Whoever came up with the idea of giving Love Island's Olivia Attwood her own weekly, unfiltered podcast, deserves an MBE - for services to, erm, showbiz and spicy gossip.
The tea that has come out of the Love Island 2017 legend's no-holds-barred podcast, So Wrong It's Right – it really is, by the way – has been next level; third-degree levels of scalding, babes, and this week's tea spillage is no different. And is it any wonder considering her latest guest?
This week, Liv was joined by none other than her husband, footballer Bradley Dack. The couple got married in 2023 and tbh have been couple goals for all of us ever since. And while many of us already know that she and Bradley briefly dated prior to her Love Island stint and her relationship with her LI co-star Chris Hughes (and then got together again with him shortly after her split from Chris), we had no clue that Brad was technically with someone when he first started, erm, getting to know Liv in her pre-Love Island era. Eek.
In a characteristically brutally honest conversation between the couple – who are absolutely and unequivocally happily married now, we should stress – Liv recalled how they met in the West End in 2016 and that a number of Bradley's football mates got in touch with her to tell her that he was seeing his ex-girlfriend while with her; a move that forced Liv's hand and resulted in her pursuing Love Island as a singleton – and going on to become one of the most successful Love Island stars of all time. Every cloud.
The Love Island star recalled, "So a couple of these other footballers were literally risking their own safety by calling me, and they were like, 'Liv, are you seeing Bradley Dack?'
She continued, "Yeah, because we weren't on Instagram or anything, and I spent half the week out in the country, and they were like, 'I think he's still seeing his ex girlfriend.' And I was like, 'Hmm.'"
Addressing Bradley, she said, "[I] asked you. You said no. Asked you again. You said no. Had another call..."
Stay with us. The plot seriously thickens here...
Liv said, "I was in Germany for the F1 and I got a call off a blocked number. It was late at night, and I never answer blocked numbers. But you know something in your gut, it's just like, I just leant off the bed and I was like, 'Hello?'
"This girl was like, really upset. She's like, 'Hello?' And I was like, 'Who's this?' And she was like, 'It's Brad's girlfriend.'"
She continued, "And then we had a chat, and basically, yeah, you had been seeing her as well as me."
This one's worth watching on YouTube when it drops, btw.
Liv then turned to Bradley and asked how he feels about hearing the story eight years later, because she is an icon asking on behalf of so many of us (obv not with Brad).
He responded, saying, "I mean, obviously it's not very nice."
The television personality then said at the time she was being asked about Love Island series three, having already turned down the second series "for another boyfriend, who turned out to be a pathological liar", and decided to pursue the opportunity, telling Brad, "Never speak to me again."
Spoiler alert: that didn't happen.
Seriously, they have a LUSH Cheshire home and everything now.
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Ben Pulsford is a digital writer for Bauer Media, writing for both Closer online and heatworld. When he's not getting paid to gossip about TOWIE, Love Island and The Real Housewives of Cheshire, he's storming the London LGBTQ+ scene as drag queen, Beary Poppins. Both Ben and Beary are awaiting an invite to join The Real Housewives of Cheshire for series 18. The budget's not there, but the drama is 💅