SH0CK – This Morning fans CLASH & THREΛTEN to Boycott IF Olivia Attwood (Ex of Chris Hughes) hosts – Is she really “UNW0RTHY” as many think? Interview reveals secrets that stun fans!
Olivia Attwood has hit back at backlash over her upcoming gig on This Morning after cruel tr0lls insisted it ‘wouldn’t work’.
The former Love Island star, 34, who is a regular Loose Women panellist, is joining the This Morning team as a summer host in the coming weeks.
While she’s built a successful career fronting multiple ITV documentaries and reality shows, the news of Olivia’s new slot didn’t go down a hit with some fans.
Traditionalists went as far as threatening they’ll ‘definitely stop watching’ if Olivia joins the morning show.
But ITV’s golden girl Olivia has assured she is determined to succeed in the new gig and prove the haters wrong.
She exclusively told The Sun: ‘Those who know me understand the hard work I’ve put in to get where I am today.
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Olivia Attwood, 34, has hit back at backlash over her upcoming gig on This Morning after cruel tr0lls insisted it ‘wouldn’t work’
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The former Love Island star, who is a regular Loose Women panellist, is joining the This Morning team as a summer host in the coming weeks
‘I’m forever grateful to Love Island for being the springboard to my career, but I’m excited to show there’s so much more to me beyond the villa.
‘It’s been a lot of hard work, but I’ve always stayed focused on my goals and believed in myself and I’m very thankful for ITV in believing me.’
Other stars who are fronting This Morning this summer include Sian Welby, Dermot O’Leary, Emma Willis, Josie Gibson, Rochelle Humes, Joel Dommett, Craig Doyle, and Andi Peters.
Recently Olivia hit out at the ‘st1gma’ of being the partner of a successful sportsman, insisting she funds her own lavish lifestyle and has worked ‘relentlessly’ since being catapulted to fame when she left the Love Island villa in 2017.
She became a bona fide WAG when she tied the knot with footballer Bradley Dack in a lavish central London ceremony in the summer of 2023.
The TV personality dated Bradley, 31, prior to entering the ITV reality show and he was already a footballer playing for League Two team Gillingham FC.
Olivia slammed ‘g0ld d1gger’ claims and said it doesn’t matter what job her husband has because she works ‘seven days a week’.
She told MailOnline: ‘I think people are like, “She works seven days a week, surely she’s got some f*****g cash”.
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While she’s built a successful career fronting multiple ITV documentaries and reality shows, the news of Olivia’s new slot didn’t go down a hit with some fans (pictured on Loose Women)
Many rushed to social media when it was announced to share their thoughts on the news – and it received a mixed back of comments
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But ITV’s golden girl Olivia has assured she is determined to succeed in the new gig and prove the haters wrong
‘Maybe in the beginning when Brad and I first started dating, there was a bit of a st1gma around it [dating someone who plays sport for a living].
‘And people can kind of go, “Oh”, a bit of an eye roll and stupid comments like, “Oh my gosh she’s with him cos he plays football”.
‘I’ve got my own money, so it doesn’t really matter what he does for a job.’
Straight-talking Olivia shot to fame thanks to her stint in the Love Island villa in the summer of 2017, which saw her reach the show final with her ex-boyfriend Chris Hughes, 32, who she dated until February 2018.
The former grid girl has since become a household name and a regular face on TV, appearing on The Only Way Is Essex, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, This Morning and Loose Women.
Olivia has also fronted many of her own shows and presented Bad Boyfriends, Getting Filthy Rich and The Price Of Perfection – admitting she has ‘bitten the hands off’ TV executives for ‘big jobs, little jobs, whatever I could get’.
But this success did not come overnight and she told how she ‘grafted’ when she left the villa while working relentlessly to get where she is today.
Olivia told MailOnline: ‘Post Love Island, I knew where I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to stay working in television, and I was very dedicated to that, and everything I’ve done is working towards that bigger goal.
‘I’ve been very patient and I’ve learnt the craft, I’m still learning, I’ve taken the big jobs, the little jobs, whatever I could get, I just bite their hand off for it.’
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Olivia dated Bradley prior to entering ITV reality show Love Island in 2017 and he was already a footballer playing for League Two team Gillingham FC
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Olivia slammed ‘g0ld d1gger’ claims and said it doesn’t matter what job her husband has because she works ‘seven days a week’
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Straight-talking Olivia shot to fame thanks to her stint in the Love Island villa in the summer of 2017, which saw her reach the show final with her ex-boyfriend Chris Hughes, 32 (pictured)
‘Relentlessly pursuing that bigger goal and I’m working really hard at it, it doesn’t come overnight’, she added.
‘Even when you get a big platform like Love Island, you still need to prove yourself to people.
‘I think sometimes people become impatient off the back of reality shows, but these kind of things, they don’t happen overnight, you have to stick with it. It takes graft.’
Olivia has enjoyed the spoils of a lavish lifestyle thanks to her lucrative television career and is regularly seen toting around Chanel and Hermes handbags.
She has also enjoyed many luxurious trips throughout the years – in the last nine weeks she has been seen in France, Miami and Ibiza.
In her popular TV documentary, Price Of Perfection, Olivia was very candid about her own cosmetic tweakments and confessed she spends a ‘couple of grand a month’ maintaining her image.
