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Olivia Attwood has spoken out over her split from Chris Hughes, revealing their break-up conversation was ‘captured on camera’ for their reality show Crackin’ On.
During an interview on Loose Women, her first since news that the pair had ended their relationship broke earlier this week, Attwood revealed she felt she ‘had to’ film the split, despite not wanting to.
“[I said] ‘Chris I’m really unhappy for that raw moment to be on telly’. But he felt really strongly. At this moment I think he’d already communicated it with production. He wanted me to drive to the house and have that moment,” she told the panel.
“I’m not going to be able to watch it. It was horrendous. I wanted to wait until the cameras had gone and speak to Chris on his own.
Happier times: Olivia Attwood with Chris Hughes last yearPA“I can’t believe that that moment has been captured. Chris has said to me he wasn’t happy about doing it but he felt we had to. But I felt we could have followed the reality without having that raw moment.
“Honestly it is 100 per cent real and when you watch it, it’s not going to make for uncomfortable viewing. I’ve been crying for three days straight. It’s hit me a lot harder than I thought it would.”
The Love Island star also admitted she felt ‘abandoned’ over the split, confirming that Hughes had ended things after she tweeted her ex-boyfriend Bradley Dack.
She explained: “Over the weekend Chris made the decision that he wanted to leave the relationship [in] a phone call that I didn’t take seriously. He’s said it a few times.
Support: Stacey Solomon comforts Olivia AttwoodITV“I went out the weekend before and sent a few stupid tweets to my ex-boyfriend. When I was out with my girls I thought it was funny but it really upset [Chris].
“I’ve taken it really hard because I’ve stood by Chris through a lot of things. We’re meant to be a team and now I feel a bit abandoned.”
During the interview, Stacey Solomon read out a letter that Hughes had sent in for Attwood.
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It read: “I never wanted this playing out in public but circumstances have forced us so there we are.
“My heart is totally broken. But you are one of the most special beautiful people I have ever met and I wish nothing but the best for you always.”
The couple met on the 2017 series of ITV2 dating show Love Island.
Having had a bumpy ride on the series, their relationship was no less rocky once they left the show.
During their short time together, both were accused of being unfaithful, with Attwood photographed leaving a club with Dack in August and Hughes being filmed appearing to kiss a mystery woman on a night out in November.
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They called it quits earlier this week, with Attwood tweeting cryptically in a since-deleted post that she had "fallen for the lies".
“I think one of the worst feelings in life is being angry at yourself," she said.
"Angry for the way I tried to see the good in someone when no one else did. I fell for the lies. I believed I was more then just a job [sic]."
Crackin’ On will air on ITV2 later this year, while Loose Women continues weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.