The Only Way Is Essex star Pete Wicks has reacted to the “hard launch” of his relationship with Kiss FM co-host and fellow TOWIE forged member Olivia Attwood.
Rumours had been circling for some time that the 2 have been an merchandise after Olivia break up from her husband Bradley Dack. While Olivia herself known as it the “worst-kept secret”, she mentioned that she wasn’t going to be the one to “hard-launch anyone”.
Pete took it upon himself to confirm the relationship, posting on Instagram: “I guess someone has to go first.”
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Speaking about how he determined to go about the announcement on his podcast Staying Relevant, Pete advised co-host and finest buddy Sam Thompson: “The thought course of was, ‘What would Liv like?’
“We’d spoken about it and I believed, ‘Ah f**okay it’, you realize. Let’s go and do it. Obviously the primary picture had to be of me and Liv, and all I actually cared about was that I didn’t embarrass her.”
He added: “I’d love to take full credit score for [the music], nevertheless it was recommended by Instagram. But yeah, simply easy.
“Just, ‘There we go’. Now it’s out it’s fine, we’re good.”
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The pair weren’t simply in Ibiza to movie a vacation, as they have been on the market filming the brand new season of her present Bad Boyfriends, a present which sees unsuspecting males jet off for what they suppose shall be a sun-soaked occasion, solely to be confronted with all of the unhealthy issues they’ve carried out.
Back when it premiered in 2024, we at Digital Spy called it “the best new reality show” of that yr.
“Far from the polished, sometimes overly-produced, scenes of Love Island, Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends veers into more of a documentary style at times”, our evaluate reads.
“Whether we’re getting a behind-the-scenes look at Olivia’s make-up prep, or a shot of the camera crew before things start rolling, this fourth wall break brings the viewer on board and invites us to feel as though we’re along for the ride with Olivia, rather than just spectating.”
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