Olivia Attwood has joked she’s had a ‘nightmare’ day as she returned to work hours after pictures emerged that showed her kissing Pete Wicks.
The pair were seen locking lips at the Flute Bar in Soho, London on Friday night in photos obtained by The Sun – after her split from her husband Bradley Dack at the start of this year.
After the images emerged, Olivia headed back to work on a beauty shoot, and appeared to poke fun on Instagram by insisting she ‘didn’t like attention’.
Pete, 37, and Olivia, 34, previously insisted they were just friends, but they are thought to have begun their fling at the end of February.
Dressed in an eye-catching leather look, a video from the shoot showed Olivia perched on the bed with the caption: ‘Guys honestly I’m fine.’
In the midst of her shoot she said: ‘It’s a nightmare for me,’ before joking she was ‘very shy’ and ‘didn’t like a lot of attention.’
Olivia Attwood has joked she’s had a ‘nightmare’ day as she returned to work hours after pictures emerged that showed her kissing Pete Wicks
The pair were seen locking lips at the Flute Bar in Soho on Friday night – after her split from her husband Bradley Dack at the start of this year (pictured last month)
Hours after the kissing images emerged, Olivia and Pete were pictured arriving separately to host their KISS FM show The Sunday Roast.
Olivia and Pete were seen kissing in pictures obtained by The Sun this weekend.
An onlooker said the couple partied for about three and a half hours at the Flute Bar.
A friend of the couple said: ‘Their passionate romance only started in the last few weeks, since she has split from Bradley, there was no overlap.
‘Olivia’s close friends know about this new development and are pleased Pete has put a smile back on her face. He has been a shoulder to cry on and there for Olivia during this really tough time.
‘She has been in the depths of a really horrible break-up and Pete has helped her through it.’
The insider said Pete and Olivia arrived at the bar at around 8:30pm and had drinks with a group of friends until around midnight.
They are said to have kissed around 10pm as their friends cheered them on. Olivia reportedly screamed in delight and punched the air in celebration.
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives of Pete and Olivia for comment.
After the images emerged, Olivia headed back to work on a beauty shoot, and appeared to poke fun on Instagram by insisting she ‘didn’t like attention’
Dressed in an eye-catching leather look, a video from the shoot showed Olivia perched on the bed with the caption: ‘Guys honestly I’m fine’
In the midst of her shoot she said: ‘It’s a nightmare for me,’ before joking she was ‘very shy’ and ‘didn’t like a lot of attention’
The couple attempted to go incognito in Manchester earlier this month as they departed a hotel mid-morning with their luggage after carrying two pizzas to his room at 3am the night before.
Olivia split from footballer Bradley, 32, in January after three years of marriage, with sources claiming the relationship ended after he ‘breached her trust’.
Olivia looked cosy with Pete as they partied together at the BRITs and appeared to leave the event in a car together later in the evening in pictures published by The Mirror.
During the ceremony, she was seen leaning in to him amid the busy and noisy surroundings while Pete spoke animatedly back to her.
Just a few weeks ago, she was seen out with Pete in London after her Garnier brand launch event.
Following the bash at The Newman Hotel, which saw Olivia unveiled as the new face of Garnier, she headed off with Pete and a group of pals.
Olivia raised eyebrows with pal Pete as they were pictured cosying up during a messy trip to Ibiza last August.
Photos showed the former TOWIE star with his hand on the bikini-clad stunner’s thigh as the pair soaked up the sun on a yacht.
She admitted at the time, she could understand why the images made her footballer husband ‘upset’ and confessed her marriage was a ‘work in progress’.
Addressing the breakdown of her marriage, Olivia said: ‘I keep opening instagram to post but I don’t know what to say or do? lol vulnerability is not my bag!!! Especially on social media, it feels very much like bleeding in shark infested waters..
‘I cry myself to sleep, then business as normal when the alarm goes off at 5am and it has been like that for a long time.’
She continued: ‘But also so much change in such a short amount of time (you know I hate that (Taurus)). I never expected to be moving into this apartment alone. And I’m in over my depth for sure.
‘I want to be happy. I want Brad to be happy. Just one day at a time. For both of us. & anyone else who needs to read this.
‘Normal programming and chatting will resume asap. Ps thank you, I feel your love immensely.’
