Olivia Attwood: Inside olivia attwood's life from Bradley Dack split to ITV career success

olivia attwood stands at the peak of a varied broadcast career even as her private life has undergone a painful public undoing. The former Love Island contestant has built a string of shows and media projects while managing a very public split from footballer Bradley Dack.

Television and media rise

Olivia Attwood began her public life as a model and motorsport grid girl before entering the Love Island villa in 2017, where she finished third. She has since hosted her own television documentary series, managed her own podcast and established herself as a frequent panellist on Loose Women, delivering what the coverage calls her witty humour and candid observations.

She featured in her own reality show with former partner Chris Hughes, Chris and Olivia: Crackin' On, and took part in programmes including Celebs Go Dating, The Only Way is Essex and The Games. She secured her own programme, Getting Filthy Rich, which broadcast earlier this year and saw her explore the adult entertainment industry, shedding light on its varied landscape and some unexpected sectors.

Getting Filthy Rich is not Olivia Attwood's sole programme; she also presents Bad Boyfriends and Price of Perfection. She has subsequently secured a new reality series, The Heat, which broadcast on Tuesday (February 24) evening and follows 10 ambitious young chefs transported to Barcelona to battle to impress award-winning chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, who is seeking the next rising star.

Prior to her appearance on The One Show on February 26, coverage explored the arc of her career and the turmoil in her personal life.

Olivia Attwood's public split

While the coverage describes her as the 33-year-old at one point and later as Olivia, 34, it is clear the split from Bradley Dack, 32, has been drawn out and complex. She announced the end of the marriage less than three years after what coverage called a lavish wedding in June 2023. Other accounts describe the marriage ending after two years and elsewhere after two-and-a-half years; those different timings appear across reports of the breakdown.

The relationship began in 2015, ended soon after when Brad was unfaithful, then the pair reunited in 2018. They announced an engagement in 2019 and wed in June 2023. She vowed on Loose Women in October that divorce was not on the cards, but she later announced the marriage was over.

Causes and actions after split

It emerged that she ended things with the footballer "due to a breach in trust on Bradley's side. " Following the separation she unfollowed him on Instagram, removed her wedding ring and moved out of the matrimonial home into her own flat. Coverage also notes she moved into a new London flat after parting ways with Brad.

Reports show the split followed rumours that a screenshot was the final nail in the coffin for the marriage. In the months leading up to the announcement the couple's on/off relationship came under intense scrutiny, and Olivia was pictured cuddling up to former TOWIE co-star and podcast co-host Pete Wicks, 37, during a boozy trip to Ibiza last summer — an episode said to have left Brad, 32, "livid. " Olivia has admitted both partners made mistakes: "There are ups and downs, there are things on his side which haven't been great, there's a mix of things. I have f **** d up and done stuff, Brad has f **** d up. "

How she is coping

Coverage records Olivia's candid accounts of struggling since the split. She wrote that "Vulnerability is not my bag!!! Especially on social media, it feels very much like bleeding in shark infested waters. I cry myself to sleep, then business as normal when the alarm goes off at 5am and it has been like that for a long time. " She added that she is "still hanging in there. I go to work, I unpackage five million boxes. Sleep, repeat and live on coffee. That's basically my life. It's pretty chaotic still. I'm kind of getting there, but it's a process. " Another line of hers appears in coverage in caps: "I'M HANGING IN THERE. SLEEP, REPEAT AND LIVE ON COFFEE. "

Those close to her and the surrounding coverage say Olivia is throwing her energy into work. One summary of that view says she is "still reeling from the split, but it has been a long time coming and now that it’s final there is a sense of relief that she is now free to move on with the rest of her life, " and that the last year had been "really tough" and that the relationship was "absolutely draining her" and affecting her work and energy. The same coverage describes her as barely sleeping despite exhaustion and feeling she never had downtime to recharge from work while in a difficult place in her marriage. Now she feels she’s able to breathe and is determined to concentrate on her career.

Personal reflections on love

Olivia has said she remains hopeful about love despite recent events. Speaking to Attitude Magazine, she stated: "Do you know what? I love love and I actually, despite any of my relationships in the past, I've never regretted falling in love. " She described falling in love as "one of the most unique and pure human experiences, " adding that "even if it's with a complete and utter trash bag – in that moment you felt something. " She has also said she adores being in love and wants a man who puts everything on the line for her.

As the coverage shows, olivia attwood is balancing a public career peak with a turbulent, highly detailed personal fallout, and she appears to be channeling much of her energy back into television and other projects while she recalibrates her private life.