While Olivia Attwood and Bradley Dack have been married since June 2023, their love story actually dates back over 10 years. The pair dated briefly in 2015 before it fizzled out, but silver lining, the break-up allowed Olivia to go on Love Island 2017 where she won us all over. We weren’t the only ones who fell for her that year, as she quickly started dating Chris Hughes who she was coupled up with on the show.
On the latest episode of her podcast, So Wrong It’s Right, Olivia welcomed guests Bradley and Ronnie Vint from the latest series of Love Island. Ronnie, a good friend of Olivia and her now husband, revealed the grand gesture Bradley committed in an attempt to win back the love of his life.
It all began when the pair along with a few friends bundled into a taxi on the way to Olivia’s flat - despite the fact that she was in a relationship with Chris at the time.
Ronnie said, “At the time it was the funniest idea ever, we’re going to your house to go and win you back, but by the time we got to yours we were all sober thinking what the f**k are we doing. So then obviously we got out [of the car], me and Brad, I’m hiding behind a wall because I was like, I ain’t going in… So he got in with your code and next thing I hear is, ‘bang bang bang’ so I’m thinking, please don’t be in… Next thing I know he comes out with fifteen pairs of shoes… and I just remember him throwing them.”
Bradley revealed, “The police came, because they thought we were nicking cars.”
Ronnie added, “The officer went, ‘What are you doing, nicking cars and that?’ and [Bradley] went, ‘I’m trying to get my girlfriend back.’”
Fortunately, or unfortunately, Olivia wasn’t home. On the podcast, she explained, “I lived in an apartment and Brad had the code from pre–Love Island to go into the building. My front door is obviously locked but he’s in the corridor… I had a shoe rack in my corridor of my building that wasn’t inside my flat, because normally nobody’s getting in there without the code.
“The next day me and Chris return to the flat… and [as we’re walking] he’s obviously clocked, because they were all his shoes, you didn’t touch any of mine. So, as we’re walking along, he’s like, ‘That’s my shoe. That’s my shoe. Oh my god, THAT’S my shoe!”
Did she ever expect her future husband was the one who caused the havoc?
“I genuinely was confused and thought obviously it was just someone’s kid in the building, I would never believe it would be a full-grown adult… When did you tell me it was you? A good year later.”
And they still got married, so take this as your sign to go to your ex’s house and cause some damage because it just might win them back.
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Sarah O'Byrne has been writing for Closer and heat since May 2023. She hasn't stolen an ex's new partner's shoes but she's a romantic so never say never.