Olivia Attwood has revealed that her husband Bradley Dack saw “a lot of himself” in the contestants on her new ITV2 reality show Bad Boyfriends, and confirmed the footballer will also appear in the series.
The show follows the 33-year-old Loose Woman star as she attempts to turn eight unsuspecting, rude, lazy or even unfaithful men into her perfect partners.
Bradley, 30, admitted to cheating on his current wife Olivia during the early days of their relationship, leading to their split before she rose to fame on Love Island. The pair rekindled their romance and eventually tied the knot in 2023.
Speaking ahead of the first episode, Olivia said: ‘[Bradley]said he saw a lot of himself in a lot of the lads and he was like, ‘Remember when our relationship was like this?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, and it was s**t.’
She went on to say that she believed Bradley had matured since then and had gone through the same journey that many of the men did during their appearance on the show.
Olivia Attwood has revealed that her husband Bradley Dack saw “a lot of himself” in the contestants on her new show Bad Boyfriends and confirmed that the footballer will also appear in the series.
Bradley, 30, previously admitted to cheating on his current wife Olivia during the early days of their relationship, leading to their split before she found fame on Love Island (pictured together).
With the new series following Olivia’s attempts to turn eight unsuspecting, rude, lazy or even unfaithful men into the perfect partners.
Saying: ‘I also think that sometimes, in heterosexual relationships between guys and girls, it’s like men are from Mars and women are from Venus, without really understanding how their actions affect the other person.’
Speaking about discovering Bradley’s infidelity on her… So wrong it’s right In a recent podcast, Olivia recalled how she was in Germany for F1 in 2017 when she received a suspicious call from a blocked number.
Detailing the shocking events that followed, he said: “This girl was really upset and said, ‘Hi,’ and I asked, ‘Who is it?’
“She said, ‘She’s Brad’s girlfriend.’ I said, ‘Oh, oh! And again, please.'”
“Then we had a chat and (Bradley) basically, you had been seeing her and me.”
Bradley, who appeared on the recent episode of the podcast with Olivia, sheepishly replied: “Yes.”
Shortly after the cheating incident with Bradley, Olivia appeared on ITV’s Love Island, where she rose to fame and met Chris Hughes, with whom she dated for six months.
Following her split from Chris, Olivia rekindled her romance with Bradley and told his ex-wife that… The sunI feel like we had to separate and fall apart in order to grow up. And we both grew a lot in those years.
Olivia said: ‘(Bradley) said he saw a lot of himself in a lot of the guys and he was like, ‘Remember when our relationship was like this?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, and it was shit.'”
She went on to say that she believed Bradley had matured since then and had gone through the same journey that many of the men did during their appearance on the show.
Olivia recently spoke about the ordeal on her podcast So Wrong It’s Right (pictured)
‘Obviously, at the time I was absolutely furious, but we weren’t in a serious, committed relationship.
‘I mean, he treated me badly, let’s not get it twisted, but it wasn’t like we were in the relationship we have now.’
Elsewhere in the interview, Olivia claimed that Bad Boyfriends features couples with “stronger foundations” and “loyalties” than those who first meet on rival shows such as Love Island.
She said their shared history would also help contestants’ relationships survive in the public eye, amid the shock split of former Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury.
Saying: ‘I think the thing about relationships is that they all have a bigger foundation that existed before the show, so I think when your relationship exists purely on a show and then you’re in the public eye, you’re navigating a new relationship and you’re navigating your fame.’
“What’s going to work to (the Bad Boyfriend contestants’) advantage is that they have history, they’ve been dating for years, they have family connections together and I think that makes it easier to navigate a new environment.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Olivia claimed that Bad Boyfriends features couples with “stronger foundations” and “loyalties” than those who first meet on shows like Love Island.
She said the show’s “quite different format” would help contestants’ relationships survive in the public eye, amid the shock split of former Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury.
This comes after it was claimed the boxer was seen “shamelessly kissing a blonde woman” on a drunken night out during his trip to North Macedonia (file image)
“It’s clear that they come to the show with a lot of unfinished business in their relationship. Some have been together for eight years, others are trying to have children. These relationships have a solid foundation.”
Olivia also said that unlike other shows, because the couples already knew each other, viewers didn’t need to wait weeks to see “loyalty and depth” between the couples.
‘It’s not a live format either, we filmed it a few months ago, so there’s a decompression time before it comes out, they don’t realize that (viewers) saw it yesterday.’
“And they can process how it happened and how they feel about it, so there’s a lot of things working in their favor, I hope.”
Molly-Mae, 25, took to social media last week to announce the news, and claims have since emerged that Tommy, also 25, was seen “shamelessly kissing a blonde woman” on a drunken night out during his trip to North Macedonia.
Onlookers claimed the boxer “didn’t seem to mind” watching him shamelessly kiss the blonde while drinking vodka and partying in a nightclub at 2am
Bad Boyfriends airs on Sunday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
