have collaborated to create a limited number of exclusive experiences for a limited time. To shop Ollie Locke’s Perfect Day, see virginexperiencedays. co. uk/ollie-locke-collection

Source: Mirror