Olivia Attwood fights back over marriage saying ‘Brad’s not perfect’

Olivia Attwood has admitted that her marriage to Bradley Dack “isn’t perfect” after hitting headlines last week for a boozy Ibiza trip with close pal Pete Wicks.

Olivia Attwood is used to putting terrible partners through their paces, whether she’s standing her ground in the Love Island villa or correcting unfaithful contestants on Bad Boyfriends . However, the now-married star, 34, admits she’s the one who’s been in trouble with her husband Bradley Dack after a recent Ibiza trip.

“I am wild and I do go to Ibiza every year,” she says. “I let my hair down and I do get told off by my husband and I’m honest about that. “I’m not alone in that. The difference is that other people in our industry just wouldn’t be honest to say that. That is just what happens. I’m just not perfect, Brad’s not perfect, but we make it work.”

Earlier this month, the presenter was spotted looking cosy with her KISS FM co-host Pete Wicks while on the holiday. The pair made headlines when the former TOWIE star was seen with his arm around Olivia’s waist as they partied with friends on a yacht trip. But after seven years in the spotlight, happily married Olivia is used to dealing with rumours.

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“I think it’s going to be expected when you have two straight people working together,” she says. “It happened when I first joined TOWIE and Pete and I became very close. We spent a lot of time together. There was a rumour mill spinning back then and I expect it. I honestly do know that the way I am with the press and how I survive in my career is that I just don’t deep it that much. Unless it was something really bad that someone was saying about me, I don’t get too invested.”

Olivia has previously admitted that she signed up for Love Island as “a very public revenge” after discovering Bradley had been cheating on her. She left the show with Chris Hughes, but when they eventually split after seven months, she rekindled her romance with Bradley and they married in 2023.

Having reformed a bad boyfriend of her own, Olivia is ready to help a new cast of exasperated partners to train their significant others – although it’s proven to be a challenge in series two of her ITV2 show. “These boyfriends make the last series’ boyfriends look positively vanilla,” she says. “They are a lot naughtier. With a second series, you can become a bit braver and there’s a lot more depth. We explore the reasons for people’s behaviour on a much deeper level. It’s very funny in part and it’s very emotional.”

On the show, Olivia lures eight men to a paradise island under the illusion that they’re taking part in new reality show Hot Shots , on which they will compete to see who is the biggest party animal. After a night on the town, the men are confronted by their long-suffering girlfriends and revealed to actually be on Bad Boyfriends .

From serial cheaters to one man who spent his girlfriend’s birthday at a strip club, Olivia had her work cut out. “Some of the things that come out of the boys’ mouths, I’m like, ‘What the hell are you thinking?’” she says. “I’m firm with them and I don’t take any s**t. You can’t bulls**t a bulls**tter because I’ve been there, done that, got the T-shirt. But I also feel protective because once we reveal the fake show, all those boys have to be reconciled to agree to stay on the actual show, which is Bad Boyfriends , which is scary and not what they expected.”

Olivia adds that she sets out to help the boyfriends “evolve” throughout the show. “I think by berating someone or belittling them or just having a go, you’re not going to get the best out of them,” she says. “They’re going to go, ‘Do you know what? F this, I’m off.’ And that’s not what we want at all.”

Olivia channelled the late Caroline Flack when hosting the show after her experience on Love Island in 2017. “I always want to check in with the contestants off-camera because I know what they feel like,” she says. “I’ve been a contributor more than once and as much as people like to roll their eyes at reality TV, it is a very brave thing to do. It’s scary. You don’t have your phone, you don’t know any of these people, you’re putting trust in a production company. I was this absolute gobs***e on Love Island , but underneath I was a bit nervous. I remembered the way Caroline was with us, I will never forget that ever. It’s always what I wanted to be like if I was ever lucky enough to get into the position that I am now in.”

With all the drama on the show, Olivia says it makes her glad to be in her thirties. “When I’m speaking, especially to the younger girls, I can’t wait for them to get to a stage in their life where I am,” she says. “I’m so happy to be in my thirties and know what I want from life and know what I will and won’t accept. I was really lost in my twenties and I didn’t know who I was, what I wanted. I didn’t date the right people because how can you if you don’t know what you want?”

Since her Love Island days, Olivia has gone on to land huge presenting roles, including one on ITV ’s This Morning over the summer. “I loved it and luckily they loved me, which was all I was worried about,” she says. “From their side and our side, we’d like it to be a repeat thing, but now it’s going back into regular scheduling with Cat and Ben so it’s more to say where and when I could pop back in.”

With Bad Boyfriends covered, can we expect a Bad Girlfriends spin-off in the near future? “Yeah and I think I’d star in it!” Olivia laughs.

Source: Mirror