{"id":629558,"date":"2026-08-10T04:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/629558\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:36:21","slug":"olivia-attwood-says-she-feared-she-moved-too-fast-with-boyfriend-pete-wicks-while-processing-awful-split-from-bradley-dack-as-she-admits-shes-at-peace-with-not-having-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/629558\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Attwood says she feared she ‘moved too fast’ with boyfriend Pete Wicks while processing ‘awful’ split from Bradley Dack as she admits she’s ‘at peace’ with not having children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olivia Attwood<\/a> has revealed she feared she was ‘moving too fast’ with her boyfriend Pete Wicks<\/a> as she overcame her ‘awful’ split from husband Bradley Dack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The presenter, 35, began dating her longtime pal earlier this year after it was revealed she and Bradley had ended their marriage over claims he was unfaithful.<\/p>\n

Olivia and Pete, 37, only confirmed their romance last month, and the star has now admitted she was told by pals she should ‘stay single’ after she and Bradley split.<\/p>\n

Last month it also emerged that Bradley has rekindled his relationship with ex Emily Maloney, with the pair seen together in pictures obtained by the Daily Mail last month.<\/p>\n

On Friday, sources also shared that the sale of their \u00a31million house showed that the writing had been on the wall surrounding Olivia and Bradley for some time. You can read the full story here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking about her romance with Pete, Olivia said: ‘It was unexpected, we went from platonic to non-platonic very quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Olivia Attwood has revealed she feared she was ‘moving too fast’ with her boyfriend Pete Wicks as she overcame her ‘awful’ split from husband Bradley Dack\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘He’s extremely intelligent and compassionate and patient, all the things I desperately needed but didn’t know I needed.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

She went on to tell The Times<\/a>: ‘Is something amazing happening while I’m still processing something awful? Yes. People are telling me to be single, to go on dates. But if I shut things down with Pete I’d only be dating people to find the connection I have with him.’<\/p>\n

Olivia also confessed she has considered the prospect of starting a family ‘with the right person’, but has come to terms with the idea that she may not have children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: ‘I could also see it not being part of my story. I’m at peace with that. You can’t have everything. So many parts of my life have worked out so much better than I could ever imagine.’<\/p>\n

Bradley and Emily are said to have quietly reunited following his shock split from Olivia in January, amid her secret romance with Pete.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And while Olivia is loved up with the ex TOWIE<\/a>\u00a0hunk, with their romance hard launched on social media last month, she didn’t react well when new photos of Bradley and Emily emerged recently.<\/p>\n

In a series of scathing posts, Olivia branded Emily Bradley’s ‘bit on the side’ and called her a ‘professional benchwarmer’ after the couple were seen together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The photographs enraged Olivia who suggested they came as confirmation of what she has believed all along, that Bradley had been seeing Emily.<\/p>\n

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The presenter began dating her longtime pal earlier this year after it was revealed she and Bradley had ended their marriage over claims he was unfaithful<\/p>\n

Emily denied four months ago that she was in a relationship with the\u00a0Gillingham midfielder, but the photographs appeared to tell a different story.<\/p>\n

Last week, Olivia\u00a0went on a seven-hour bender after teasing she would share screenshots about Brad.<\/p>\n

The TV star said that she was going to share ‘messy’ screenshots<\/a>\u00a0as she made a dig at Emily amid the photos.<\/p>\n

After her manager told her to be the ‘bigger person’, Olivia went on a spontaneous boozy day \u2013 and night \u2013 out where she sipped champagne in Selfridges, purchased\u00a0Christian Louboutin heels and ended up at Freedom Bar in Soho.<\/p>\n

She said after fans begged her to post the ‘messy’ screenshots: ‘So the screenshots are on pause because my manager wanted me to be the bigger person.<\/p>\n

‘So I’m going to have a spontaneous night out but I’m wearing Vans so obviously we’re going to go and buy some shoes.’<\/p>\n

Earlier this week\u00a0Olivia addressed her\u00a0decision to not make her marriage to Bradley legally binding\u00a0in her first interview since her split from her ex.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The presenter and footballer, who split in January, never legally tied the knot despite marrying in a lavish ceremony that was broadcast by ITV<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Olivia admitted she didn’t sign any papers to protect her fortune because the relationship began experiencing ‘teething issues’ right after their wedding in 2023.<\/p>\n

She told Cosmopolitan<\/a>: ‘My sister said to me, ‘If it was a man who was sceptical about their partner’s honesty, and they didn’t legally bind themselves to a person, everyone would be like, ‘Good for you, because she would’ve taken half your money.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I did the same thing and they wanted to burn me at the f****** stake. Where would I be now [if we had signed?] It’s been hard enough untangling our lives.’<\/p>\n

Olivia said she was ‘living in a grey area’ with Brad for years as she was blinded by the love she had for him, until one day she realised ‘everything suddenly lined up’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She detailed the gut-wrenching moment a woman exposed her cheating ex and told her he had ‘gone back with a random girl’ on a night out.<\/p>\n

It was the turning point that made Olivia end her 12-year relationship in January after discovering his infidelities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: ‘There was nowhere left for him to hide. As soon as I knew it had happened to me, I couldn’t stay. The only person I would be cheating is myself.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Attwood has revealed she feared she was ‘moving too fast’ with her boyfriend Pete Wicks as she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[42120,118,18,117,19,17,37464,37465,438],"class_list":["post-629558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bradley-dack","tag-dailymail","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-olivia-attwood","tag-pete-wicks","tag-tvshowbiz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117069361992470682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}