Reality television personalities Pete Wicks and Olivia Attwood have officially confirmed their romantic relationship on Instagram after months of public speculation.
The announcement follows Attwood's high-profile separation from her husband, former professional soccer player Bradley Dack.
Wicks, 37, shared romantic black-and-white photographs taken in Ibiza, where Attwood, 35, was filming the upcoming season of her reality show Bad Boyfriends.
Speaking on his Staying Relevant podcast, Wicks addressed the social media announcement alongside his co-host Sam Thompson.
"The thought process was, 'What would Liv like?' We'd spoken about it and I thought, 'Ah f**k it', you know.
Let's go and do it," Wicks said.
"Obviously the first photo had to be of me and Liv, and all I really cared about was that I didn't embarrass her."
The media personality clarified that the background audio for the post was automatically selected by the platform rather than curated personally.
"I would love to take full credit for [the music], but it was suggested by Instagram. But yeah, just simple.
Just, 'There we go'. Now it's out it's fine, we're good," Wicks said.
Bradley Dack's Response
Following the public post, Dack, 32, shared a video featuring the song Cariad by The Royston Club, a track focused on heartbreak and lost love.
The post coincided with reports of Dack visiting the apartment of an ex-girlfriend, Emily, who publicly clarified on TikTok that she is not romantically involved with him.
Attwood previously discussed the emotional toll of her marriage breakdown, addressing online criticism regarding her public demeanor during the split.
"Someone wrote me on my TikTok yesterday when I was with the girls in New York having fun, and she's like 'I really hope someone screws you over so badly, like you're such a cold calculated b***'," Attwood said.
She explained her decision to keep her personal grieving private while continuing her professional commitments.
"I thought, it's because I'm open and I talk about all kinds of things, but I'm not going to video myself crying and put it on the internet.
I'm just f*****g no. It doesn't mean I don't cry," Attwood said.
"I have cried, I've cried so hard during this breakup to the point where I f****g think I'm going to pass out, and then I will slap myself in the face and go to work."
She emphasized that maintaining her broadcast career required compartmentalizing her personal distress.
"I don't need to be crying on the internet, I don't think that people, professionally, are going to respect me and book me to host their TV shows when I'm videoing myself lying on the floor crying," Attwood said.
