Olivia Attwood and Pete Wicks cut sombre figures following their latest Kiss FM show on Sunday, just a week after their cosy display in Ibiza.
The Loose Women star, 34, who spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail about her ‘challenging’ six months with husband Bradley Dack, puffed on cigarettes with Pete outside the studio in London.
Olivia was dressed casually in a light grey tracksuit which she teamed with a baseball cap and comfy trainers.
Meanwhile Pete, 36, showcased his toned and tattooed arms in a grey vest with jeans and a pair of eye-catching leopard print shoes.
Olivia, who had brought pet pooch Lola along, chatted with her pal outside the studio while enjoying a cheeky smoke.
It comes after the blonde beauty admitted that her marriage to Bradley had faced a ‘challenging’ six months and she understood why the footballer was ‘upset’ seeing pictures of her cosying up to Pete.
Olivia Attwood and Pete Wicks cut sombre figures following their latest Kiss FM show on Sunday, just a week after their cosy display in Ibiza
The Loose Women star puffed on cigarettes with Pete outside the studio in London
Olivia spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail for the first time since the pictures emerged about her ‘challenging’ six months with husband Bradley Dack (pictured together in May)
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail, Olivia reiterated that her and Brad’s relationship is ‘not perfect’ but insisted they are still very much together – and that she and Pete are just good friends and work colleagues.
Last week Strictly star Pete was snapped with his arm draped around bikini-clad Olivia on a yacht during a drunken boat party on the White Isle. The image prompted a backlash online, as well as unsavoury chants aimed at Bradley, 31, by football fans watching him play for League Two side Gillingham.
The pictures even sparked a feud with Olivia’s closest pal Ryan Kay, her former assistant, who has reportedly cut the TV presenter out of his life completely.
But opening up about the furore which sparked numerous headlines, Olivia insists both her and Bradley are determined to overcome what she describes as ‘difficult times’ sparked by their incredibly busy work schedules.
Olivia said: ‘Me and Brad never pretend to have a perfect relationship, we have been up, down, left, backwards, and the last six months have been really challenging for us.’
Olivia added that she understands why the footballer was ‘upset’ seeing the pictures of her and Pete but insisted that they are just good friends and work colleagues.
‘My work and his work take precedence over everything, we have to navigate our relationship all the time.
‘It’s the boring side of being an adult in a long-term relationship, we constantly have to work at it and that’s just the truth.
Olivia was dressed casually in a light grey tracksuit which she teamed with a baseball cap and comfy trainers
She went makeup-free and tied back her long blonde locks
Pete, 36, showcased his toned and tattooed arms in a grey vest with jeans and a pair of eye-catching leopard print shoes
Olivia, who had brought pet pooch Lola along, chatted with her pal outside the studio while enjoying a cheeky smoke
It comes after Olivia said she understood why the footballer was ‘upset’ seeing pictures of her cosying up to Pete
She reiterated that her and Brad’s relationship is ‘not perfect’ but insisted they are still very much together – and that she and Pete are just good friends and work colleagues
Last week Strictly star Pete was snapped with his arm draped around bikini-clad Olivia on a yacht during a drunken boat party on the White Isle
‘No one else really wants to say that part out loud but it is difficult at times.
‘It’s great to post a picture on Instagram but we’re transparent people and it’s not always like that, there are ups and downs, there are things on his side which haven’t been great, there’s a mix of things. I have f***ed up and done stuff, Brad has f***ed up. It’s really easy to pretend you’re perfect but no one is if you just dig a little deeper.’
On Bradley’s reaction to seeing Olivia pictured with former TOWIE Lothario Pete who had his hand on her thigh, she added: ‘I get why Brad didn’t like it, we were all on the boat, drinking and hugging each other and being best friends, it was family vibes.
‘But if it was the other way around, of course I wouldn’t like it either, me and Brad are very similar people, we were drawn together because we’re both quite out there personality-wise, we know how to have fun.
‘But I completely understand why he was a bit miffed but it was never as deep as anyone made out.
‘People were like, oh my God, they’re getting a divorce because Pete hugged her but that’s not the case. Also, Pete is hugging me, I was just there!’
She continued: ‘It was just a holiday to Ibiza, who knew it would cause so much trouble?
‘I was there with KISS, which is why Pete was there and we were hosting for them, we hosted an O beach event and a couple of my pals joined and we had a few extra days.’
Olivia and Pete, whose ex-girlfriend is former Love Island star Maura Higgins, were signed up as a new presenting duo by the Bauer Media Group station station back in March and have their own weekly show.
Olivia and Bradley married in London two years ago after rekindling their romance following the star’s 2017 appearance on Love Island
Olivia and Pete were signed up as a new presenting duo on KISS back in March and have their own weekly show
Fans began to question the nature of their relationship following a party holiday in Ibiza last week where the two were seen looking close
As well as broadcasting for KISS, Olivia is also one of the Loose Women, presents This Morning, has her own podcast So Wrong, It’s Right and a documentary series called The Price of Perfection, as well as her ITV2 dating show Bad Boyfriends.
Given her heavy workload, Olivia feels she’s justified letting her hair down and refuses to dismiss her love of partying just because she’s in the public eye.
She explained: ‘I make no secret of this, I know most people in this industry like to pretend that they are so vanilla but I am very professional at work, I work really f***ing hard, and I like to let my hair down, I have never shied away from that. I was having fun.
‘I had the best time, why would I ever not want to be having fun? That’s what I want to do.’
On the criticism she received after the pictures with Pete went viral, she added: ‘I am fine with the backlash, on Instagram and [with] my followers, they love the party content and in terms of articles there are lots of good sides to this job and it’s a huge privilege and that’s one of the [bad] sides, you have to take the bad with the good.
‘People are going to comment and commentate and speculate and I know what I signed up for when I pursued this career. I don’t deep it on that level, I really don’t. I understand that it’s harder for people around me… it’s not what they signed up for but I’m fine.’
Olivia insists the scandal has ‘blown over’ in regards to herself and Brad, who are now trying to plan spending their own time together which is tough, given her work diary and his busy fixture list.
She added: ‘It blew over. We are trying to plan how we can spend some time together, which would be nice.
‘We’re back to normal life. I have been back a while now, he’s been at work, he’s really flat out with two games a week and I’m flat out working. We don’t dwell on things too long in our household.’
