Spoiler alert…not the whole lot you see on TV is actual (shock horror).
That being mentioned, when a actuality present follows a star couple’s journey from engagement to their marriage ceremony day, you’d sort of count on that to be genuine.
Enter Olivia Attwood and Bradley Dack, a actuality star and soccer participant mixture that had very a lot inserted itself into the UK’s well-known faces roster and stuffed numerous column inches and social media feeds.
However, it now seems (reportedly) that the pair by no means really signed on the dotted line and authorized their marriage, leaving some followers and viewers feeling barely duped.
Let’s take a couple of steps again. Olivia Attwood first discovered herself in the highlight on Love Island in 2017.
Since then, she’s established herself as a staple on ITV. The 34-year-old has fronted documentaries, appeared on actuality exhibits and is an everyday panellist on Loose Women.
In 2019, Attwood received engaged to footballer Bradley Dack. Given her excessive follower-count on-line and rising prominence on-screen, ITV commissioned a present to observe the couple’s journey down the aisle.
Olivia Meets Her Match & Olivia Marries Her Match filmed a mixed 17 episodes.
Now comes the drama! One that’s a bit like a free thread, the extra you decide at it, the extra it unravels.
The ultimate episode of the collection confirmed an opulent marriage ceremony in June 2023. No expense spared as the couple ‘tied the knot’ at the Bvlgari Hotel in London.
Attwood and Dack cut up up earlier this 12 months. The causes for which I’ll allow you to surmise from a deep dive on the trusty ol’ web.
What’s come to mild since their cut up is that the fancy resort they received ‘married’ at on digital camera virtually three years in the past didn’t have a wedding licence at the time.
Reports counsel that their marriage ceremony planner tried to get one for the venue however couldn’t safe it in time.
So, it’s claimed an appointment was booked to finish all the paperwork at a registry workplace in Cheshire, six weeks later.
However, this was cancelled after Attwood allegedly found ‘a number of mistruths’, in line with a supply acquainted with the state of affairs.
What does that imply? Well, if the rumours are true then they by no means really received married.
Despite Attwood utilizing Dack’s surname on-air and on her social media platforms (till lately), the suggestion is that since followers noticed them get married, the duo have acted like they’re married, however that isn’t the case.
They’ve little doubt benefited financially from the ITV present and the subsequent perception that they’re certainly husband and spouse.
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ITV has chosen to not touch upon the subject, but it surely’s being reported extensively that the broadcaster wasn’t acquainted that their star presenter and her ‘husband’ weren’t legally married till the tabloid newspapers began writing about it in late March 2026.
Will ITV face any Ofcom complaints for deceptive viewers? Well, no…the timeframe to complain a couple of present is 20 working days after it’s been broadcast, and ITV confirmed the programme the identical 12 months Attwood and Dack have been believed to have gotten married, 2023.
Social media feedback would lead me to consider that many are displeased with the revelations about the couple and criticise them for not being extra open and sincere about what has allegedly occurred in the weeks/months/years since their ‘wedding.’
Neither Dack nor Attwood has replied to our request for remark, however Olivia is presently overseas filming a brand new collection for ITV.
She’s been light-heartedly posting about the journey, however she’s positively going to face some robust questions when she returns to the UK.
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