OLIVIA Attwood has revealed the real reason she went on Love Island in the first place after she caught her now-husband cheating.
The Love Island star and footballer Bradley Dack first met through mutual friends at a nightclub in 2015 and began seeing each other shortly after.
But now Olivia, who's gone from being one of the most popular Love Island contestants to a documentary maker for ITV, has revealed why the pair split up before eventually getting back together.
Speaking on the Newlyweds podcast with Sophie and Jamie Laing, the couple who are now married lifted the lid on their once turbulent relationship.
Bradley, now 31, admitted he was the first to say 'I love you' when the pair first began dating but the romance was short-lived.
Shortly after, Olivia, who had applied to be on Love Island, got a call from the producers inviting her onto the show.
The 33-year-old decided to turn it down as she was now in a relationship with Bradley.
But what happened next changed the course of her life forever.
"The weirdest thing is how this played out, it's like fate," said Olivia.
"So they ring me for (Love Island) series 3 I'm dating him so I'm like I just don't think I can honestly say like I'm single to do this and I actually really liked you so I just wasn't that motivated to pare it off to go on a TV show."
Two days later, she was in Germany while Bradley was on a golfing holiday when she received an anonymous phone call.
She said: "I never used to answer private numbers, but sometimes you get this feeling that the universe is like 'pick it up.'"
"I picked it up and it was a girl and she's like 'hello' and I was like 'Hello who is this' and she was like 'Well I'm Brad's girlfriend' and I was like 'that's so weird because I'm Brad's girlfriend.'"
Olivia tried to call Bradley, who was on holiday with the boys, but couldn't get through as his phone had died; however, she says it was the best thing that could have happened.
The next day, when Olivia headed to the gym she decided to call back the producers of Love Island and said she could be on the show.
"Him not being able to answer was almost better because then basically it was like a scene from some kind of weird movie," Olivia explained.
"I was raging, woke up the next morning, I was in the gym and I called back the Love Island producer and I said this is going to sound really weird cuz I told you five days ago I'm in a relationship but now I'm not and I want to come on.
"I just thought, what am I doing? I actually turned down Series 2, more for a boy who it fell through with, and then I was about to do it again. I thought the universe was telling me to just do something for myself."
Olivia kept it from Bradley until the day before she was leaving for the villa, and Brad claims at this point he knew he was in love.
"Oh you f***ed that up didn't you?" joked Olivia.
Bradley revealed that he was doing everything to repair the relationship but overheard Olivia on the phone discussing her TV appearance.
And despite the fact the two are now married, Olivia has no regrets about ditching him after the affair and going on the show.
She said: "As much as I liked him I was like this is done because there is no way I can trust him again or come back from this."
"I didn't actually want to go and I didn't want to end it but my intelligent brain was like you have to cuz what are you staying for and I actually think if I had stayed, we wouldn't be together now."
But it seems everything worked out for them; the pair met up and rekindled their relationship in 2018 after appearing on the show.
Olivia decided she needed commitment from Bradley if they were going to give it another shot, and the pair quickly got engaged to prove he wasn't messing about this time.
Now the couple have been married for over a year, having wed at the luxury five-star Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge in 2023.
